Italy

Cameron and I had the opportunity to go back to Italy August 29, 2007 to September 13, 2007. It was so awesome to go back to that beautiful country to enjoy the delicious food (it has been too long since we've had a gelato), wonderful people, and to be able to share it with Cameron's parents. While in Italy we spent most of our time on the Italian Rivera (Savona) and made it down to Roma for a 3 day frenzy. Roma was magnificent. I loved that area!! Any one planning a trip to Roma, I'd advise just taking public transportation. You will get around much easier and have less stress. Cameron drove and it took him an hour to find our hotel (just down the street from the Vatican). While there we just parked the car and purchased a "Roma Pass" which enabled us to take any public transportation through Roma. When it was time to leave, Cameron and his dad mapped out our departure but it still took us 45 minutes to get out of Roma due to detours and traffic. Any one who has driven in Roma can account that the drivers are very aggressive. On our way back to Savona we were able to visit Pisa and see the famous Leaning Tower. That was really impressive just because you walk around a corner and bam it is right there. We loved every minute that we spent in Italy but we were getting homesick. I was missing Talmadge so the long 14 hour flight home didn't make it fun for me. It was even harder for me because there was a young boy on the flight that was about Talmadge's age. He was having an extremely hard time so it made me realize that we had made a wise decision in leaving Talmadge with Cameron's counsin. He wouldn't have enjoyed the trip at all. Italy was a blast and we are excited to go back again!!