Italy

April 4, 2012
Made it to Milan!

Out & about sightseeing the town.

We were all sick of eating pizza & pasta...McD's never tasted SO good!

 April 2, 2012
 On a boat ride to our hotel in Venice.

 Jake loved his Gelato.

 Of course we had to take a gondola ride!

Time to wash our clothes. Ella wanted to sit outside the laundromat & wave at everyone who walked by.

 Taking the ferry from our hotel.

 April 1, 2012
 Ella jammed to music on the train to Pisa.

 

The Leaning Tower or Pisa.

Ella had her own Paparazzi. During our trip people would take pictures of her or with her. She is now famous throughout Europe!

This is their bite size garbage truck. The top was the same height as my shoulders.

Not a good sign when you have to chain up your vehicle like a bike!

March 30, 2012
"When in Rome..."

Ella grabbed onto a fence & cut her finger. The Italian paramedic fixed it right up.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The Rome Colosseum.

We toured the old city ruins of Rome.

The Vatican was amazing. So many intricate features & all in gold & marble. Also, Michelangelo painted the ceilings.

The Vatican is a sacred & quiet place, but guess who started screaming??!...{must I mention the echo?!}

Then she laid on the floor & people were laughing & taking pictures of her!

We got to use an old school printing press & print scriptures.

This is how it turned out...

Jake making a pit stop at the pay phone...{had no clue how to use it cause the operator spoke in Italian!}