European Adventures

Josh’s job brought us the exciting opportunity of living abroad for a short duration. On September 5th, we packed our bags, the dogs and we were off to Rome. We stayed with Jesus and Diana near the Vatican for the first week and then moved into our own apartment in Trastevere ("tras-TEH-ve-ray"). Amy took Italian classes at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci everyday from 9:00 till noon and unfortunately Josh had to travel every week for work.

Living in Europe proved to be a wonderful opportunity! On weekends and weeks when Josh didn’t have to travel for work, we took off on many wonderful adventures.

Places we visited:
We rented a car and drove down South to Sorrento, Capri and Pompeii. We took a train and went north to Florence, Tuscany and Assisi. We took a 10 day Mediterranean Cruise to Sicily, Athens, Mykonos, Kusadasi (Turkey), Rhodes and Santorini. We also took two weekend trips; one to Barcelona and one to Edinburgh, a week long trip to Rhodes and Amy joined Josh one week to explore Dublin.

And the best part of the trip was both our Mothers were able to come over and visit us together!

Amy's Godmother Barb, Amy's Mother Ruth & Josh's Mother Carol at the Pantheon

Amy, Josh, Willie & Charlie at the Vatican Colosseum

Amy & Josh at the Trevi Fountai

Spanish Steps

Amy & Josh at at Bocca della Verità (The Mouth of Truth)

Amy, Willie & Charlie at Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere

Willie at the "House of the Faun" in Pompeii

Grotta Azzurra in Capri

Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain

Ponte Vecchio Bridge over the river Arno, Florance

The whole family in Florence

Amy & Josh in Pisa

Messina (Sicily), Italy

Parthenon on the Acropolis - Athens, Greece

Santorini, Greece

Mykonos, Greece

"Old Town" Medieval Castle - Rhodes, Greece

The Celsus Library - Ephesus, Turkey

Amy in Assis, Italy Guinness Storehouse, Dublin

Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

Dates:

• Trip to Southern Italy: September 27th & 28th, 2008 (Sorrento, Capri and Pompeii)


• Weekend trip to Barcelona: October 3rd - 5th, 2008


• Five day trip to Rhodes, Greece: October, 13th - 17, 2008


• Trip to Firenze & Toscana with family: October 24th & 25th, 2008


• Mediterranean Cruise to Sicily, Athens, Mykonos, Kusadasi (Turkey), Rhodes and Santorini: November 14th - 24th, 2008


• Day trip to Assisi, Italy: November 29th, 2008


• Dublin, Ireland: December 1st - 5th, 2008


• Weekend trip to Edinburgh, Scotland: December 5th - 8th, 2008