Trip to italy

Here are some pictures of mine and Johnny's recent trip to Italy.  We had such a great time!  It was hard leaving Drake for so long but luckily we knew Mary was taking great care of him : )

We packed so much into 10 days, but it was worth it!

Nice, France

We flew into Nice and spent a day and night there. 

(before we cleaned Drake's slobber off the lens)

These pictures were taken on the bus ride along the Cote d'Azur from Nice to Monaco.

(after we cleaned off Drake's slobber)

Nice at night.

Cinque Terre

We spent 1 night in Monterosso, and 2 nights in Vernazza.

Both were beautiful, as were the other three towns we visited.

This was the beach on Monterosso.  Crazy Johnny got in the freezing cold water, and I admired the interesting naked people.

This is Vernazza.  Our little apartment was almost at the very top, right under the highest orange building.

A fun little court right around the corner from the apartment we stayed in.

I like the narrow hallways.

At night we played checkers - sadly, Johnny beat me every time.

On Sunday we took a quick train ride to La Spezia to the LDS branch.  When the taxi dropped us off outside the building I thought he brought us to the ghetto to die.  Luckily, we got in the building and met four nice missionaries and a good looking older member (if you know of any single 35 - 45 year olds let us know!).  We got to watch a session of conference with them and they were so excited to be getting a temple in Rome! 

Riomaggiore

I wish this were my balcony.

Manarola

Vernazza in the evening.

Rome

We spent 2 1/2 days in Rome and saw as much as we could.  This was my favorite place on the trip.

I loved these fountains so much we visited twice.

One of the many painted ceilings in the Vatican.

The Pantheon

St. Peter's Basilica, listening to the Pope with 10,000 other people.

Soooooo many people

Walking along the river.  I love bridges.

From the very top of this building Johnny and I saw all of Rome.

The colosseum is right behind me.

This was easily my favorite site to see.  So much history, it was amazing.

We took a VERY long scooter ride out to Pisa (hence, the bad hair).

Florence

We spent two nights here.  This was Johnny's favorite place to visit. 

Here we are on top of the Duomo and had amazing views of all of Florence.

So pretty, I just love love bridges!

Milan

Our last night was spent in Milan.  Here we saw the third largest cathedral in the world, The Last Supper, and walked around the many streets of designer stores.

Here you can see my 17 week pregnant belly.