Walking home from Vatican City, we passed through Piazza Navona.  After that we took a break from the heat for a bit, played more cards, then checked out an outdoor […]

We headed out early again on Tuesday to beat the crowds to St. Peter’s Square and Basilica, and it was worth it.  The view from up top wasn’t bad either.  […]

Jacob and I headed out early Monday to see the Pantheon and Piazza della Rotunda in the morning light.  It was so beautiful out, we decided to head to Trevi […]

I feel like this should be the subtitle for Rome! London, Paris, and Barcelona each had impressive and amazing structures, but the sheer “hugeness” of the Roman creations is over […]

I love all the different shades of oranges, reds, and yellows mixed in with the columns and ancient walls throughout the Old City. 

There is just no way to capture the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia with a camera. It’s simply too immense and too magnificent.  The structure itself is amazing, but what […]

After our typical morning café, we rode the funicular, then walked the rest of the way past lovely flowers on up to Castel de Montjuic. I thought the flowers on […]

This morning’s breakfast was yogurt and granola on the balcony. I’d never had “Macedonia” flavored yogurt before. It was tasty! Then we headed by bus to Parc Güell to see […]

The Euros (football/soccer​ championship) is a big deal here. This was the train across the platform from ours when we were leaving Paris. I assume it came from Switzerland! We […]

Our day in Paris was a little different than expected, but as Spencer said before we left, the most memorable of our adventures are often not the ones we planned […]