On the French riviera enjoying the warm water and rocky beaches. David likes rocks over sand. Tomorrow we hit the modern art museum and Monte Carlo!

We are Alive

We havent been able to get to WiFi in awhile because of small towns and expensive internet. We are in Monterosso, Italy enjoying a wonderful time on the Mediterannean. No idea how to spell it. We are off to Nice, France tomorrow. We love you all and miss you much. Sorry I havent called you mom.

Italy continued....

David, Michael, Meg and me are waiting for our train to Rome tonight. Meg and I were a little surprised by what Florence was like. It is quite a bustling city with lots of leather merchants and random old buildings scattered about. Once we got down to the bridges over the water it looked like the Florence I had heard about. It was very pretty and quite romantic. We luckily were there on the day they celebrate the patron saint of Florence so we saw a wonderful fire works show over the water with about a million other people. Florence definitely has the most English speaking people and more leather than I have ever seen. I would have brought my Dad back a brief case if we had the room. We arrive in Rome tonight and are doing a two day speed trip through Rome. We were thinking of spending three days there but I really want to spend a day in Tuscany so we might bug out a day early. Then we will spend some time in Cinque Terre. These last two days have been really hot and I bet Rome will be even hotter. We miss you all very much.

We are just finishing our time in Venice looking at canals and eating gelato. The four of us are off to Florence and then Rome! I love Italia

Munich Monday. Today we are taking a Walking Tour around the City and then Hopping a Night Train to meet the thompsons in venice.. We are in an Apple.

The Countryside

After leaving Tobys house we traveled by train to St Goar and stayed in the smallest room we have ever seen. It was worth it though because we could look out our window and see a castle. We took at fifteen mile bike ride down the Rhine River and saw a dozen castles. We ferried across the river and went up the other side which was against the wind and I was super tired. I drafted behind David so I wouldnt be blown away. We then left for Rothenburg ob der tauber, a walled city in the gorgeous countryside. We stayed at Frau Lieblers house which was wonderful and beautiful. We slept for ten hours. We are spending the afternoon here and then are off to Munich this afternoon. We are skipping going to Fussen and will stay in Munich two nights. Then we are off to venice to meet megan and michael. We miss you Mom and Dad, and by that I mean both sets of family. We will try to call the Moms next time we get WiFi. Sorry we missed you Laurie. Love you guys. We are having the trip of a lifetime. We still cant believe we are here. Sorry but we cant post any pictures so you can see them when we get back. Imagine us in a medieval town with blanklooks on our faces as everyone speaks languages we dont know.

We met Toby and his family yesterday and slept at their house in Hannover. We are going to explore Hannover today and then take the train to St Goar!

We spent a full day in Berlin seeing all the cites and historic Nazi head quarters. We touched the Berlin Wall and saw Brandenburg Gate!

Taking off! Just spent three hours with the dansons in the airport!

Europe here we come

Tomorrow David and I are going to be taking off to Germany, Italy, and France. We will be meeting our good friend Toby in Berlin and then seeing his hometown in Hannover. The plan after that is to see the Rhine Valley, Heidleberg, Rothenberg, and Munich. We will end our trip in Fussen and then cross into Venice, Italy. There we will be meeting our great friends Megan and Michael Thompson. They have alot of energy and will keep us on our toes. The four of us will head to Florence and then Rome for three days. The Thompsons will leave us there and David and I will take the coast up to Cinque Terre. After a day or two we will head to Aux en Provence, France and Nice. After the French Riveria we will be in Paris for three days. Next, we chunnel under to London and fly out July 7. We will be able to do all these cities in three weeks? We are not sure but we have high hopes. We plan on updating this blog when we have internet along the way. We are blessed to have an adventure like this!