Italy

Hey gang,

We have spent the past few days in Italy—one in Venice and two in Rome. Despite bad weather and pigeons Venice was nice. It took us about an hour to figure out which boats to take to our hotel and how to navigate through the streets. It's overwhelming, sure but not impossible. We managed fine. The first thing we did was sit down outside of a nice looking restaurant and order some Italian pasta we had been craving for days. About 2/3 into the meal a pigeon shat all over it and Rach's head. It was pretty bad. The meal was ruined and we rushed back to the hotel to get washed up. From there, it pretty much rained the rest of the time we were in Venice. All in all a fun experience we just wish the weather was better.

Rome has been nice so far. We're just so exhausted from being on the run that the last couple days have been a little more relaxing. We did the Colosseum and Pantheum yesterday and the Vatican today and that's about it. We have a day spa appointment at 10:30 tomorrow morning and will probably just take it easy after that. The trip has been great just not a lot of down time so we plan on just relaxing tomorrow. Below are some pics from the last few days.

The aforementioned pasta (minutes before getting shatnered):

A bar near our hotel in Venice:

Pics from Rome.

The Colosseum: