Venice Part 2, Brussels Belgium, and Rome!

Ok sorry for the blank blog from below. I ran out of time on the internet and it did not load up all that I wrote. SO yes Erika and others Venice was wonderful! So hear is the quick recap of Venice!

It is the most beautuful place ever! I never thought I could be more motivated to learn how to swim! Just kidding! We saw lots of statues, pigeons, tourists, paintings, gelato, pizza, vivaldi bands, sunsets, and rain! Yes we had rain and it was so refreshing! And it made all the tourists run for cover!!! We loved it! We also saw St Marks Basillica, the pallace of the Doge which is like a Duke, climbed some towers and saw incredible views. We purposely got lost and felt like a local which was really fun. We also saw the place in which they say the apostle Mark was burried and also saw artifacts that they say were from the days of Jesus! This is the very short version, I do not want a repeat of last time! I will share more later!

From Venice we headed off to Brussels Belgium!

This was incredible!

We stayed with my cousin Robin and her soon to be husband Alberto! Brussels is much like the northwest. It is green with lots of trees, hills, mountains, and parks. The people are very kind and the climate is very similar. We also got some rain Seattle style which again was very refreshing.

Basically while we were here we spent much time relaxing and catching up on relationships and sleep! We had frites, Belgian waffles, lots of mussels - to eat not mine, and great Beer! YUM YUM!!! We saw all the sights and we went to Bruge an incredibly beautiful medieval village kind of like Leavenworth but instead Belgian. They even have lots of canals like Venice! WE LOVED THIS PLACE!!! We were also treated to the most authentic Italian cooking by Alberto two of our nights which was very very good! We hated to leave, but Rome was calling!

AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE NOW!

So far we have seen the Spanish steps which is blocks from our place, the Pantheon, the Colosseum, and the Roman Forum. We also saw Vatican City the home of the Pope and the incredible Vatican museum. And with this we saw St Peters Basillica and the Sistine Chapel. It is a crazy city but we have loved it so far. I got to run, but we will be home very soon!

Ciao for now!