Arrivederci Italia!

Aubree doin' her part

Duomo in St. Mark's Square - Venice

Pigeons are out of control

Perfect sunset in Florence

Perfect Sunset in Cinque Terre.
Monterosso is in the distance.



The beach life isn't too good to the hair

Our last few days in Cinque Terre were perfect. We toured all five towns, took a small hike, and of course more sunning. Aubree is as tan as she has ever been. Quite the beach bunny. Although she isn't as comfortable as some of the locals. We have never seen so much toplessness. Hazen is still getting use to it all. He will keep trying though. No good pictures yet. Also, he will keep trying (just kidding).

We had a absolutely flawless day of travel from Cinque terre to Venice. It turned out to be about a 6hr train ride. Venice has been fun as the weather continues to be perfect. We had a museum day today, touring the Correr Museum and Doge's Palace. They were both very interesting and some of the best museums we have seen yet. Aubree particularly enjoyed walking across the Bridge of Sighs in Doge's Palace. This is where prisoners walked and viewed their last glimpse of venice before they began their sentence. The prison looked quite harsh. Alcatraz looked like Disneyland compared to this place.

Tonight is our last night in Venice and we are getting ready to take a 45 min night lit Vaporetto ride down the Grand Canal. It should be fun and a much better alternative to the Gondolas or continuing to walk in circles through the city. What a maze of old town italy. It definately appears that Venice has been dying a slow death for quite some time with Tourists barely keeping its heart beating. Will be interesting to see what happens with this place over our lifetime.

Early train ride to Verona to smooze with the Capulets tomorrow. Then up to Lugano just across the Swiss border. Probably central Switzerland by this weekend. Hello Alps!

Desires are begging to present themselves. This is an unanticipated problem that we have not been able to deal with yet. Hazen is dying for some caffiene (even choked down a cafe latte), steak, hamburger, or even a good bratwurst. Aubree is hanging with the good old Chocolate. I think we might be able to fulfill a couple of these soon but this Italian cuisine is beginning to wear on us.

Our giant "buffet" breakfast this morning was something we were both looking forward to instead of the normal crappy roll and cappucino. We even set our alarm so we could be there bright and early. Arrived to see lots of cornflakes, yogurt, tang, and hard bread. To top things off Hazen dished up his first bowl of cereal in two weeks and the milk was warm! I think he died a little inside. We saved our rolls just in case we were mugged later in the day so we could bludgeon the perp.