J and I had a truly fantastic time in Italy. The past ten days were completely exhausting, though! I’m looking forward to a good night’s sleep and a day without sightseeing tomorrow.

As wonderful as our honeymoon was it feels good to be back–even though we haven’t quite made it to Omaha yet.

Can’t wait to catch up with everybody! I have some big news to share tomorrow…

xoxo

Today we leave Florence to go to Rome for the remainder of our honeymoon. I can’t believe it’s almost over! While in Rome we plan to:

* See the Colosseum, the Forum and the Pantheon

* Visit Vatican City

* Spend time at the Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps

* Tour the Jewish Ghetto

* Shop and eat more gelato!

(Rome poster by JHillDesign)

Today we leave Venice and head to Florence. Sights to see in Florence:

* Accademia

* Duomo

* Giotto’s Tower

* Ponte Vecchio

* Bargello

* Medici Chapel

* San Lorenzo Market

* Uffizi Gallery

* Church of Santa Maria Novella/Old Perfumery

* Santa Croce Church

* Pitti Palace/Boboli Garden

Florence is my mother’s favorite city in the world, so I have very high expectations! From what I’ve heard, though, I doubt I’ll be disappointed.

(image source)

1. Colors of Venice, 2. Venezia Maschere – Venice Masks, 3. Santiago Calatrava’s new bridge for Venice, 4. Night in a venetian alley, 5. green liquid street, 6. traffic lights in venice

Venice is our first stop in Italy. We’ll be there from Tuesday afternoon until mid-morning on Friday. On our agenda:

* St. Mark’s Basilica and Square

* Correr Museum

* Doge’s Palace

* Campanile Bell Tower

* Frari Church

* Scuola San Rocco

* Ca’ Rezzonico

* Rialto Bridge

* Dorsoduro

* Jewish Ghetto/Museum

* Pub Crawl

* Gondola Ride

* Cruise Grand Canal in a vaporetto

(images via Flickr)

Italy, here we come! J and I leave for Italy late this afternoon.  We’ll arrive in Rome early tomorrow morning and then hop on a train to Venice. After spending three days in Venice, we’ll go to Florence for three days and then take the train back to Rome for the last three days of our belated honeymoon.

Keep checking back over the next two weeks. There will still be posts going up that you won’t want to miss, including a guest post from Katie of wonderful one times one!

xoxo

(image via flickr)