Monthly Archives: April 2010

Things we Noticed, Loved and could Live without in Italia!

bradleyfarsenault April 30, 2010
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BEAUTIFUL landscape…Italia has it all…ocean, mountains, cities, rivers…it is beautiful! Pretty language….very romantic and easy to catch on since we know Espanol…AND They use their hands a lot when they talk…(just like the movies) Expensive!! … the accommodation cost us …

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Venezia

bradleyfarsenault April 30, 2010
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When we arrived to Venice, a major hub for Italy, the train station was CRAZY because of all the cancelled flights! We were going to try and book a night train to Zagreb, but the line was just too long, …

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Cinque Terre

bradleyfarsenault April 30, 2010
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We woke up early to catch the bus to the national park. The weather was cloudy and looked pretty grim but since we had heard from so many travelers how incredible Cinque Terre was/is we didn`t let it kill our …

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Pisa!

bradleyfarsenault April 30, 2010
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So today we woke up early and caught the train to Pisa just for a quick stop to basically…well get the famous picture of holding the building up! Ha! Brad thought it was ridiculous, but luckily he loves me, and went …

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Firenze!

bradleyfarsenault April 15, 2010
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Ok, finally some free internet! From Roma we moved on to Florence or Firenze in Italia.. (Not exactly sure how that translation came about) The entire train ride was a blur. Our attempted all-nighter with Maura prior to riding being the …

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Ciao Morlupo and a night out in Roma!

bradleyfarsenault April 15, 2010
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The next day, we sadly said goodbye to the house and to Morlupo! We really love that town and their little shops! We made a thank you note to send to the Parisi’s, so here it is! And a picture …

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Riding in Trains

bradleyfarsenault April 14, 2010
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Today we woke up pretty early, and were happy to find the guy at the campgrounds decided to give us the discount! We asked the night before if he would do 5 euros a person …instead of 8 euros… and he …

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Beautiful Sorrento and the almalfi coast!

bradleyfarsenault April 14, 2010
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Everybody talks about the Almalfi coast, and how beautiful it is, so we decided to go for it! We were warned of the CRAZY bus driver and that you shouldn’t go if you get car sick…so we were crossing our fingers …

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Pompei!

bradleyfarsenault April 12, 2010
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We woke up early to enjoy our nice view of the sunrise over Mt. Vesuvius, snapped a few pics, and took advantage of the free breakfast with coffee! After some deliberation we figured it would be best to check out …

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Napoli…or lack thereof

bradleyfarsenault April 12, 2010
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So today we decided to sleep in a bit and rest before making our way to Napoli! Well that was my bad, and we should have gotten up earlier, because when it was all said and done, we were going …

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