Today was our last day in Spain and I woke up a bit sad knowing this. We had a really busy morning planned, so we grabbed a few bites to eat at breakfast and the four of us got into a taxi that took us to the top of the hill to Castell de Montjuïc. I would like to mention that our plan was to have a taxi drive us from here to our next destination once we were finished but upon being dropped off I couldn't help but make the comment that I don't think any taxi's will be waiting up here to … [Read more...]
Summer trip to Italy 2013 Day 9
I can't believe this was not only going to be our last day in Venice, but our last day in Italy. How can anyone ever want to leave this magical country? Trust me it was not easy, but we still had one wonderful day left and we definitely made the most of it. First off was breakfast. I was really going to miss all those wonderful breakfasts. On our way out, I had this great idea to take some pictures from our hotel balcony. Apparently, we weren't the only ones to have had … [Read more...]
Summer trip to Italy 2013 Day 7
Today is the day we were going to Venice! We were so excited to finally get to visit Venice and see a real gondolier in person. First, we had to actually get there from Florence. We had time to grab a little breakfast first, in our hotels beautiful breakfast room, before we needed to head to the train station. While we were waiting for the breakfast room to open, we started up a conversation with another lady that was waiting, as well. Once breakfast was ready to be served, we … [Read more...]