tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163140722024-03-12T18:55:19.684-07:00A Scrap of Lifepixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.comBlogger748125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-49403629919722896382020-03-27T23:40:00.002-07:002021-02-01T16:29:52.711-08:00Europe RecapWe've been home just over two weeks now and the great news is that we're feeling good. Nothing to point towards us being sick, but we're complying with the "stay home, save lives" philosophy. <br /><br />Let's start with the numbers:<br /> Days away from home: 28 (includes 2 full travel days)<br /> Countries visited: 6<br /> Miles flown: 14,430 over 11 legs<br /> Miles in trains: 214 miles for Eurotunnel plus tons of tube rides in London and France<br /> Miles driven: 380, all but ¼ mile on the left hand side of the road. 😉<br /> Miles walked: 207<br /> Flights of stairs climbed: 448<br /> Steps taken: 471,514 <br /><br />Yes, we took nearly<b> half a million steps</b> over the course of our trip, all of them together. It was an amazing adventure and I can’t wait to do it again! <br /><br />Now, for the long part. Here’s some other random tidbits about packing, planning, and our favorite parts. Be prepared for more information than you probably want. LOL And if we don't answer your question(s) below, feel free to ask in the comments or send Brian or I a message. We're always happy to help.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Our trip philosophy</span> was to spend a little time in a lot of places, so for the most part we didn't stay in any one place longer than 3-4 days. We used this trip as a fishing expedition to help discover what we loved and where we wanted to visit again. We walked away with a few ideas for future trips:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Greece – we want to see more! More of the country, more of the people and food, and we’d love to spend some time in the Greek Isles.</li><li>Ireland and Scotland – we would love to go back for a longer road trip. These were beautiful countries and there’s a lot to see. One thing we had to cut from our Scotland road trip was the isles, especially the Isle of Skye that I was really looking forward to. We’d also like to visit northern England, where there is a Pixley church and town that Brian’s ancestors came from.</li><li>Mediterranean Cruise. We’re not typically cruisers but we see how this could be great. Sleep on the boat, spend a day in the city, then sleep while we move to a new port. </li></ul>There’s only one place we don’t feel the need to visit again and that’s Paris. Even Disneyland Paris, which may come as a surprise for those of you who know that I’m a Disney nut. It was great for a visit and we enjoyed our time there, but I think one time is plenty for us. <br /><br />Brian and I compiled our own lists of <span style="font-size: large;">our favorite places</span> on the trip and they were exactly the same! So instead of a his and hers list, you get our combined faves:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Glen Coe in Scotland. The beauty is indescribable.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGBhqEOhsqd3KJIWYmfCqRrB2sMfZ1aSc4qiMEXu17emMGRpVb1HDTD0NZSaa7FviHmAqNFXDdNzRCQQhPi6EB-G7s5AnHteim_YOKfqzRRtvscnf_6KNZGo3bBK0au_OYJXoKQ/s2048/IMG_2894+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGBhqEOhsqd3KJIWYmfCqRrB2sMfZ1aSc4qiMEXu17emMGRpVb1HDTD0NZSaa7FviHmAqNFXDdNzRCQQhPi6EB-G7s5AnHteim_YOKfqzRRtvscnf_6KNZGo3bBK0au_OYJXoKQ/s320/IMG_2894+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>All of Athens. Everything. I don’t think there was one thing we saw that we didn’t love. OK, maybe that meat market the walking tour took us through, but we loved everything else.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dtHj8dBIIFsxWZn3t1ix_NmH-bFyxQVfITlOMCLQUsJsY_pmX5M1KZ2k42rAL4-j3qWc-SqX97yB3SE2K5BEXZ6n-WpiKYyzlkrf33NIGWS1H_BJ0VR_P1-W-qWNJsNxFFq28w/s2048/IMG_0085.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dtHj8dBIIFsxWZn3t1ix_NmH-bFyxQVfITlOMCLQUsJsY_pmX5M1KZ2k42rAL4-j3qWc-SqX97yB3SE2K5BEXZ6n-WpiKYyzlkrf33NIGWS1H_BJ0VR_P1-W-qWNJsNxFFq28w/s320/IMG_0085.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>More of Italy. We’d love to see different areas of the country, especially northern Italy and Pompeii, which we had to remove at the last minute for health and safety concerns.</li><li>Sicily with Jimmy, Gin and the boys. I don’t think we would have enjoyed Sicily as much without them to share it with. They knew their way around (driving there is crazy, so we would have missed so much!), knew some of the great spots to visit and what foods to eat. It was so great to connect with them more and to share some of these memories with them. We miss them already and can’t wait to see them again during our travels. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSID1Ri4qVfL3Yj7AWAFBgHMzDzT4d8ZhNFzSLOyh9Iqorvl-cqLmbjuwdjzgllRBtL4L7YPJwK-cQULeJY6tBZDFRX2x9apK2Tb7qFU2Jxn6x0QkJjO5K6FL3O8a738moNojVfA/s2048/IMG_1745.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSID1Ri4qVfL3Yj7AWAFBgHMzDzT4d8ZhNFzSLOyh9Iqorvl-cqLmbjuwdjzgllRBtL4L7YPJwK-cQULeJY6tBZDFRX2x9apK2Tb7qFU2Jxn6x0QkJjO5K6FL3O8a738moNojVfA/s320/IMG_1745.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><div>Several people have asked me more details about <span style="font-size: large;">how I planned and where we stayed</span>, so here’s a quick rundown in case you’re interested in trying to plan your own trip. This includes flights, luggage, travel planning aids and phone apps (and phone plan) that we used the whole trip. <br /><br />I started with <b>Rick Steves books</b> and then fell into a rabbit hole of <b>podcasts</b>. You can find them for just about anywhere but I really enjoyed a few in particular: Tips for Travellers (spelled the UK way) and Extra Packs of Peanuts were some of my faves but I listened to many more, focusing on the specific areas we were traveling. They were super helpful in highlighting what we were interested in visiting and what we weren’t. <br /><br />Once I narrowed down some places we wanted to visit I added them to a trip I made on <b>Trip Advisor</b>. This way I could see a map with pinpoints of places we wanted to see. I used this to help decide which neighborhoods we should stay in when we visited each city. Our hope was to stay near the majority of locations we wanted to visit, to eliminate the need for excess travel. <br /><br />Eventually I used the <b>Trip It app</b> and website to put the itinerary all in one place. This allowed me to choose dates for each place we were visiting (and hours too), if we had a reservation and more. You can even share your trip confirmation emails for flights and hotels and it will automatically capture those on your trip, including check-in times or flight times. Brian had the app on his phone as well so he could view our trip plans at any time. Please understand that what we put in the app was all an idea. We tried to be really flexible. If we didn’t feel like visiting something on the day it was in the app, that was fine. I also planned “light”, meaning that the most important things made the list and if we had extra time we just referred to Trip Advisor for other locations I had saved as possible visitation spots. It was a lot of work to get these all set up but I love to trip plan so it worked for me. And yes, it was stressful making all those choices and hoping that they worked out. In the end, we found out that almost everything worked out fine. Little hiccups here and there, but nothing monumental. <br /><br />Other trip planning websites I used:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Rome 2 Rio</b> – this is web based and has an app. You can tell them where you want to start and where you want to end up and they will give you all the options – whether it’s flight, train, public transportation, walking, whatever. So many times I used this to get an idea of how long flights would be or how much they might cost. I never bought any flights or tickets through them but the service of understanding your choices is awesome!</li><li><b>Cheap O Air and Omio</b> – Again, I didn’t buy things through them because I like to book directly with the airlines, but I used them to search for transportation and see what is available. Super helpful! </li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Apps we used while on vacation</span>:</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Trip It (must have!)</li><li>Trip Advisor (must have!)</li><li>Google Translate (must have, with languages downloaded to your phone… please note that this may not help when you’re trying to translate how to make the washer/dryer work in Greece)</li><li>Google Maps (must have, with maps downloaded to your phone)</li><li>City Mapper (only has specific cities on this, but we liked it better than Google Maps)</li><li>Air BNB</li><li>Tube Map and Paris Metro apps (didn’t end up using Paris Metro since we mainly walked, but used London’s Tube Map a lot, especially the route planner function)</li><li>Rome 2 Rio</li><li>Rick Steves audio tours (we download some to the phone before leaving)</li><li>Disneyland Paris, MagiPark (for ride wait times) and Lineberty (for character meet and greets) in Disneyland Paris</li><li>Alaska, Delta, Aegean, EasyJet and Ryanair apps</li><li>Eurostar app</li><li>Travel Insurance app (we didn’t use our travel insurance but are glad we bought it) </li></ul>How did we access all these data-sucking tools while on vacation? Our fabulous <span style="font-size: large;">phone provider</span>! We have Sprint and were thinking about switching to AT&T before our trip. I’m so glad we didn’t! Sprint charges just $25 per week for a high speed service in Europe. Plus we can use our personal hot spot so I could really run both my phone and Brian’s on my connection. We ended up spending an extra $100 on phone service but we had pretty great service almost everywhere with it. Kudos to Sprint for the fabulous international phone plan. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Accommodations</span>, for the most part, were Air BNBs. We stayed in hotels our first few days in London, in Rome, our overnight in Inverness, Scotland and at Disneyland Paris. Other than that, we were in Air BNBs. I did a lot of looking on Air BNB, read all the reviews looked at all the pictures. I used their map function to ensure they were in the area we wanted to stay. Other than in Paris, all the Air BNB’s were great! Price is similar (or often cheaper) than hotel rooms and you have so much more space! The real reason we used AirBNBs was to have the ability to wash clothes. On Air BNB you can narrow your search results to only those that include a washer, and this was really important since we each only had a backpack of clothing. Once I had narrowed the selection down to a few units that were within our price range and available our dates, I had Brian look them over. Often he’d have a favorite (usually the one with the best view) but sometimes he would just knock out a few that looked too sketchy and let me decide. It was a good collaboration and we ended up with things like the amazing unit in Athens with the gorgeous view of the Acropolis. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Flying</span>: We flew almost everywhere this trip. We had 11 legs total, which included 2 legs to get to Europe. We flew Portland to Seattle, then Seattle all the way to London Heathrow. For this flight we flew Delta Premium Select (they partner with Virgin Atlantic so it was a Virgin Atlantic flight but cheaper to buy the ticket through Delta). This was the class between coach and first class and we loved it! There were wider seats with extra pitch (recline) and a footrest. They came with amenities like a blanket and pillow to use while on board, free drinks (including whisky and coke for Brian and 11 mini bottles of wine for the lady in front of us), elevated meal service and the “wander wall” where you can go and get free snacks while on your flight. It was a 10 hour flight so the extra space and amenities were well worth it. Plus you get to board first, get all settled with some prosecco and just relax while everyone else is jostling for overhead storage space. It was so worth the extra couple hundred dollars over coach for a flight that long. <br /><br />Once you get to Europe, flights are fairly inexpensive. For instance, to fly Aegean airlines from London to Athens (a straight flight) we paid 143€ total - for two of us. That’s a 1,500 mile flight! <br /><br />We flew three airlines within Europe. For almost every flight we paid a small amount of extra money for extra legroom seats. I think for the most part this was about $15 per seat and it was so important when your husband is 6’4”. The only time we didn’t have extra legroom seats was when the flight was short (usually under an hour or so). <br /><br />Aegean was used both in and out of Athens, since there weren’t a lot of choices for direct flights. It worked just fine but they weren’t my favorite. The hardest thing with Aegean is that they have a one-item-only, 17lb weight limit on carry-on bags. That was tough when you’re planning for a month! We made it work, but were so thankful we bought a luggage scale to take with us! <br /><br />The other two budget airlines we used were Ryanair and EasyJet. They were comparable and no-frills. No free drinks. No food or snacks. So just come prepared for that and you’ll be fine. There were plenty of flights that were really cheap, like Ireland to Scotland which cost us $35 each. But know what you’re buying. With one of the airlines when you paid for the extra legroom seats you got to take a carry-on bag with you. Without that you couldn’t have a carry-on. So just understand what you’ll need and buy for that. <br /><br />Originally our plan was to use public transportation in many of these cities, but often when we arrived we chose to get a taxi or Uber. It just made sense when you’ve got luggage to pay the extra for the car. Often it wasn’t even that much more than public transportation for two of us. It was our little splurge and we don’t regret it a bit. <br /><br />One of the most expensive parts of budget airline flying is the cost for checked <span style="font-size: large;">luggage</span>, which we avoided (with one small exception) this trip. We did a lot of thinking and planning about luggage. Most people just have rolling suitcases that fit inside the size restrictions (which seem fairly small in Europe). We knew rolling these around cities would be a pain, especially when walking over cobblestones and walking up stairs. Instead, we decided to backpack it. We did tons of research (Brian did most of this one) and then bought a few to try. We sent all of them back except for one – the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tortugabackpacks/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBFjH9v2Vz8qfCPSr5pREKZNhDabctNwg5_5qN1OpckvQfSFuBtl_7fTNNFf0-3KDeuTUZ1J-uQV7OnNnte4n7vu-Jo8-BHdsEwP-En6F_LZKKRickTGRiJku-5SVNpYpj6FgZ8oOkFGNDWERUM_2XmW_SgAfFbXgsKNbQ9MOHMNcOFROv2TZmvXtRHjTKJJQqJYldc5q8lolS3TQ&__xts__%5B1%5D=68.ARCqJOADdL_a0W4uyt4lIQVUqa_qXNFO3yvEyTMCR5B8PEgfoG1gRlPsgZf7au7PHMGh9i1X4I9m5mcl-_WNtGH4_LEA78oa3P3sb5xJFOqDsJcoFQMHNcM3aSgJUstQE2SCutVGo7PI-bZTydQzjAsj7fRqk7RCO0zXgAWjt0xqo9RjGfhhIdMmKwdqv9jWSVwm7rwAKvxg2mwkBg&__tn__=K-R&eid=ARAwlhDXstLIuaeJL2Qe61NQggxvvX42hoUzsQ3vRMQeKZ0ZjM46BUfsqrYlO3CE4J7rdejQ0p18t7_z&fref=mentions">Tortuga</a> Setout 45L (<a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tortugabackpacks.com%2Fcollections%2Fsetout%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1aSVPMSy0-0w7l9vcptAtLLiuFp6ASjjOTOuIm-lf6ah3ZkfFQNo7_cAE&h=AT1Mh_H1_ra0ITVmQmv3uCp5ngiRTbWGiBCSxIr8tjk10zjzmAVoLmQXVoFzDHj1eQacb1FY0nK2eB2m9VIuCOhwO7yrZyLgT0LEhVzkDiK-m5h-ZKoyiCJQVLuIZE3cJ8E_BripbQrx6qL4fPh7-CxTWopc9dWkrZB8gtr6nujzZDbo69T62Pdz6quMndY3MdfwRZSU-Pf9KELHktw_v9bM2LpLiuIulOgzwRmJ8FUaPtnxvMCT66h2UYsf8uCq4pGFBGTdabn8AxuNIwdkQ4mGQ3dtgK3R7-jgu5P1HQrnijYCb77sqRGjM17uHrKEkmYn-JDaU5IWmKtRyLwePUxST0Uinc7-X3QVYb6yL9tpUulcn4p7wFquTLygoB7V5HoLoxb_yDdUBtM07r9herNgnL1X-9RJs2SAn51cZQPjI8_c6VJCqTOjQ1jSOiTnr67_SWJtWuHOkQt-SiJnj5lwuA">https://www.tortugabackpacks.com/collections/setout</a>). Yes, it’s a little expensive but we knew a good pack was vitally important! We were so happy with this purchase! They fit quite a lot inside them while still keeping you in the approved carry-on size, they fit on your back with a great waist belt and chest strap to take the weight off your shoulders. When you fly you can tuck the straps in so it easily fits in the overhead compartments. To be honest, by the end we just quit doing that and put them up there, straps and all… it fit but was a little messier. All in all, these bags were amazing! We will be using these for years to come, though after I purchased they released a women’s style (the men’s was a little big for my 5’6” frame) so I may be selling one of these and purchasing the women’s style for our next trip. But we have nothing but love for our Tortuga bags. They held up amazingly through every sort of weather and locale. 5 stars! <br /><br />We ordered the matching <span style="font-size: large;">packing cubes</span> for these packs and they were great, but we also used some cheap travel vacuum pack bags off Amazon. This became especially important as the trip wore on and we purchased souvenirs that we had to fit in our packs. This way we could roll and then vacuum seal clothing to reduce space. I also kept our winter gear (hats, gloves, thermal layers, an extra coat) in one of these since we didn’t need these at all the first half of the trip. It was a good combination to have the packing cubes and vacuum bags. <br /><br />A really good <span style="font-size: large;">selfie stick</span> is also so important! We bought one off Amazon that doubles as a tripod with a remote. This was great for almost every situation. It’s how we were able to get the amazing picture of the Parthenon, which is probably my single favorite photo of our entire trip. Yes, it takes a little space but it’s worthwhile space. </div><div><br />We also had a <span style="font-size: large;">packable backpack</span> we used, especially towards the end. It was great as a personal bag on flights, a pack to use when we headed out for the day, and it worked as our souvenir pack towards the end of the trip. When not in use I could put it inside one of my coat pockets until we needed it for the day. <br /><br />The big question is – <span style="font-size: large;">how did we make it for a month on one pack each?</span> The truth is that we packed super carefully! We each packed about 3 pairs of pants (one pair water resistant for those rainy days), 5 shirts, and about half a dozen socks and underwear each. We chose neutral, mostly solid items so we could mix and match shirts and bottoms. I took two cardigans as well, since I get cold easier. Then we washed laundry. When we arrived at a location we usually put the laundry on, then did a last load before we left. There was only one time that we got really close on laundry and that was after our horrible Air BNB in Paris, where we left early and didn’t dare use any of the facilities. Then we had an extra night at Newport Bay at Disneyland Paris, so we went 5 days with no laundry. I washed a few pieces in the shower one day, but it was getting pretty close. <br /><br />We each took two pairs of <span style="font-size: large;">shoes</span> – one more comfortable for all the walking (and believe me, they got their miles in!) and one that was waterproof for those wet and muddy spots. We are sooooo thankful for the waterproof shoes. On days like the Cliffs of Moher, where it was raining sideways with huge wind gusts and then sunny just minutes later, we were thankful to always have warm, dry feet. REI was our go-to for waterproof shoes. I have wide feet so got wide <b>Merrill Moabs</b>. They were worth every penny! I also took Skecher Go Walks for comfort, but found they weren’t as comfortable for cobblestones. Brian’s waterproof shoes were actually his comfiest so he ended up wearing them most of the time. They are <b>La Sportiva Spires</b>. We bought some shoe bags from Amazon to keep our dirty shoes off our other packed items and we loved those as well. <br /><br />We packed<span style="font-size: large;"> toiletries</span> in 100ml containers in a clear zip-up travel bag for ease at the airports. My splurge item was my hair straightener and some makeup, but I had to make everything minimal. For instance, I packed two tubes of my absolute favorite conditioners but only one of my shampoo, as I knew I could use any shampoo easily but that not all conditioners are alike. Brian made great use of his toiletries bag by leaving room for travel size bottles of whisky he found on our travels. <br /><br />Our month in Europe felt short. It didn't feel like a month in the moment. We were ready to come home partly because of the Coronavirus, which seemed to be just a few steps behind us all trip. We probably won't do a month again. We talked about how three weeks was probably about right for us so in the future we'll likely aim for that for these big vacations. <br /><br />I also want to mention <span style="font-size: large;">personal attitude</span> here. Brian and I were flexible, ready to change plans if things didn’t go our way. Sometimes things weren’t so great or things happened that could have affected our trip, but we just let them roll over us and we moved on to the next thing. No matter how much you plan, things aren’t going to be perfect. The key is flexibility and not letting those negative experiences bring down your attitude. <br /><br />Last, but not least, I have to say that travelling with my husband was a joy. We support one another. We’re strong when the other needs it and know that we have the support when we’re the one down. When it gets hard, we encourage one another. When it’s so astoundingly amazing, we stop and hug and soak up those moments and memories together. He is an amazing partner in life and an amazing partner in this travel adventure. These memories together will be cherished for the rest of our lives.</div>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-36583392400886151882020-03-13T23:35:00.008-07:002020-09-27T09:14:27.596-07:00Returning homeAnd here we are - loaded up with our packs and then on a plane headed for the states. Friday the 13th, flying out of gate 13. Good thing we’re not superstitious.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIF4sUWxvykSSMhkT7ce-cCPZDnWvo_TyrEgOv8_Y2hNnzHfL36yiCCd0bXJiJ7Q9pzf_xVarBegNIbYYsqvtp1-SuL5zdEddOMbzicXGP3jRk6xhI1hArQ05QlJm0kWIkVuwUmA/s2048/IMG_0816.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIF4sUWxvykSSMhkT7ce-cCPZDnWvo_TyrEgOv8_Y2hNnzHfL36yiCCd0bXJiJ7Q9pzf_xVarBegNIbYYsqvtp1-SuL5zdEddOMbzicXGP3jRk6xhI1hArQ05QlJm0kWIkVuwUmA/w640-h480/IMG_0816.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVSdJ6gxmq2_bHdg73Ndq60WGgGncR6Bbmk8zZ8Vtzf8-fiwEamYq8An3CD6u91tJ6Z8UFeaGOmP8PjUT4chaPax5nUD161ETppwHlMbQIBMDEgyLkhGTkr_a7FAr1KzlY8CFtA/s2048/IMG_0819+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVSdJ6gxmq2_bHdg73Ndq60WGgGncR6Bbmk8zZ8Vtzf8-fiwEamYq8An3CD6u91tJ6Z8UFeaGOmP8PjUT4chaPax5nUD161ETppwHlMbQIBMDEgyLkhGTkr_a7FAr1KzlY8CFtA/w640-h480/IMG_0819+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Amidst all the hubub and chaos we keep hearing, we came home to a lot of nothing. When landing in Seattle, no one asked where we came from. No one checked our temperature or reminded us to self-quarantine. We just quietly walked back onto US soil like Coronavirus wasn't a thing. But we did get home safely, so all is well that ends well. </div>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-29400378855858542822020-03-12T23:18:00.001-07:002020-09-26T23:33:13.285-07:00One more day...Our final day abroad was simply finishing up some things we didn’t see our first stop in London. We started with Big Ben, Parliament and Westminster Abbey, all of which are under construction at the moment. We got to see some of them but it would have been better to see them in all their glory. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x1tJ9vBSZkOc8tlgMc2aTZq3eMUA_RIxuFQ8BH9uVmzowEGXzUlDeC2uf-z3dt7Z2QWf_5uoj1upsDQvjwsFDc9K00B567HyrZ-wMEnUoWM61jKodm37SvnKPo8ddjU9QDNBjg/s2048/IMG_3758+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x1tJ9vBSZkOc8tlgMc2aTZq3eMUA_RIxuFQ8BH9uVmzowEGXzUlDeC2uf-z3dt7Z2QWf_5uoj1upsDQvjwsFDc9K00B567HyrZ-wMEnUoWM61jKodm37SvnKPo8ddjU9QDNBjg/w480-h640/IMG_3758+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3bMmkRORTaXHGJYisACg4a30Vvjxg2UmDV5QQK7PSHODHm1fzsCBkpoGmKrT7JCdBLCL7eVp641KK2kimvEiSR7F-FnOQiWNC3adslvFpt10-Uw9wLG724q0yPUdDqKERJ1z8A/s2048/IMG_3766+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3bMmkRORTaXHGJYisACg4a30Vvjxg2UmDV5QQK7PSHODHm1fzsCBkpoGmKrT7JCdBLCL7eVp641KK2kimvEiSR7F-FnOQiWNC3adslvFpt10-Uw9wLG724q0yPUdDqKERJ1z8A/w480-h640/IMG_3766+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4-mwW6y31kK7JVscrqZcnM0GHC-2a1tkfXpS3amC-xn_kcSPDkHgE-eZ8ZP0eLrhI0C5jFxgM9jxtqhN3NoqMecdHMLEIVggLt7LIPprwygzNAYlhv-aLVnZRVnPRBUfB12cRg/s2048/IMG_3767+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4-mwW6y31kK7JVscrqZcnM0GHC-2a1tkfXpS3amC-xn_kcSPDkHgE-eZ8ZP0eLrhI0C5jFxgM9jxtqhN3NoqMecdHMLEIVggLt7LIPprwygzNAYlhv-aLVnZRVnPRBUfB12cRg/w640-h480/IMG_3767+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br />We jumped on the tube and got off near Buckingham Palace. There were no tours on Thursday and the Queen was in residence so we just took a look from outside. 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There we visited the TKTS booth where we got great (and cheap) tickets for the West End showing off The Lion King. We had lunch at a local venue that said business was down over 50%. I expect it will only get worse in the near future. </div><div><br />We walked the area for a bit and found a beautiful little Chinatown. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s4u24cajZ35BGAUyNh43mzGNmWvqQ6Bk1kF52TNPmjz4w7ioiIdnN3xLX-wHyRkealG2LvIUqRz35S1HiQvXQSMd7rQCgD5Qvxq9TfSPT2_FiMboTQncOWyODdXtc7VcINQlyg/s2048/IMG_3796+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s4u24cajZ35BGAUyNh43mzGNmWvqQ6Bk1kF52TNPmjz4w7ioiIdnN3xLX-wHyRkealG2LvIUqRz35S1HiQvXQSMd7rQCgD5Qvxq9TfSPT2_FiMboTQncOWyODdXtc7VcINQlyg/w480-h640/IMG_3796+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aJeqKZ7L-0Iz9ZvV7Ur1vzAxagmiWLd2UYzVQu3bPEPoMghwJDyFaiBMUPIlBw0PbVrqu-YoGv4CatJJxMIZ90Tdhzn6AGYiAVkSlhGW8iHdCIk9c2DIHja7Ob7xev1NeNlTog/s2048/IMG_3798+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aJeqKZ7L-0Iz9ZvV7Ur1vzAxagmiWLd2UYzVQu3bPEPoMghwJDyFaiBMUPIlBw0PbVrqu-YoGv4CatJJxMIZ90Tdhzn6AGYiAVkSlhGW8iHdCIk9c2DIHja7Ob7xev1NeNlTog/w480-h640/IMG_3798+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6tNgqwyuLqwpg4U7KoksHocKWyeg3jCVlkB62EU2C7u703VVpW3u1fE8z-Jki0u3OxvTX1hN9rOl7LoTCGKvm__-BC4c7pTwwy_YiucEdM7FBC32KcM78YHD7WqqHl4ZKIm-Cw/s2048/IMG_3800+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6tNgqwyuLqwpg4U7KoksHocKWyeg3jCVlkB62EU2C7u703VVpW3u1fE8z-Jki0u3OxvTX1hN9rOl7LoTCGKvm__-BC4c7pTwwy_YiucEdM7FBC32KcM78YHD7WqqHl4ZKIm-Cw/w480-h640/IMG_3800+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>We returned to our AirBNB to freshen up, shower and take a quick nap. The 1am phone call about closing the borders caused several hours of no sleep the night before so a nap was in order. We then packed up the majority of our stuff before heading out to our night at the theater. As always, The Lion King is a great show and the performance was fabulous! And yes, more from the hometown guy, Michael Curry. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxvfAGMZCqd8dl-hZKWb4KVmGmS6Y2-yMTdGlTR9QImE-eYFNzxQQr5qVY-eVaHvLrfP_1ueS-wfpRTBDalbqZ1TYhMPzVz7II1Zk6vMPcrkENbxYSllKw2fSv1wjYLddp8q-3A/s2048/IMG_3808+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxvfAGMZCqd8dl-hZKWb4KVmGmS6Y2-yMTdGlTR9QImE-eYFNzxQQr5qVY-eVaHvLrfP_1ueS-wfpRTBDalbqZ1TYhMPzVz7II1Zk6vMPcrkENbxYSllKw2fSv1wjYLddp8q-3A/w480-h640/IMG_3808+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_4lVX3Rq0DITdwLSgpa2AfGa88yiwsBV6OKyv8Wd-c4ZHUlfQnfImJHCWydRTyFj2NDKJZrAyeus2JqsGNc15GfAqMVPHS9E56HM5Gceo4aU-Yl0BPWk1sdJ-v51cui-WKp1qg/s2048/IMG_3810+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_4lVX3Rq0DITdwLSgpa2AfGa88yiwsBV6OKyv8Wd-c4ZHUlfQnfImJHCWydRTyFj2NDKJZrAyeus2JqsGNc15GfAqMVPHS9E56HM5Gceo4aU-Yl0BPWk1sdJ-v51cui-WKp1qg/w480-h640/IMG_3810+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>We headed back to the airbnb to call it a night. Tomorrow, we head home!<br /><br /></div>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-52190344157204353322020-03-11T23:11:00.000-07:002020-09-26T23:33:42.412-07:00Kings & chaosToday was a light day for us. We had a leisurely morning and breakfast at the hotel before waving goodbye to Disneyland Paris. We traveled by train for the first time this trip, taking the euro train from France to London. We got checked into our AirBNB in enough time to go grab dinner before our big event - Hamilton on London’s West End. We have been planning this since the beginning and were so excited! We had great seats center stage on the lower level. They were perfect! The show was really good - the king was the best king out of the three times we've seen it. He was HILARIOUS! I'm so glad we got to see it!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw_MUXRwtGVIXLyiSW-pA3-de00eTjV6R5Ud_QTUNMRxcklWAojaCyj1gXP5t5jAjZAv4WydJ3A3_CdKIlrcXvxVjVhvXtmbVddXl715zA4BgGbx30arVSopD2MoLs06vZ59M1w/s2048/IMG_3749+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw_MUXRwtGVIXLyiSW-pA3-de00eTjV6R5Ud_QTUNMRxcklWAojaCyj1gXP5t5jAjZAv4WydJ3A3_CdKIlrcXvxVjVhvXtmbVddXl715zA4BgGbx30arVSopD2MoLs06vZ59M1w/w480-h640/IMG_3749+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8qCZgEKXJ3C1Ebr30HFqQTCw8TblRwauyGDASoxlHXQI5ynsFNG6uS40hONfNmrfEpmzijpMA89Fpq7UecxgdyO9zmVNJvtufEomzxz7yVCdTQL9ZvUyR8z5L0E-8kjClSRC_g/s2048/IMG_3751+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8qCZgEKXJ3C1Ebr30HFqQTCw8TblRwauyGDASoxlHXQI5ynsFNG6uS40hONfNmrfEpmzijpMA89Fpq7UecxgdyO9zmVNJvtufEomzxz7yVCdTQL9ZvUyR8z5L0E-8kjClSRC_g/w640-h480/IMG_3751+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwrHXRji1sdd2nizxwTOMX7eDnhfR4sqc2mBe8ifPx7pgbKgZNlofngXAEwdeJP1BkG-eerW1U5mpTzwid8PH-_Lvr0qtTKq34j9T_hPJOzK7GdBj7fH9W5_mctbf-taEgChKig/s2048/IMG_3752+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwrHXRji1sdd2nizxwTOMX7eDnhfR4sqc2mBe8ifPx7pgbKgZNlofngXAEwdeJP1BkG-eerW1U5mpTzwid8PH-_Lvr0qtTKq34j9T_hPJOzK7GdBj7fH9W5_mctbf-taEgChKig/w640-h480/IMG_3752+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2F9x8kgnAXnbFnRb1wEUV83PyetfBuVI9kXvizy4S3bYvuNUTuVPdgRort6xkCFdhHvrewSJ2YZv0AGQemwxLwhbXsV1iToxvx09pSTB8yK8qAdz1BmnoEYn8Hb8E-4LwUIfGtw/s2048/IMG_3754+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2F9x8kgnAXnbFnRb1wEUV83PyetfBuVI9kXvizy4S3bYvuNUTuVPdgRort6xkCFdhHvrewSJ2YZv0AGQemwxLwhbXsV1iToxvx09pSTB8yK8qAdz1BmnoEYn8Hb8E-4LwUIfGtw/w640-h480/IMG_3754+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYMqMhtMTbLU7gLX-inr9rR50y2WRgGjdVqt4mgpAxHPrjxOYwnEm1QsvjxtKE7k_dgbd6YEbz0z4uvSnoK_ddMT4htid0pQJC3dsMtK0K_kJIQN2292JNtFPxiPjXpsj9nzdhw/s2025/IMG_3816.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2025" data-original-width="1350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYMqMhtMTbLU7gLX-inr9rR50y2WRgGjdVqt4mgpAxHPrjxOYwnEm1QsvjxtKE7k_dgbd6YEbz0z4uvSnoK_ddMT4htid0pQJC3dsMtK0K_kJIQN2292JNtFPxiPjXpsj9nzdhw/w426-h640/IMG_3816.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /> The most exciting thing was during intermission when Brian realized Colin Farrell was sitting 2 seats directly in front of him. I really didn’t believe him until I walked forward to “look at the stage” and heard his voice (ironically talking to someone about Coronavirus). I took a glance at him on the way back to my seat and sure enough, there he was. <div><br />We got to bed about midnight and were woken up at 1am by a call from Brian’s Chief Deputy telling him about the travel ban proclamation. My phone started blowing up too - messages from friends and family who were concerned about us getting home. After a bit of a panic and looking up all the details, Brian and I feel confident that we will be able to return home as planned on Friday. Here’s why:<br /> 1. Travel isn’t banned for US Nationals<br /> 2. Travel isn’t banned from the U.K.<br /> 3. The travel ban starts at midnight on Friday. We leave at noon and land before midnight. <br /><br />Fingers crossed that Brian and I get home safely on Friday!</div></div>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-12065328552066144452020-03-10T22:26:00.001-07:002020-09-27T09:13:39.243-07:00More magic<p><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">Today was a pretty light
day yet somehow we still walked over 11 miles. We started off with early entry,
this time to the Disney Studios park. This park is tiny. Like really tiny. I
know they are doing some additions to it right now (which is why Rock n
Rollercoaster is down </span><span class="6qdm"><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">🙁</span></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">) but
there are really just a few things we wanted to do here and extra magic hours
is our opportunity to do those with no wait. Plus it gave us a chance to see
DLP’s version of the Partners statue, since it lives in the studios as opposed
to Disneyland/Magic Kingdom in the states.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwdGtuI226yAIWtk4nNDH2FLI3FFVJS7tOqaorc0bG4sUGnp_fm6_YcwOr3-YfwDUvZvSc8m3A52OaUpIHHJHNqd1wcxJ9PkxV5zKGf6g9uQ_LBtKd_abvTSTHZMVOQpRkhoNTA/s2048/IMG_3507+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwdGtuI226yAIWtk4nNDH2FLI3FFVJS7tOqaorc0bG4sUGnp_fm6_YcwOr3-YfwDUvZvSc8m3A52OaUpIHHJHNqd1wcxJ9PkxV5zKGf6g9uQ_LBtKd_abvTSTHZMVOQpRkhoNTA/w480-h640/IMG_3507+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><p><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p>The first stop was an entirely new-to-us ride, Ratatouille. This
is currently being added to EPCOT’s France pavilion at Disney World but it’s
not open yet. The interesting thing about this ride is that it’s trackless.
This means your ratmobile can scurry and scram with a really natural feel. What
I didn’t love was the big 3D screens. Those really ignite my motion sickness
but I did ok by closing my eyes a few times. All in all, it was a pretty cute ride.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6I7bX0dpD-LVkqCM_9lMV0kG4vHu1M16FgZzfduIfLnnDJpRX6HwxPz0DnrBLyQYnbs7a4jhsApOjgbRsBbYKGBmoAtW4uZqYXIlfVm3ORsNmH5m9cFw-ooHI90k0a2nEM2sEDg/s2048/IMG_3488+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6I7bX0dpD-LVkqCM_9lMV0kG4vHu1M16FgZzfduIfLnnDJpRX6HwxPz0DnrBLyQYnbs7a4jhsApOjgbRsBbYKGBmoAtW4uZqYXIlfVm3ORsNmH5m9cFw-ooHI90k0a2nEM2sEDg/w480-h640/IMG_3488+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzobkZolqeE5QArGG_vDLG3sMe5kquZy0xYq1V-G_grprfj23XKlEgX-FMWCuB0NtFuGrQR9nnU9uttInmUxro0lt1LBHb5jcpss-kCMaRB_oLGHPnl8kQi6oQgSIV1B1quqkSsA/s2048/IMG_3489+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzobkZolqeE5QArGG_vDLG3sMe5kquZy0xYq1V-G_grprfj23XKlEgX-FMWCuB0NtFuGrQR9nnU9uttInmUxro0lt1LBHb5jcpss-kCMaRB_oLGHPnl8kQi6oQgSIV1B1quqkSsA/s320/IMG_3489+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSzFvFGQ0tJ5uIWr292nDkhAcRH3op9hRXXGyjHRf0ORJ241ZhQxIUmGf84-8H9CMuSS0_Yfcz59-TPtrXEgog22rX90wGqWcc4uwIIVT7SQCxnXcAYsOUNTytNhCir207ZnbEQ/s2048/IMG_3493.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSzFvFGQ0tJ5uIWr292nDkhAcRH3op9hRXXGyjHRf0ORJ241ZhQxIUmGf84-8H9CMuSS0_Yfcz59-TPtrXEgog22rX90wGqWcc4uwIIVT7SQCxnXcAYsOUNTytNhCir207ZnbEQ/s320/IMG_3493.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidjnawb-ZL00Yu82W0XzcK7F_v4c6j8LNaWjib8NUZFp97rEa3JwEWLyZFNOiiop-udEtcssDkVzsLSO2FLEIEdu3ksOoqs2EfsLNjuAfdQhe2LP1Hnz3CDEaV3_o0A6ev9ld-A/s2048/IMG_3498+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidjnawb-ZL00Yu82W0XzcK7F_v4c6j8LNaWjib8NUZFp97rEa3JwEWLyZFNOiiop-udEtcssDkVzsLSO2FLEIEdu3ksOoqs2EfsLNjuAfdQhe2LP1Hnz3CDEaV3_o0A6ev9ld-A/s320/IMG_3498+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">Up next was the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. It was
interesting to ride this when it’s partially in French. The little girl who
pops up and speaks to you spoke in French a lot so you were left wondering if
it was over or continuing. It was fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4HCgvzOxOMpz8qCoUHHEFcXJYFyCuR6JP1ZUwkp2HSusRy2S87H9v50g9ltn4WSg3S932VU2p89dYOawF2TaHEfg1zRh-Np_4iUDzdSuUaP2Nr4j7FZdmW6Hngx8Yz-2MZx4eA/s2048/IMG_3502+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4HCgvzOxOMpz8qCoUHHEFcXJYFyCuR6JP1ZUwkp2HSusRy2S87H9v50g9ltn4WSg3S932VU2p89dYOawF2TaHEfg1zRh-Np_4iUDzdSuUaP2Nr4j7FZdmW6Hngx8Yz-2MZx4eA/w480-h640/IMG_3502+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1WUXErotDYBBtweOhyphenhyphenwBW3p7O9ENHGrP-X1Bf7N-v-erw-MtVx_pGQppP9AfgK5a6GQ2E-Q7i75KHx7Ap8eJDyw0Ygf4BSDFj9tG5Xr_oksiV2JRsvf8wVibDSMT9d6yKe16Zw/s2048/IMG_3504+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1WUXErotDYBBtweOhyphenhyphenwBW3p7O9ENHGrP-X1Bf7N-v-erw-MtVx_pGQppP9AfgK5a6GQ2E-Q7i75KHx7Ap8eJDyw0Ygf4BSDFj9tG5Xr_oksiV2JRsvf8wVibDSMT9d6yKe16Zw/w480-h640/IMG_3504+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcas6qEHveDrhUC1aJWRl0S-gpArz-mxiZ4JnztqtRS2htednuineg8czc8asMrx9rVTER-0gm86o5ixpMO9QFd8CEvrs12tgVN3royxN7gw7mT1fng16aFE6wlLtWRN4bH9sFQ/s2048/IMG_3505+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcas6qEHveDrhUC1aJWRl0S-gpArz-mxiZ4JnztqtRS2htednuineg8czc8asMrx9rVTER-0gm86o5ixpMO9QFd8CEvrs12tgVN3royxN7gw7mT1fng16aFE6wlLtWRN4bH9sFQ/w480-h640/IMG_3505+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">We were now done at the studios. Yep, that’s it for us. They
have a Toy Story Land but it’s kid carnival rides repurposed for the land.
Crushes Coaster looks fun and unique but it also looks like it might be high on
the puke-factor, since it’s a coaster where the shell you ride in also spins.
So we passed out of self-preservation. Other than that just a few shows, one of
which we will come back and see later, but it didn’t play for hours so we
headed back to Disneyland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">It was still extra magic hours so we walked right on Hyperspace
Mountain, this time getting the front seats. It’s quite a different ride from
up there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">I had reached my quota of thrilling rides for a while so opted
for something much tamer - Le Carrousel de Lancelot (The Lancelot Carousel).
Brian is still not a fan of spinning rides so sat this out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBfVcpDLQYRoUkzdWPSg-fXn4oCej3YCoPrxmP1Y5dG6aQ_sHkihYDNvaBwiBRDft84lg5LtIc7prnZDnkmqhEHxQxywEAZ71JzUkL-QtDxYe3b2s89F55JXcsL8vsJb_SoxUrg/s2048/IMG_0690+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBfVcpDLQYRoUkzdWPSg-fXn4oCej3YCoPrxmP1Y5dG6aQ_sHkihYDNvaBwiBRDft84lg5LtIc7prnZDnkmqhEHxQxywEAZ71JzUkL-QtDxYe3b2s89F55JXcsL8vsJb_SoxUrg/w640-h480/IMG_0690+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqelrXb0Vc3nABbMp0JYASryFcUc9jGB8kgQyXO6RGCDWALZrFoFBHLfHJm6lm6PFKE6ZnBODgTB7Xw5wM4HYGzUuOzYrhy8OeZh_TSWJFQvk8pQ24n0v3yktu6-5h-Lxk6vVzrA/s2048/IMG_0695+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqelrXb0Vc3nABbMp0JYASryFcUc9jGB8kgQyXO6RGCDWALZrFoFBHLfHJm6lm6PFKE6ZnBODgTB7Xw5wM4HYGzUuOzYrhy8OeZh_TSWJFQvk8pQ24n0v3yktu6-5h-Lxk6vVzrA/w640-h480/IMG_0695+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijb6_AqKPuWwypgrSxuQErdhjEcDuGajKxj5ruPD_Y91cgZS6nfrbNcad3P7p83L-cEyU8XgT9pwAsZrzBX9bnN8x43G3RXh-bcvxxdY0OsyMuvxx-Dh6QQHek4Q0fbZgpjvdQ2Q/s2048/IMG_3517+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijb6_AqKPuWwypgrSxuQErdhjEcDuGajKxj5ruPD_Y91cgZS6nfrbNcad3P7p83L-cEyU8XgT9pwAsZrzBX9bnN8x43G3RXh-bcvxxdY0OsyMuvxx-Dh6QQHek4Q0fbZgpjvdQ2Q/w640-h480/IMG_3517+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">Even though it was closed for refurbishment, I had to walk over
and take pictures of DLP’s tea cups ride. It has the most beautiful pavilion! </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVMws_RAtR296g6V2-nPRauFg2vvVr0eKnfN3SKFZgsb5hEelLZMpFQZ93WeDLYCmi4wVUKcc_tB3gq5VKkxrKWlQQX1Tz4aR4pO_A1pMcv8PpznFrHK5BDlTjWtwX5NJx43bVQ/s2048/IMG_3534+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVMws_RAtR296g6V2-nPRauFg2vvVr0eKnfN3SKFZgsb5hEelLZMpFQZ93WeDLYCmi4wVUKcc_tB3gq5VKkxrKWlQQX1Tz4aR4pO_A1pMcv8PpznFrHK5BDlTjWtwX5NJx43bVQ/w640-h480/IMG_3534+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqO9sC5lRF5wDWpxrD2WQUywD4811QzSY-JR0J12RUrhZYykwkXlMH8VVvjsYO8Ian_nsfKiq7OXb7Qog4asCKfuhwh0C-ZLb0usqihXOVZs8OXOvyk7BQdWODv-W0i7fQU0dc_w/s2048/IMG_3535+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqO9sC5lRF5wDWpxrD2WQUywD4811QzSY-JR0J12RUrhZYykwkXlMH8VVvjsYO8Ian_nsfKiq7OXb7Qog4asCKfuhwh0C-ZLb0usqihXOVZs8OXOvyk7BQdWODv-W0i7fQU0dc_w/w640-h480/IMG_3535+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">We wanted to walk over to Skull Island and check out what was
over there, but it was a lot of random passages with nothing much to see. Plus
it was really wet and slippery! </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGChV1a7tknEt9vBxmQL3bjkZudR64dMxINnDyLsDvhbaUpk78ctKm_w70IJfAaHbCJpTvJNAqVhyeJWj8U-UlzQUq3M2qJer0Xrclz1Vq5rJwHdzg2QsJepIPTF0dAaXeL9qMFw/s2048/IMG_0490+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGChV1a7tknEt9vBxmQL3bjkZudR64dMxINnDyLsDvhbaUpk78ctKm_w70IJfAaHbCJpTvJNAqVhyeJWj8U-UlzQUq3M2qJer0Xrclz1Vq5rJwHdzg2QsJepIPTF0dAaXeL9qMFw/w640-h480/IMG_0490+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOzA5n5xFucvtR6NDbbfZBavMCvJ8OxrSdrxSyZyM4aZhl8RP5GGxG0BDkplA30fz4MiMnEpVuqvY9y7Zlj-PE84awZ974tiBQi7gALeahuMliuxteP-6cwarjPZRwMNmkkeAUQ/s2048/IMG_3236+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOzA5n5xFucvtR6NDbbfZBavMCvJ8OxrSdrxSyZyM4aZhl8RP5GGxG0BDkplA30fz4MiMnEpVuqvY9y7Zlj-PE84awZ974tiBQi7gALeahuMliuxteP-6cwarjPZRwMNmkkeAUQ/w480-h640/IMG_3236+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">We ended up exiting by the gorgeous entry way
to Adventureland. This is probably the most exquisite entryway from the hub
that I’ve seen. So pretty!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiummeR34F7C9dsYJgZxHCXHHq03Q_MFnq1EfyGN_FmLT59Ojp6U6c1y35phUg-RXzcUM5aVna7PBEVlCU8WFx9bNPIaCvgkPLm8Non0tXzHEBEdGINgwJF-nQ6BTG8fW2vi2LDHA/s2048/IMG_3539+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiummeR34F7C9dsYJgZxHCXHHq03Q_MFnq1EfyGN_FmLT59Ojp6U6c1y35phUg-RXzcUM5aVna7PBEVlCU8WFx9bNPIaCvgkPLm8Non0tXzHEBEdGINgwJF-nQ6BTG8fW2vi2LDHA/w480-h640/IMG_3539+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2JDK0Ii7a8-QZforfp0D5BqRACw7HFESPNIXyGgmljdaUeLXvadtK4RzxF2xv1ZYwq7lrVNPhyphenhyphenh1z_LInK1DS3fnFlSDqOx2y8GInPTYmqCEK6MSop-FF6-PbRm-8NzVhyphenhyphenTGLw/s2048/IMG_3540.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2JDK0Ii7a8-QZforfp0D5BqRACw7HFESPNIXyGgmljdaUeLXvadtK4RzxF2xv1ZYwq7lrVNPhyphenhyphenh1z_LInK1DS3fnFlSDqOx2y8GInPTYmqCEK6MSop-FF6-PbRm-8NzVhyphenhyphenTGLw/w640-h480/IMG_3540.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbJzUibg_hlkESG3kP0ywn_kSeY4Gxl9IAwdsUWGfAbebVhJqoTNVXChcDhaB3TEHcAA0VaS0A7xmPC2pwyCXoC70gt-wc2VDc_PbDSR3IdrtbsP7HroYYqYiM7Ny5gO9AM9I7w/s2048/IMG_3542+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbJzUibg_hlkESG3kP0ywn_kSeY4Gxl9IAwdsUWGfAbebVhJqoTNVXChcDhaB3TEHcAA0VaS0A7xmPC2pwyCXoC70gt-wc2VDc_PbDSR3IdrtbsP7HroYYqYiM7Ny5gO9AM9I7w/w480-h640/IMG_3542+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">We had lunch next at Plaza Gardens. It was a buffet and we had
some good food there. My favorite part, of course, was the desserts. You can
see what we chose in the picture. The Minnie was a raspberry filled shortcake
shell with a chocolate minnie, the long one was a blueberry filled shortcake
with white chocolate on top, Brian had the chocolate cake which had a rich
chocolate filling and a chocolate Mickey piece and last was the macaron. I love
French macarons and this one was mint flavored, so a little weird flavor for me
but it was chewy and delicious.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3s7vCP60bVVvlzvrlo_lvmyUbY81ZouBAVq8uGonA3Iy6tfiQmsI0XnOb1mZsonZna-DpSl8Ig4CYR6gupPNBRNNvStwJ-3u8CHblOhNAwfcuOekIYq5ctKGq4bByf8eH6QpH-A/s2048/IMG_3556+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3s7vCP60bVVvlzvrlo_lvmyUbY81ZouBAVq8uGonA3Iy6tfiQmsI0XnOb1mZsonZna-DpSl8Ig4CYR6gupPNBRNNvStwJ-3u8CHblOhNAwfcuOekIYq5ctKGq4bByf8eH6QpH-A/w480-h640/IMG_3556+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">After lunch we did some shopping as we had several souvenirs
still to buy for friends and family. Then we headed back over to the studios to
see the show there -Mickey and the Magician. It was fabulous! Such great
singing and dancing and a fun storyline. It did make me aware of how
challenging it must be for those who come to US parks and who don’t speak
English. Mickey only speaks French so it was challenging to figure out the
concept. Despite that, it was great. A fun show unlike anything I’ve seen in
the states and, as a bonus, we got a little taste of home with puppets from our hometown puppeteer, Michael Curry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFk4dgU60GuUUNf1jOCX1xf-nr2CcjwkCXoqZjYzlOpSri6GVUW9Jb0G8TNuGyLMEE2PyG-5f8mGr0UiRfLEMmRxxGPA_aX9405IXGTIH5g1ZLSrPTB9r9_Sp4IE9Y0au8kAtFA/s2048/IMG_3569+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFk4dgU60GuUUNf1jOCX1xf-nr2CcjwkCXoqZjYzlOpSri6GVUW9Jb0G8TNuGyLMEE2PyG-5f8mGr0UiRfLEMmRxxGPA_aX9405IXGTIH5g1ZLSrPTB9r9_Sp4IE9Y0au8kAtFA/w640-h480/IMG_3569+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8YNWJK7hgqb6FylSrJQgNERf0_omY8qhhUpuG1d6TBEsyfseU3KOFsx7bShxMk5KNtvBkKv5gY16d68tfUFJWIPolMWatpW_MKDqQC4B0wCgZ6nhRa4ruf3E6RQuOlGSNSzLkA/s2048/IMG_3572+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8YNWJK7hgqb6FylSrJQgNERf0_omY8qhhUpuG1d6TBEsyfseU3KOFsx7bShxMk5KNtvBkKv5gY16d68tfUFJWIPolMWatpW_MKDqQC4B0wCgZ6nhRa4ruf3E6RQuOlGSNSzLkA/w640-h480/IMG_3572+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHooK0jQ5pJXBjxQ54kIQQGLiBDpJ1sXqYiy8QEWb8U4njRuO1e0iY5s9b5Z552CSu3P8LGjJl2n0eOspZF2zh9x2nEhkCmYncVh4eXzQXcn5RcMhViSOYHqJXS33frYfU5fgRPg/s2048/IMG_3576+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHooK0jQ5pJXBjxQ54kIQQGLiBDpJ1sXqYiy8QEWb8U4njRuO1e0iY5s9b5Z552CSu3P8LGjJl2n0eOspZF2zh9x2nEhkCmYncVh4eXzQXcn5RcMhViSOYHqJXS33frYfU5fgRPg/w640-h480/IMG_3576+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdBov2WjTT5zb5ITLUyxDh_YOeD9Rja4zGMyR5XnOV43NQw_fOPo_cavXr70HNhKv4zCcg1cT5oeAqyW6h0iXoRVlOd52uHa3c7OMC_odwByNhXtUhuYPrEV-_cR0hPQWNyWBag/s2048/IMG_3580+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdBov2WjTT5zb5ITLUyxDh_YOeD9Rja4zGMyR5XnOV43NQw_fOPo_cavXr70HNhKv4zCcg1cT5oeAqyW6h0iXoRVlOd52uHa3c7OMC_odwByNhXtUhuYPrEV-_cR0hPQWNyWBag/w640-h480/IMG_3580+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPaq_m7wAlH9cUFAXRQd0Qm4QADLid4V97iyGlUGMo9NikK0vejbZ6y-3QeuECMENHnOHLhytZPnA8GWXHYm4Q63zlu_nTuWv4y_948Z-SHrLo4bgjQoHIhUG_bt2z6Nw1raQuw/s2048/IMG_3586+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPaq_m7wAlH9cUFAXRQd0Qm4QADLid4V97iyGlUGMo9NikK0vejbZ6y-3QeuECMENHnOHLhytZPnA8GWXHYm4Q63zlu_nTuWv4y_948Z-SHrLo4bgjQoHIhUG_bt2z6Nw1raQuw/w640-h480/IMG_3586+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">Now it was time to head back for a midday rest. We had walked
over 24 miles the last two days (and who knows how many more the last few weeks
- I will have a total at the end) and our feet were tired! Brian went to the
hot tub again and I took a nice hot shower. It was great to relax a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">For dinner we visited the Earl of Sandwich once more so I could
get a last Hawaiian BBQ sandwich fix. Then we headed into the parks. We were
looking for a specific size in a shirt and spent time looking with no luck. But
along the way we found a great spot for the fireworks. It was right up at the
rope so no one would stand in front of us. It was to the right side of the hub
so not a straight on view but just perfect for us. Then we just enjoyed the
fireworks together, our traditional way to end a Disney trip. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9GA_EZPOLTO7KGavyz_ukF6KUnb4BCM88G7zXb5amKRlvTKU-xNafAlDaVB6PMJTPTsGyNU69imPz7bRkGQcykDSMFSzFU05pYFTqXlZ7f7owP4PXODMzXMNCbJYoi-_i82_xjw/s2048/IMG_3608+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9GA_EZPOLTO7KGavyz_ukF6KUnb4BCM88G7zXb5amKRlvTKU-xNafAlDaVB6PMJTPTsGyNU69imPz7bRkGQcykDSMFSzFU05pYFTqXlZ7f7owP4PXODMzXMNCbJYoi-_i82_xjw/w480-h640/IMG_3608+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSQ86CKVw-O14tTN2ssYhEY8YwqLgOpwufgiD2sdi0PkWwxMsnmHGy_Ez1jNJskrJWZSQLm71T8D1L_YR5f8KFkOTA7MBn4MJq83KGwFAgrboLeMVdDsB04eptmewVlf_DVB__g/s2048/IMG_3615+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSQ86CKVw-O14tTN2ssYhEY8YwqLgOpwufgiD2sdi0PkWwxMsnmHGy_Ez1jNJskrJWZSQLm71T8D1L_YR5f8KFkOTA7MBn4MJq83KGwFAgrboLeMVdDsB04eptmewVlf_DVB__g/w480-h640/IMG_3615+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgac2oj8bkzdsFO4tUNqEWEAz6hAZEGcksngJAOCMrC3x8K9Jza8O9-bxmiWNE3f5I6VuMjTe-A0Iu2xloOCwUbCdmHKrMRy1Cc1pTNDB8T7sfAwbBnMTWkGx7hF6Or5kMij-V6hg/s2048/IMG_3626+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgac2oj8bkzdsFO4tUNqEWEAz6hAZEGcksngJAOCMrC3x8K9Jza8O9-bxmiWNE3f5I6VuMjTe-A0Iu2xloOCwUbCdmHKrMRy1Cc1pTNDB8T7sfAwbBnMTWkGx7hF6Or5kMij-V6hg/w640-h480/IMG_3626+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHxGEzlKEp926CXDGF8dJ0ZdUWfEBgNWGPQtYnxnESX3E0pIcfaPFqrFeczoXKpyeUVG4lFSwWhDpmPSpSzwUMLdryOiTDwzS83sHlxsL6QaSD_TuP1zIh_HwMhl8Bw7NZSAGnA/s2048/IMG_3631+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHxGEzlKEp926CXDGF8dJ0ZdUWfEBgNWGPQtYnxnESX3E0pIcfaPFqrFeczoXKpyeUVG4lFSwWhDpmPSpSzwUMLdryOiTDwzS83sHlxsL6QaSD_TuP1zIh_HwMhl8Bw7NZSAGnA/w640-h480/IMG_3631+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVOhRuYwkCMQS5WPU8DIu-NcZgpDIXaaj5ZWMYBlqBqZ_LXJb7giOGdWQA5jOMU-8UZ_z-h8Z-L4MoGEt2bCPyzszpGgIIvSvmL1lQEJqEZ72WrclYj6ar-VaFxbkSIDASNPQhQ/s2048/IMG_3637+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVOhRuYwkCMQS5WPU8DIu-NcZgpDIXaaj5ZWMYBlqBqZ_LXJb7giOGdWQA5jOMU-8UZ_z-h8Z-L4MoGEt2bCPyzszpGgIIvSvmL1lQEJqEZ72WrclYj6ar-VaFxbkSIDASNPQhQ/w640-h480/IMG_3637+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">We are ready to move on, as tomorrow we take the train to London
and enjoy a last few days in Europe together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-19188722008901827532020-03-09T20:53:00.000-07:002020-09-26T23:34:22.053-07:00Magic & Mickey<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">Wow, what a day! We started out bright and early because we have
extra magic hours. This entitles Disneyland Paris hotel guest to an hour of
time in the parks in the morning and is one of the biggest perks to staying
onsite. We had a great breakfast at the hotel before heading to see Disneyland
Paris for the first time.</span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">The entry gate to Disneyland Paris is unlike the US parks, in
that it is actually underneath the Disneyland Hotel. Very interesting setup. We
took some pictures then entered the park.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_eyFp0ju_RzKJYKj-KK4sDoVS9Ssq5EUqaiD__vSAu1QIxQj_m6wm_mK8JKCgsoOjv5RK4xKs5LP442Jp9wyczCGynR8Yxqm_EW-RfWrR-rLOnp51WdBAhNkotJCuhyHEpY7aQ/s2048/IMG_3113+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_eyFp0ju_RzKJYKj-KK4sDoVS9Ssq5EUqaiD__vSAu1QIxQj_m6wm_mK8JKCgsoOjv5RK4xKs5LP442Jp9wyczCGynR8Yxqm_EW-RfWrR-rLOnp51WdBAhNkotJCuhyHEpY7aQ/w640-h480/IMG_3113+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzNhWhnrNdyI4KYHnv4pAYxSK2MjTGnPuE0WO-vi44pXnlkkfLxxPOkiP-QoIGXMEctxzEpsfaqz07V-JHMNsU2eUgwqj9F4iMWnJHpLPVgZESinySQYlvCsu6ZSpVX6DLA8jwA/s2048/IMG_3115+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzNhWhnrNdyI4KYHnv4pAYxSK2MjTGnPuE0WO-vi44pXnlkkfLxxPOkiP-QoIGXMEctxzEpsfaqz07V-JHMNsU2eUgwqj9F4iMWnJHpLPVgZESinySQYlvCsu6ZSpVX6DLA8jwA/w640-h480/IMG_3115+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8JOeUP8pQsTgMV6bqN1gR-4qaZRinX27YWoq2OYAomPeBIUMJyUMSfQTtBjSGl79cc8fMgloC88IQkkohRIM_e3gsgFDwv25RoWu6MG5gaCr_ERXo3jL9LMGsc04aCS3SzNbtQ/s2048/IMG_3117+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8JOeUP8pQsTgMV6bqN1gR-4qaZRinX27YWoq2OYAomPeBIUMJyUMSfQTtBjSGl79cc8fMgloC88IQkkohRIM_e3gsgFDwv25RoWu6MG5gaCr_ERXo3jL9LMGsc04aCS3SzNbtQ/w640-h480/IMG_3117+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6skx8n35-0D79i15WKkf2jbPmJ83gRRc7RKV2dkxSqxAi8Iza6_4TB3zujy6i2QMB88o6wRiS93Z1NOPU-P-hc246zOXubRgP8eV6fbkzP-gH0k6r8NwzFPxjU3CrlJJWHg-cig/s2048/IMG_3119+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6skx8n35-0D79i15WKkf2jbPmJ83gRRc7RKV2dkxSqxAi8Iza6_4TB3zujy6i2QMB88o6wRiS93Z1NOPU-P-hc246zOXubRgP8eV6fbkzP-gH0k6r8NwzFPxjU3CrlJJWHg-cig/w640-h480/IMG_3119+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">We entered Main Street and it
looked familiar - a similar setup to what we have in the US parks. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUMRRtLV-NbFrOPyQR_xIeFMZpv_VK4RnPO6VrxnOoFjPEr5QbM2yusg48rOZy_hK61Csrp_IQ1SDj3LrGZZdd5Gw7Bhfh_GXdHx0DIzhReRaxR9bZBFB3O6DjVxN4-rEvgoXiw/s2048/IMG_3120+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1641" data-original-width="2048" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUMRRtLV-NbFrOPyQR_xIeFMZpv_VK4RnPO6VrxnOoFjPEr5QbM2yusg48rOZy_hK61Csrp_IQ1SDj3LrGZZdd5Gw7Bhfh_GXdHx0DIzhReRaxR9bZBFB3O6DjVxN4-rEvgoXiw/w640-h510/IMG_3120+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQyQcWgiSCcGQP1RtlRJxXoCELjuSk2uG1ELhgZJQoId2Vn-TR83f4N5vSro-cO0R4VifnmT3Ar0_gq0XBUintMMtlA-KnfVJyGgSrxxyRlAN0YkQ4qi2YpFph9ukMuuq-O9yjw/s2048/IMG_3121+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQyQcWgiSCcGQP1RtlRJxXoCELjuSk2uG1ELhgZJQoId2Vn-TR83f4N5vSro-cO0R4VifnmT3Ar0_gq0XBUintMMtlA-KnfVJyGgSrxxyRlAN0YkQ4qi2YpFph9ukMuuq-O9yjw/w640-h480/IMG_3121+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkJEVT5qNknKv705AvyLzbeS7kr_Lj84uGVo7XwImB49643ZJ5ZcE8Ua5q2wRATa1ejof4lv8tcY9U3Vyp1lKq_dxBIou8Z6v7Z8YHA3IjH_gF6K4GNRxoIq4-D7nVnyarr2g2w/s2048/IMG_3122+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkJEVT5qNknKv705AvyLzbeS7kr_Lj84uGVo7XwImB49643ZJ5ZcE8Ua5q2wRATa1ejof4lv8tcY9U3Vyp1lKq_dxBIou8Z6v7Z8YHA3IjH_gF6K4GNRxoIq4-D7nVnyarr2g2w/w640-h480/IMG_3122+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;">But once I
looked down Main Street I saw the castle and was astounded. It’s tall and
narrow and a pepto-like shade of pink. It wasn’t that busy, so of course we had
to take some photos. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;">🙂</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtM83wpWH5ogy20qnFdgyij2Uu5aNK88vK807jEHe9ysmDOQ74HqSTd5dXDDEDXpoZDJUCEzYtYGNg2Bdx2M2IPacKOUiehoGoQ92czsk2cbub_49yUu_eK0O8GLRzXDQO8tRgxw/s2048/IMG_3126+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtM83wpWH5ogy20qnFdgyij2Uu5aNK88vK807jEHe9ysmDOQ74HqSTd5dXDDEDXpoZDJUCEzYtYGNg2Bdx2M2IPacKOUiehoGoQ92czsk2cbub_49yUu_eK0O8GLRzXDQO8tRgxw/w640-h480/IMG_3126+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc01kvKXORgklKvf0BVsUEZ9EmtonMbrpiBpri6hFzMbnagsmvbjde3EfvHupbZFYIwqxHw_r1tJ2uXjvC-F8N0iOhf8RJSxxOfhjbEmD9vXUqJS6jLZJCJZgNrJltW1XoqZXGFA/s2048/IMG_3128+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc01kvKXORgklKvf0BVsUEZ9EmtonMbrpiBpri6hFzMbnagsmvbjde3EfvHupbZFYIwqxHw_r1tJ2uXjvC-F8N0iOhf8RJSxxOfhjbEmD9vXUqJS6jLZJCJZgNrJltW1XoqZXGFA/w480-h640/IMG_3128+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZn1UjDV8kGPbAxwexz9mWE0JJjGLaYn1fIB3v_MJnTwa6aaymC7NaZt2rYEfPp91GzWvJy95JAKNSz7qeZQMKBCSPJ5yZkfHJTbYbsnvlsMLV88Mt0d6VjjGcSjGMH8BzZCxLZg/s2048/IMG_3128+b+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1463" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZn1UjDV8kGPbAxwexz9mWE0JJjGLaYn1fIB3v_MJnTwa6aaymC7NaZt2rYEfPp91GzWvJy95JAKNSz7qeZQMKBCSPJ5yZkfHJTbYbsnvlsMLV88Mt0d6VjjGcSjGMH8BzZCxLZg/w456-h640/IMG_3128+b+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="456" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJM2kA_2NjBvDu1A6r7LMy5LAgpYP_2vZbfn3D-egSYCwSxFp-MtJjV7ZOaeUPkmlkO4P3kfX-GlBmPmCRgY_72TkIRSl9RQt8bNdz6Kfddu7bgOVuoDM9bYUbAw-yrc88V4VQw/s2048/IMG_3132+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJM2kA_2NjBvDu1A6r7LMy5LAgpYP_2vZbfn3D-egSYCwSxFp-MtJjV7ZOaeUPkmlkO4P3kfX-GlBmPmCRgY_72TkIRSl9RQt8bNdz6Kfddu7bgOVuoDM9bYUbAw-yrc88V4VQw/w480-h640/IMG_3132+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">Then we headed into Fantasyland for rope drop. It’s a tradition
for our family to rope drop Peter Pan. This means we enter the park early and
wait at the rope they hold at the front of the park. When the rope drops we
power walk it to Peter Pan. It’s something we’ve done most of our trips with
the kids and Brian and I have continued to do it on our trips. Well the
Disneyland Paris experience was very different. First off, there’s no rope,
just a cast member standing there asking you to wait. Thankfully we had a beautiful view of the carousel and got to listen to the carousel music while we waited.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFj-gNtxKYTPDviP6yNGSX1lAPNTJvvWLXXCqpvmiuFmEUkwNQpMEWA0opvVv7X2TU0JYfBEMlGZAAjN-adaCTe1pc0zNpcKJek0tQAYUnyUgJM_Yhp1VNclzLL7gdEMeeO3YqHg/s2048/IMG_3133+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFj-gNtxKYTPDviP6yNGSX1lAPNTJvvWLXXCqpvmiuFmEUkwNQpMEWA0opvVv7X2TU0JYfBEMlGZAAjN-adaCTe1pc0zNpcKJek0tQAYUnyUgJM_Yhp1VNclzLL7gdEMeeO3YqHg/w640-h480/IMG_3133+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='471' height='392' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxUt0k9ziQyQl-ECVtv9dDifvOII7kaOBv8pmysgK-L3vMYZpCuRQgMf5vUg5YUlAC8_HucVudNMRc' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">And then at rope drop
here everyone scatters, whereas in the US parks Peter Pan is a big morning
draw. So Brian and I hightailed it over there and were the first on the ride
this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9A3If23wbX4HWg8K3_FV0q6nTVEZXQvAZgLmAsw6OZFpda49TxWDZkz8x4M43ZbBf_2WxZacTwoR7Im04zMFD5Cn_Makn5KMEwARQleH3Wbj9kYzX7tWiY7UMoExxPFv6SQhhLw/s2048/IMG_3135+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9A3If23wbX4HWg8K3_FV0q6nTVEZXQvAZgLmAsw6OZFpda49TxWDZkz8x4M43ZbBf_2WxZacTwoR7Im04zMFD5Cn_Makn5KMEwARQleH3Wbj9kYzX7tWiY7UMoExxPFv6SQhhLw/w480-h640/IMG_3135+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAF5b0EAXQM6tClvjjKJPrkL1Ah9IRYxMHBBuHOPGMFllv1pl3bXJp8CHVeuzS1zPiPzYXsDQ52ZaMrwQMQ5qrurpsPSenE8H8RtxIzWXZGj0_btf5E6aatNf2gYS-8lOs8HZB4w/s2048/IMG_3136+%2528Edited%25293.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAF5b0EAXQM6tClvjjKJPrkL1Ah9IRYxMHBBuHOPGMFllv1pl3bXJp8CHVeuzS1zPiPzYXsDQ52ZaMrwQMQ5qrurpsPSenE8H8RtxIzWXZGj0_btf5E6aatNf2gYS-8lOs8HZB4w/w640-h480/IMG_3136+%2528Edited%25293.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl878s5R-pz7-TkMeGXRxJjvOdCP67pzTroFB9Li-IvnVw2_glrDiqgSwxM33Ix6m_-AD6aePhD7ZsByhJKIgqDRYMSR3E06Tl0hcw2Sv9rXaBtLih2ZM2ZAP1aE8IexMjGEpnPQ/s2048/IMG_3137+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl878s5R-pz7-TkMeGXRxJjvOdCP67pzTroFB9Li-IvnVw2_glrDiqgSwxM33Ix6m_-AD6aePhD7ZsByhJKIgqDRYMSR3E06Tl0hcw2Sv9rXaBtLih2ZM2ZAP1aE8IexMjGEpnPQ/w480-h640/IMG_3137+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOMwjTz6u_hSLg9-_q53nY0wDc_mO0M65QK9RwjPzUpZhKsSFLbAvLBMP_dwhuhJkflTw3AfbRZFfpE4kRcPyr3AjfaPgZ_vUsWKqu1tiwdP3atpuMNS48P8Rj9u7P2NgKM7UPw/s2048/IMG_3138.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOMwjTz6u_hSLg9-_q53nY0wDc_mO0M65QK9RwjPzUpZhKsSFLbAvLBMP_dwhuhJkflTw3AfbRZFfpE4kRcPyr3AjfaPgZ_vUsWKqu1tiwdP3atpuMNS48P8Rj9u7P2NgKM7UPw/w480-h640/IMG_3138.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">Next up came as a surprise to me - Brian offered to ride Dumbo
with me. We have been married 25 years and he has never ridden Dumbo, not even
on our honeymoon (which we spent at Disneyland)! He says the spinning makes him
sick. Well, he managed it just fine! I let him fly us and I just rode along and
took photos.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3A65Og4Bfodu-ES8xG1YCPOQuBGdfvuqfAhGCJ7pc-tcIiQGBkCPaGOogmWMAh6LcW2EsiWGrRxE5993xZoT6Fb_uW8525SQpLlia83WNzT7BtbnDMxlDtEt7crDaFfU7K2dDA/s2048/IMG_3143+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3A65Og4Bfodu-ES8xG1YCPOQuBGdfvuqfAhGCJ7pc-tcIiQGBkCPaGOogmWMAh6LcW2EsiWGrRxE5993xZoT6Fb_uW8525SQpLlia83WNzT7BtbnDMxlDtEt7crDaFfU7K2dDA/w480-h640/IMG_3143+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROGfXjUTPhQRlGUTmZDvobqhp9wLyLut90Z5reruDnJ4Q6lyvQ99L5OcLVLF7k5lhKk9eeiTzAGPS42JEjBQmRX54wkGzu3J0QssY1MelsunabuVOirTidIO4pEy6v0ujbHYejQ/s2048/IMG_3144+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1416" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROGfXjUTPhQRlGUTmZDvobqhp9wLyLut90Z5reruDnJ4Q6lyvQ99L5OcLVLF7k5lhKk9eeiTzAGPS42JEjBQmRX54wkGzu3J0QssY1MelsunabuVOirTidIO4pEy6v0ujbHYejQ/w442-h640/IMG_3144+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="442" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUg42hJISocvHK_RPkh-4uGzHJkqYHvLMXo9g4xaiDVn-7zRjr7XUwyh4teMfgJGdpONVtdD3y2ru_flR9YUU-Zv6ocS_EOQN34CdQ4oj-RlsoSgXTo-WZO416ofoqp8QLB0ihA/s2048/IMG_3149+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUg42hJISocvHK_RPkh-4uGzHJkqYHvLMXo9g4xaiDVn-7zRjr7XUwyh4teMfgJGdpONVtdD3y2ru_flR9YUU-Zv6ocS_EOQN34CdQ4oj-RlsoSgXTo-WZO416ofoqp8QLB0ihA/w480-h640/IMG_3149+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEmYlMm6By7qWh8o1fOyUXv8E_iBQeaXSvjzDmkK6agbJZqZadjXnARRkIii-dBFaCxfu6unFEt3U9LJEEcEJ0y3rPpqhW5GvZdDsq8j1SHdr18C95K9Wt168nQBiDmreTyu2bg/s2048/IMG_3153+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEmYlMm6By7qWh8o1fOyUXv8E_iBQeaXSvjzDmkK6agbJZqZadjXnARRkIii-dBFaCxfu6unFEt3U9LJEEcEJ0y3rPpqhW5GvZdDsq8j1SHdr18C95K9Wt168nQBiDmreTyu2bg/w640-h480/IMG_3153+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;">Our next Ride was Hyperspace Mountain over in Discoveryland,
DLP’s version of Tomorrowland. It’s all steampunk themed and looked super
unique. You know what else is unique - this ride! Not only does it have a
launch off but it has an inversion and a corkscrew. Plus it’s Star Wars themed,
which made me think of my fellow Disney-loving (and Star Wars nerd)
friends </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jason.bostick?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARCT39qenWBP-4jWF62zHdCIQw1-FGI32dPoa0OGZCeocWgzdV3eWsdJeMVTLgvGQrq87frIDFYEw5mp&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDxE4_y4Dto-LiKtrifSHaXHNFzCNzMXOL0BqwrgslbcDxOnHWGG0-0gJRfCDgpcNr1FCGLwE96tyZflvkxVQ39B9NU_ZgGj4kZE1cBnQrl3JsR8aGnjq2bUclNW0-LkTNOgLbJgHuoLLWbzrvcrX1Ntqxi1uXbrWGjyX-fDOk0sEUvyr3iMQ6CDljtQOXejPmV3DtjxO2AP2T4KP-bvcbgoPlvVL6yxV87aBH3005BfBI5zkMAskfGiIUW3-F4sLKGbHHQ8UT7QwGr7eCW5cakubWkcgs" title="Jason Bostick"><span style="color: #385898; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Jason</span></a></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"> and </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jason.moos.52?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARCjj7vyKyOZ8l8WyIgB9XPrWc-G5Acg18cO4UG3-hy_YRqO_8AJtTjL8EvovJd_HfRwrCVhTaWyXx_I&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDxE4_y4Dto-LiKtrifSHaXHNFzCNzMXOL0BqwrgslbcDxOnHWGG0-0gJRfCDgpcNr1FCGLwE96tyZflvkxVQ39B9NU_ZgGj4kZE1cBnQrl3JsR8aGnjq2bUclNW0-LkTNOgLbJgHuoLLWbzrvcrX1Ntqxi1uXbrWGjyX-fDOk0sEUvyr3iMQ6CDljtQOXejPmV3DtjxO2AP2T4KP-bvcbgoPlvVL6yxV87aBH3005BfBI5zkMAskfGiIUW3-F4sLKGbHHQ8UT7QwGr7eCW5cakubWkcgs" title="Jason Moos"><span style="color: #385898; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Jason</span></a></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;">.
They would have loved this! It’s fast and smooth and AMAZING! Elsewhere, Space Mountain is take-it-or-leave-it for me, but this version changed my mind. It’s so good
and was my favorite ride of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCtBtPwhr28-bCEc1FUC8fqmwAf86QqNvrGh3XoosOUSq10yOx-uun9FZjAmuSoDJ14aC6PqKPmKCdwwKoQkDt9gHGSARGcSvjTjtigm64XzLhSm3T_uxNlv_T8wILKmZLLyI6A/s2048/IMG_3160+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCtBtPwhr28-bCEc1FUC8fqmwAf86QqNvrGh3XoosOUSq10yOx-uun9FZjAmuSoDJ14aC6PqKPmKCdwwKoQkDt9gHGSARGcSvjTjtigm64XzLhSm3T_uxNlv_T8wILKmZLLyI6A/w640-h480/IMG_3160+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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over to Frontierland for Big Thunder. This one is neat because the ride goes
under the water and then comes out to run on a patch of island. Pretty cool.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7_dBuDkcC4eRWCKYkUXUMp5gcWPqbKTbgtn5MwAdJm1aJSLLFHHJGlGVu1QSdMRhVx4Sy_vGYo9GFN8LJzTqqhzQTdvihvYTfGJoTLpoM_m8SWClM1qYSp6-tW8g8XutGNBxdg/s2048/IMG_3179+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7_dBuDkcC4eRWCKYkUXUMp5gcWPqbKTbgtn5MwAdJm1aJSLLFHHJGlGVu1QSdMRhVx4Sy_vGYo9GFN8LJzTqqhzQTdvihvYTfGJoTLpoM_m8SWClM1qYSp6-tW8g8XutGNBxdg/w480-h640/IMG_3179+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUQBNr_WzzXwXoKAd69rQiZWOZ-DukFUA-VrGxPaXdwN6_4qk6kjz530qfa9oMq-n3aZw-1w72LmoAsMgRTMEyhySbNwjQQsHRgBn-stEfHUNSWToGZ7b-2jdAv9qCBAiNFk4Dg/s2048/IMG_3183+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUQBNr_WzzXwXoKAd69rQiZWOZ-DukFUA-VrGxPaXdwN6_4qk6kjz530qfa9oMq-n3aZw-1w72LmoAsMgRTMEyhySbNwjQQsHRgBn-stEfHUNSWToGZ7b-2jdAv9qCBAiNFk4Dg/w480-h640/IMG_3183+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI690bMF5IU8hwyoJtzezxXAwYBgcqU5TcsI7qVrA4vwofCf0PuaeRaBDFARjWU9MJhA0NALTnjQ4X2m2SuRAXE_ScuqJVw61kSksVyt8VMyH-xKtKxuCcaZcJl1ymAwtGLq06zw/s2048/IMG_3185+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI690bMF5IU8hwyoJtzezxXAwYBgcqU5TcsI7qVrA4vwofCf0PuaeRaBDFARjWU9MJhA0NALTnjQ4X2m2SuRAXE_ScuqJVw61kSksVyt8VMyH-xKtKxuCcaZcJl1ymAwtGLq06zw/w640-h480/IMG_3185+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9DyM5m5MB9LVYG08JooyiXp1uMRKsFzaemhrXxe24TqfrZptMyOXjIYOhzyRUu2TuROpT28M6ClDxvVtAMh_LqaF8kbjvk7yq07PiXtpg8wNvcIh3FRSbUnPuKOqNMH18mR6mQ/s2048/IMG_3189+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9DyM5m5MB9LVYG08JooyiXp1uMRKsFzaemhrXxe24TqfrZptMyOXjIYOhzyRUu2TuROpT28M6ClDxvVtAMh_LqaF8kbjvk7yq07PiXtpg8wNvcIh3FRSbUnPuKOqNMH18mR6mQ/w640-h480/IMG_3189+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">Nearby was the DLP version of Haunted Mansion, called Phantom
Manor. It was in the Frontierland area, which was confusing until we realized
the entire thing is western themed! Yes, the ride about ghosts has a old town,
shoot-em-up, western feel to it. It was a shift for us and we will have to go
visit it again before we can give an opinion on it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13o65P-1tCp1pwPy_-G87X0lTqA9FZRFZIMAucpc1UycFZ24orIWlr-kwXllt6_Yc-AiCz59N0kJFONaFRH15ire1DllfjGK-06U7G-B-GEqZcES_Xok-yxRY6Jlo-2kqhspcog/s2048/IMG_3191+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13o65P-1tCp1pwPy_-G87X0lTqA9FZRFZIMAucpc1UycFZ24orIWlr-kwXllt6_Yc-AiCz59N0kJFONaFRH15ire1DllfjGK-06U7G-B-GEqZcES_Xok-yxRY6Jlo-2kqhspcog/w480-h640/IMG_3191+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqS3nWOlQOhCXeDrZTANjHGL7Qg4ejcN3eft7A6OwMIP0yaED2lnGvoGk96dLs4EQNMlXzd21RZkJ5wmkrD1jMrltpm1UJEcCQ5ZQdYiv9M7sUMNBfDtSqWt4qv5gFMoPliJGHSw/s2048/IMG_3196+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqS3nWOlQOhCXeDrZTANjHGL7Qg4ejcN3eft7A6OwMIP0yaED2lnGvoGk96dLs4EQNMlXzd21RZkJ5wmkrD1jMrltpm1UJEcCQ5ZQdYiv9M7sUMNBfDtSqWt4qv5gFMoPliJGHSw/w480-h640/IMG_3196+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGzAmUGl7pflipF_K7U8Bii1imx2r90g9kxsP5ZtYIs3qELZVNfHSgTTDhCC7dnPxM6CZoa2tobgMes_t3bkfVcrNQlJd38xlBhedcNOD1RLCupFe-abfXKasUAYMW-iz3spo0Q/s2048/IMG_3199+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGzAmUGl7pflipF_K7U8Bii1imx2r90g9kxsP5ZtYIs3qELZVNfHSgTTDhCC7dnPxM6CZoa2tobgMes_t3bkfVcrNQlJd38xlBhedcNOD1RLCupFe-abfXKasUAYMW-iz3spo0Q/w480-h640/IMG_3199+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSBL9MKga3EYkkcYFdiMPu7WM18g_rmUChbYHw_U_8y36aZhB-JahnSQz1fc6glntbT1ZjtXcw2RHG9q5n62zF1TJQSAkzHtH_H1q8WEAwQ1_yI13Nzu1xEAIQ-oN9i0PeaVvjg/s2048/IMG_3203+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSBL9MKga3EYkkcYFdiMPu7WM18g_rmUChbYHw_U_8y36aZhB-JahnSQz1fc6glntbT1ZjtXcw2RHG9q5n62zF1TJQSAkzHtH_H1q8WEAwQ1_yI13Nzu1xEAIQ-oN9i0PeaVvjg/w480-h640/IMG_3203+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjep5wInvvSv3MoIESVyEJg1Co2YlNbomyw73EqJlCmF1NPPKvRxefBM3zTuKK8QHyikUlqw3d2WJMQaXsuOJasirL_zfxPFOwjdzBN-koe_gbk-pTgt7z5pW9iVne0_8PjcS7T1g/s2048/IMG_3206.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjep5wInvvSv3MoIESVyEJg1Co2YlNbomyw73EqJlCmF1NPPKvRxefBM3zTuKK8QHyikUlqw3d2WJMQaXsuOJasirL_zfxPFOwjdzBN-koe_gbk-pTgt7z5pW9iVne0_8PjcS7T1g/w480-h640/IMG_3206.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">It was quarter to 10 by now and the park was opening soon so we
hustled over to the Indy ride while also trying grab a character meet and greet
spot through Lineberty, an app DLP uses to schedule meet times. So when I put
the phone away and looked up at Indy I was a bit confused. This was not the
Indy I know! Thankfully, it was a quick ride on a tight coaster. I walked off
it with a small head ache from the number of times I smacked my head during the
ride.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNIXnRvYfAgmten2wEdm4TcPT48vJ2-G9JuGpyz4RNl7atNUzTh8Ih_qq9d84tibSk4F_yG_xfpWjPXkpOCoI8QpI_-Mu5mz4m1TaG1bgfyozal2bmssQ6zIVCMrkawQK9MYCvQ/s2048/IMG_3213+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNIXnRvYfAgmten2wEdm4TcPT48vJ2-G9JuGpyz4RNl7atNUzTh8Ih_qq9d84tibSk4F_yG_xfpWjPXkpOCoI8QpI_-Mu5mz4m1TaG1bgfyozal2bmssQ6zIVCMrkawQK9MYCvQ/w480-h640/IMG_3213+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtrC5gKz9cx0mB_DGgMxImj3pTeKi0IhEX6q4uLBDoTE-s736CwFV1gQXXX6uIuUrs9adTb2WWSyDpgyahUW0xGmXlrm_5SEGqPUIEs-IdrSd4PEXAu4sbgsAqA65FJKT5ZBAlQ/s2048/IMG_3214+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtrC5gKz9cx0mB_DGgMxImj3pTeKi0IhEX6q4uLBDoTE-s736CwFV1gQXXX6uIuUrs9adTb2WWSyDpgyahUW0xGmXlrm_5SEGqPUIEs-IdrSd4PEXAu4sbgsAqA65FJKT5ZBAlQ/w640-h480/IMG_3214+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">After Indy we kept walking until we ran into Skull Island. It
looks super cool but that is not where we were headed - Pirates of the
Caribbean was. This one is a Paris bummer. Slow going and not exciting or
different.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0bavkzoRemOxsMdKvKC_R3j3uRA1uhriaPW0grZxrtIn8kxuhGtJe6fb5K0HzZboUdYbbqu-NTQ0XcYccMh2fExTGYRqpsDXMgA1MV-OTJwCaSeamB1cFd2IacDY0knmWt1-YA/s2048/IMG_3217+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0bavkzoRemOxsMdKvKC_R3j3uRA1uhriaPW0grZxrtIn8kxuhGtJe6fb5K0HzZboUdYbbqu-NTQ0XcYccMh2fExTGYRqpsDXMgA1MV-OTJwCaSeamB1cFd2IacDY0knmWt1-YA/w480-h640/IMG_3217+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSEhILxpnHuJiH9jqg_wybsr8O30YBmx_soeLH7WytS4nlcsD1ADGQaDwhx_Fj81dlVBKg2YDtrA9lLY1UgygFlsET-urSmAO2yBGECEyHomPm6ONBerxPNfV_JjsNXCAOhpAHA/s2048/IMG_3219+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSEhILxpnHuJiH9jqg_wybsr8O30YBmx_soeLH7WytS4nlcsD1ADGQaDwhx_Fj81dlVBKg2YDtrA9lLY1UgygFlsET-urSmAO2yBGECEyHomPm6ONBerxPNfV_JjsNXCAOhpAHA/w640-h480/IMG_3219+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAFMPQgP5K7VJ_pKvF3b6m9qT0jhS8krLK_Xmnz6ugvC_A_fI8O5hTa-F-gEj_qVIgiD99-I9fnsbvTjyQVOPFivQwc7OyYKk0mUPxDHbRpRLZ8TcD475ydNxTv6Ajkp6gFAE_Q/s2048/IMG_3222+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAFMPQgP5K7VJ_pKvF3b6m9qT0jhS8krLK_Xmnz6ugvC_A_fI8O5hTa-F-gEj_qVIgiD99-I9fnsbvTjyQVOPFivQwc7OyYKk0mUPxDHbRpRLZ8TcD475ydNxTv6Ajkp6gFAE_Q/w640-h480/IMG_3222+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_lFWyC1K_T97DzYCRVjzSThBGHccLwAbRSp4bvxwVjy0_GkvSo13wnHkHteKpqHDFX-crvOWBfoN1y6j73OwBO7cdXeLAnjiE02PuNIr51SknndSXTLTryJf0k5B26xJRhuTQw/s2048/IMG_3224+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_lFWyC1K_T97DzYCRVjzSThBGHccLwAbRSp4bvxwVjy0_GkvSo13wnHkHteKpqHDFX-crvOWBfoN1y6j73OwBO7cdXeLAnjiE02PuNIr51SknndSXTLTryJf0k5B26xJRhuTQw/w640-h480/IMG_3224+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH79GO_f6H099B_RKAQTHMRm31shZbUGeoXRrYFvob72jdAdqvIbP2DDVmsP_LHH52D79yHC4dEMk5lP5L1Z4ss6TY_425HOpqaJ60dWREndOo51m4yjWQIFgRzo1W9kclXc6ZRQ/s2048/IMG_3231+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH79GO_f6H099B_RKAQTHMRm31shZbUGeoXRrYFvob72jdAdqvIbP2DDVmsP_LHH52D79yHC4dEMk5lP5L1Z4ss6TY_425HOpqaJ60dWREndOo51m4yjWQIFgRzo1W9kclXc6ZRQ/w480-h640/IMG_3231+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">By now the park has opened. If you’re keeping track you will see
we did 6 major rides in the magic hour. This is why we are up and at ‘em every
morning at Disney - you can get so much done before the hoards descend.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial;">Up next is my favorite part of visiting Disney - meeting Mickey.
We waited in line here at Mickey’s house for 45 minutes because it was important we meet him.
It didn’t disappoint!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGKeUhJr_J2xzrkYdIt357ugSLh_GMgmPMjlhoeYs0SsWG02hs8A6x_dkvKKYQgSNDDm28b_YvJ6cRwy8Ou0Yo4L8LoPKoV5bh4I_kneB-9UEXMYBLcx3A2yqW0bCNLhHvBFQQw/s2048/IMG_3245+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1547" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGKeUhJr_J2xzrkYdIt357ugSLh_GMgmPMjlhoeYs0SsWG02hs8A6x_dkvKKYQgSNDDm28b_YvJ6cRwy8Ou0Yo4L8LoPKoV5bh4I_kneB-9UEXMYBLcx3A2yqW0bCNLhHvBFQQw/w484-h640/IMG_3245+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="484" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezGBD7LmoOTX3Fpb_7Wzw2fQ_Zkrpr0bCgeen63IfbZjCNy9LM2Z2HY4ZLJ94h0PsEQEuJT2VVfcJh-x6kotnjP53Jj0pmRifvvGtyitT0NAK7sm_Hd1RQ8JK54wXdsyPeg_3Sg/s2048/IMG_3246+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezGBD7LmoOTX3Fpb_7Wzw2fQ_Zkrpr0bCgeen63IfbZjCNy9LM2Z2HY4ZLJ94h0PsEQEuJT2VVfcJh-x6kotnjP53Jj0pmRifvvGtyitT0NAK7sm_Hd1RQ8JK54wXdsyPeg_3Sg/w640-h480/IMG_3246+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UPxcbMVpa71NFnNYKU6TTFwBnpaF1pxRNYl5W2a8iR-FGCCFDDtMf6W7lC946RyJmiH6UeYGui55IjgTCiELd-HNTVTw9CLZ5OUL8ppk9W8_dhcV8iGEbVX4Nf4NBK32utEemQ/s2048/IMG_3247+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1726" data-original-width="2048" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UPxcbMVpa71NFnNYKU6TTFwBnpaF1pxRNYl5W2a8iR-FGCCFDDtMf6W7lC946RyJmiH6UeYGui55IjgTCiELd-HNTVTw9CLZ5OUL8ppk9W8_dhcV8iGEbVX4Nf4NBK32utEemQ/w640-h540/IMG_3247+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;">Afterwards we went to It’s a Small World. This one has a very
cool boat at the entry and a unique look to it. Because the French weather is
often more wet than California or Florida, the outside boat path is covered.
This makes it hard to get a photo of the facade but you can catch some glimpses
i</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">n my photos. The
most unique part of the ride was it’s American section, which included an old
time farmer type scene and some sports players.</span></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span class="textexposedshow" style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaVHeztQhnntNa1FfIKbgdk6fhLD4F5-SKFpFrjECPtS1fU-jtJ8xviIcDmfAFLQ9NwBQir9Wy7mJGnU5hTOFsrMVco5ZCSZqFzpLAAvdkB7mpAjZkPZ_IprvoScUthEAr-IF2g/s2048/IMG_3250+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaVHeztQhnntNa1FfIKbgdk6fhLD4F5-SKFpFrjECPtS1fU-jtJ8xviIcDmfAFLQ9NwBQir9Wy7mJGnU5hTOFsrMVco5ZCSZqFzpLAAvdkB7mpAjZkPZ_IprvoScUthEAr-IF2g/w640-h480/IMG_3250+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">DLP does this interesting thing
called Lineberty. You use an app to get a spot in line to meet a character. We
chose Mickey and friends and ended up with Mickey again. This was in the
studios park next door and afterwards had some lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsM_5BtlVqnscHyALzh2_1Ow7PhNBsizn8QzdrccLl8OdTHeiCjvql2R1Ui0y0LQeJYgpwmfs4Z7CnlMaQSsNZ0hys1PzUJEgecdurYgUIADqk_8bieilX8xRxRSxpvQIlWKNm6Q/s2048/IMG_3293+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="2048" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsM_5BtlVqnscHyALzh2_1Ow7PhNBsizn8QzdrccLl8OdTHeiCjvql2R1Ui0y0LQeJYgpwmfs4Z7CnlMaQSsNZ0hys1PzUJEgecdurYgUIADqk_8bieilX8xRxRSxpvQIlWKNm6Q/w640-h464/IMG_3293+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">On our way back into Disneyland I
showed Brian what I think is one of the most ingenious design ideas - behind
the shops on Main Street there is another corridor that is a covered walkway.
They open up in the back side of the shop so you can use these corridors to
stay dry during the day or make a easy exit after the fireworks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEejy03J6G7xFWAJchRBDsvo8x2sLpCCz-d0ITxNNSBunbXmpEIuGUw6tvtLBzSGlb_XazU9t0vJFgPqiYaajjJbEaka03nYWNVhJxzmbH-Fb0SmxyNZanHXTyy3wXM7kmTTA4Q/s2048/IMG_3296+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEejy03J6G7xFWAJchRBDsvo8x2sLpCCz-d0ITxNNSBunbXmpEIuGUw6tvtLBzSGlb_XazU9t0vJFgPqiYaajjJbEaka03nYWNVhJxzmbH-Fb0SmxyNZanHXTyy3wXM7kmTTA4Q/w640-h480/IMG_3296+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We walked by the castle and
grabbed more pictures. As you can see the blue skies were gone. It sprinkled on
and off for the next few hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWeGPkEY-WUnBlmAO8vn666FNhefbbk_f7bnhj2Ng18WhNGj77U0qbNP88n7OXOrFk1r2QanVBRl6FUNwtYjdDj8T_2_LktQekSZ8uYyxD72tqrpixMifkz5ni4V4HlHmYuhi6A/s2048/IMG_3299+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWeGPkEY-WUnBlmAO8vn666FNhefbbk_f7bnhj2Ng18WhNGj77U0qbNP88n7OXOrFk1r2QanVBRl6FUNwtYjdDj8T_2_LktQekSZ8uYyxD72tqrpixMifkz5ni4V4HlHmYuhi6A/w640-h480/IMG_3299+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFNVa9Tg8vE8GW55pvZcfWKi1kFMJTyc0dbxAM5RFQ7GwgLsixVMW_DY3St8as4y0ZS7ueELmI03axKKpb_Q6kXZb3Df-6UXfBvuKmhh4igrXLI4ZolAZpfRQFCTuYOQYQou4WQ/s2048/IMG_3300+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFNVa9Tg8vE8GW55pvZcfWKi1kFMJTyc0dbxAM5RFQ7GwgLsixVMW_DY3St8as4y0ZS7ueELmI03axKKpb_Q6kXZb3Df-6UXfBvuKmhh4igrXLI4ZolAZpfRQFCTuYOQYQou4WQ/w480-h640/IMG_3300+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Another unique thing about DLP is
it’s dragon. Under the castle there is a large green dragon that moves and
roars and breathes smoke. It was pretty cool.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ruXQJH5HS68xB_cmS0dQi8C7J3iXZg7YSYb8NphO-GXoBx5ntmLeH0qjmI1MADze3gtz0Z-F7yrOHBr0wDew0NUll6g3UYkRMpKCl7LTr8Obu1DIdFghyphenhyphen0M5dp6CdYBqCdPSkA/s2048/IMG_0514+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ruXQJH5HS68xB_cmS0dQi8C7J3iXZg7YSYb8NphO-GXoBx5ntmLeH0qjmI1MADze3gtz0Z-F7yrOHBr0wDew0NUll6g3UYkRMpKCl7LTr8Obu1DIdFghyphenhyphen0M5dp6CdYBqCdPSkA/w640-h480/IMG_0514+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83ucVuMQRA-8UrKEHmBxySeqqLRVrRrIUUNBeEPe7TCZENVG-hxjDm67fCNl58XOdPDRbTLG3jiGEeGzd2VCBXz5hS6V8juzdV0GVS_DrQYMu9VoYgceWZ8GGrzjA6y1ep_WqtA/s2048/IMG_3304+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83ucVuMQRA-8UrKEHmBxySeqqLRVrRrIUUNBeEPe7TCZENVG-hxjDm67fCNl58XOdPDRbTLG3jiGEeGzd2VCBXz5hS6V8juzdV0GVS_DrQYMu9VoYgceWZ8GGrzjA6y1ep_WqtA/w480-h640/IMG_3304+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrLLzbaKpazkVFLNHtcPA_q0Xqi7FystIBLakSkJG0SddIPmxcdjDRT7k3bQkXjD0nlhQMIFbBqUuSBUNlLaPCBryXOGRJJrI1z-HaIicNLVGaXvCJoqRmGCL-0smYPz1He84Mg/s2048/IMG_3307+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrLLzbaKpazkVFLNHtcPA_q0Xqi7FystIBLakSkJG0SddIPmxcdjDRT7k3bQkXjD0nlhQMIFbBqUuSBUNlLaPCBryXOGRJJrI1z-HaIicNLVGaXvCJoqRmGCL-0smYPz1He84Mg/w640-h480/IMG_3307+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSXrwwZ8CJqEwlwvoJnhn5RK1E5ZgRGsJMALrN9tGk1dR-60kb3rouKvMZufw9otftEh4Oxq8lhzRmr72GMYTeyy3b83k1M6awbgpNaganCBBw4UtBl5NI3A7V_XdHK9qPaCcxw/s2048/IMG_3318+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSXrwwZ8CJqEwlwvoJnhn5RK1E5ZgRGsJMALrN9tGk1dR-60kb3rouKvMZufw9otftEh4Oxq8lhzRmr72GMYTeyy3b83k1M6awbgpNaganCBBw4UtBl5NI3A7V_XdHK9qPaCcxw/w640-h480/IMG_3318+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial;"><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><br /></span></p>The lines were getting busy by
now but we happened to walk by Hyperspace Mountain just as it was opening back
from a temporary closure so we jumped in line and were on the ride within a few
minutes.</span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">When we stopped at Hyperspace
Mountain we were actually on our way to Philharmagic. We love this show but it
was interesting to hear it mainly in French!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihP59hQ9kKsmy9OLSVCjAv_rYaA_bMMbIw9afnRJwT49buJSd_Li1cdRVcPXIN78RrEKuHK3OCTP1JdtC7itrm9KbA2DjyCIwekcZ_WTlaRaq9vLnFX-cXHQZ7cHu2Uj5wRCQ5Mg/s2048/IMG_3325+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihP59hQ9kKsmy9OLSVCjAv_rYaA_bMMbIw9afnRJwT49buJSd_Li1cdRVcPXIN78RrEKuHK3OCTP1JdtC7itrm9KbA2DjyCIwekcZ_WTlaRaq9vLnFX-cXHQZ7cHu2Uj5wRCQ5Mg/w480-h640/IMG_3325+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial;">Up next was another unique piece of DLP - Alice’s Curious
Labyrinth. This is an old fashioned hedge maze but every once in a while you
come upon characters from the movie. I loved it! We walked for a while and
thought it was a really unique activity while still incorporating so much
Disney.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcED1dSu_Yu3kqGxsYJN0f4EVBEDV5QVufV0UTN1K56HI9kY-pzV5hkNqRyLdy8tOHRoY8Dx8Xw7mw-ZQjPA9QvZxkfDUx1XTowQ3tOATQ-Yw5xaPZa3ntdUjmP667EwrrUpPpg/s2048/IMG_3141+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcED1dSu_Yu3kqGxsYJN0f4EVBEDV5QVufV0UTN1K56HI9kY-pzV5hkNqRyLdy8tOHRoY8Dx8Xw7mw-ZQjPA9QvZxkfDUx1XTowQ3tOATQ-Yw5xaPZa3ntdUjmP667EwrrUpPpg/w480-h640/IMG_3141+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jwPe3Rw6rW1P1CkDBO8G_D-hYsBRZMeN7gXg9HUlcEPtBGQ8OYCCysMs0Yw-9JcCLbvQx0EIK5AzdyqZF_6_n0sGYTcbJIVS6JjIfPQHMR26QW-xM1CB9B8SdN7GauHLnRLy-A/s2048/IMG_3329+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;">We had walked almost 10 miles already so returned to our room
mid afternoon for a rest. We grabbed churros on the way back and they were so
good! They even had Nutella to </span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">dip them in. Yummy!</span></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span class="textexposedshow" style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx9OJEzLjKrQkbuZRRZl2RDwMne5XnMl3-FgLutnkHshPIpuXkfRmwhtJexJP3oUdhBwH1Pqxx767J5DbxQzGCzvA01ve8YpxZMNRkckeQmsE2hF5VgzurrKBppj0AXKuEKk5iQ/s4032/IMG_3348+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx9OJEzLjKrQkbuZRRZl2RDwMne5XnMl3-FgLutnkHshPIpuXkfRmwhtJexJP3oUdhBwH1Pqxx767J5DbxQzGCzvA01ve8YpxZMNRkckeQmsE2hF5VgzurrKBppj0AXKuEKk5iQ/w480-h640/IMG_3348+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Brian ran down to the hot tub but
I hadn’t brought a suit so I just hung around the room and put my feet up. I
also charged my phone, as I know the evening would bring tons of photos!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">On our way back to the parks we
had dinner at Annette’s Diner. Of course, we had to eat here! We got shakes
with our dinner. They were pretty but more like flavored milk than a shake. My
meal was the winner here - rustic bread with Parmesan on the outside and a cheeseburger
on the inside. It was so good!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PhtBkQTXZhUK69Ww1WKARC2QfNC2Z_r7c79YR8JQ9Aqt2Q3p7UCzhLnGu5tZyZgvZvcWza6lFUBATEcitBgbpadoUAZF_qfYMDPBscYzbaBafAUz-h_HqXguo3Dzv_X_GhGscA/s2048/IMG_3367+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PhtBkQTXZhUK69Ww1WKARC2QfNC2Z_r7c79YR8JQ9Aqt2Q3p7UCzhLnGu5tZyZgvZvcWza6lFUBATEcitBgbpadoUAZF_qfYMDPBscYzbaBafAUz-h_HqXguo3Dzv_X_GhGscA/w640-h480/IMG_3367+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknIBfiu5jNKC3rwGOHBNp3PNq3zpkFIXQG7Dq_abCKjxVMgrizhaZ-YogtI9IvON64Uomq5ltrbuU3n3z15fYa7GW9lEKPRM06CvHBUQAV5PRfXPHhkUmD4OP5slp-jv4hWln5Q/s2048/IMG_3370+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknIBfiu5jNKC3rwGOHBNp3PNq3zpkFIXQG7Dq_abCKjxVMgrizhaZ-YogtI9IvON64Uomq5ltrbuU3n3z15fYa7GW9lEKPRM06CvHBUQAV5PRfXPHhkUmD4OP5slp-jv4hWln5Q/w480-h640/IMG_3370+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAzjG3k4zcagf6313vLnGf-9Eff7FubpS5G3j1GNf6-W25Ysc1hn5Fu9iFMZsa80-MX1eT0wCyBF82gVirRjj5AKvKRn12qrQcTpIuZWcsI3QqOPs7jEu946dArlAG4qB_JuDhg/s2048/IMG_3374+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAzjG3k4zcagf6313vLnGf-9Eff7FubpS5G3j1GNf6-W25Ysc1hn5Fu9iFMZsa80-MX1eT0wCyBF82gVirRjj5AKvKRn12qrQcTpIuZWcsI3QqOPs7jEu946dArlAG4qB_JuDhg/w480-h640/IMG_3374+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6Dwti8P9aYJM2oFqLtqN0W1rHt3GjjDaPDKUEEj4VNvbhlHiCrHI3ve1xTtM9RwvRJtYWXVw8HfX_s4XpKLiphMaAXbQi6kJ9cbptjSP9yHqC7JusCQ8zWeM02C4ez2aNLmGXg/s2048/IMG_3375+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6Dwti8P9aYJM2oFqLtqN0W1rHt3GjjDaPDKUEEj4VNvbhlHiCrHI3ve1xTtM9RwvRJtYWXVw8HfX_s4XpKLiphMaAXbQi6kJ9cbptjSP9yHqC7JusCQ8zWeM02C4ez2aNLmGXg/w480-h640/IMG_3375+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">It was now 6:50 and we walked
into DLP just about half an hour before the fireworks started. In either US
park you would be hard pressed to get anywhere near the front that late. We had
no problem getting mid-hub and could have gotten even closer. The fireworks
here are called Illuminations (like the now-defunct EPCOT nighttime show). It
was castle projections and Disney music, though much of it was in French. It
was a really good show. It’s no Wishes (my favorite Disney fireworks show) but
it was a good show.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8XW2iQXTTPMAWTL05NaVzjdw9dM1V9Mk-LIUYXcTcRYh6mDb5KzD1tF12zZxpamp2R3iIhny6IMN-gapmEJALxoRtruG8mpuN2uBEhEeScuBh8mFE0ovEayoXo9De2ei7V_VjQ/s2048/IMG_3391+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8XW2iQXTTPMAWTL05NaVzjdw9dM1V9Mk-LIUYXcTcRYh6mDb5KzD1tF12zZxpamp2R3iIhny6IMN-gapmEJALxoRtruG8mpuN2uBEhEeScuBh8mFE0ovEayoXo9De2ei7V_VjQ/w640-h480/IMG_3391+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I've been really pleased with the new cameras!</span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After this we made our way back
to the room, rounding out over 14 miles on our feet. Now to hit the sack and get ready for another day at Disney!</span><o:p style="font-size: 10.5pt;"></o:p></span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-53022547021938458532020-03-08T23:36:00.000-07:002020-09-26T23:34:34.930-07:00Change of plans<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">One thing Brian and I have learned it’s that having a positive
attitude and a willingness to be flexible can make all the difference. We woke
up today freezing (because a duvet cover is NOT warm all on its own) and in an
apartment that smelled bad. We got up, packed our stuff and then headed out.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">We had two objectives today: see some of Paris and find a new
place to stay. We went back and forth on whether to find a hotel in Paris or
not, as we only had one night left. Instead, we decided to book an extra night
at our next stop instead. We will get to that in a minute.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">Brian and I took off on foot with a few destinations in mind.
One was the deportation memorial right behind Notre Dame. We had forgotten to
stop yesterday so walked back over there today, just to find that the high
flood waters in the Siene had caused the memorial to be closed. Bummer! But we did walk along the Siene a lot today and it was interesting to see all the high water and the boats that were stuck because they could no longer get under the bridges.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4JtzH9zbXhz8PUOmtCDY0vooYvt6q8RfdAjWIjG8ah_AtgSbKa6VvyStnyl8LnTPl2cYazsj2H0UES_ET7bLOReTGfts30VQwgviqDv2jt33RGU5mG7os1qGcoRjpWV8l17GAw/s2048/IMG_3079+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4JtzH9zbXhz8PUOmtCDY0vooYvt6q8RfdAjWIjG8ah_AtgSbKa6VvyStnyl8LnTPl2cYazsj2H0UES_ET7bLOReTGfts30VQwgviqDv2jt33RGU5mG7os1qGcoRjpWV8l17GAw/w500-h375/IMG_3079+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="500" /></span></a></div><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">We had a big of a trek ahead so stopped by a patisserie where
Brian opted for a Croque Monsier and I got pain au chocolate (chocolate
croissant). Brian’s was ok but mine was divine! The best chocolate croissant
I’ve ever had, and I’ve had plenty. Yum!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTKE9MlxFHapWbWGHYVdhx3MPY0M96lSMrtAlYafd9IA2rvTkLgO9gXysIz499HW1jcqhSDpvfquFUVaom4NtWtWBUVYva1HLGC-K9Rb5bLV0XLLQDNwWCiRZqBs1tkHJ0Rz2pw/s2048/IMG_3055+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTKE9MlxFHapWbWGHYVdhx3MPY0M96lSMrtAlYafd9IA2rvTkLgO9gXysIz499HW1jcqhSDpvfquFUVaom4NtWtWBUVYva1HLGC-K9Rb5bLV0XLLQDNwWCiRZqBs1tkHJ0Rz2pw/w375-h500/IMG_3055+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="375" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">Up next was the Louvre. As I’ve said before, Brian and I aren’t
into art so we really went to see the glass pyramids and walk the gardens
outside. Imagine my disappointment when none of the pyramids pointed downward
to the resting place of Mary Magdalene (I do love The Da Vinci Code). But they
were very cool to see and from the outside I could tell how overwhelming the
museum must be. It’s HUGE. It must be 3 or more city blocks long and 1-2 blocks
wide. Wow!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCLfMYh-dvGp_P74bWL9LqBhIbQtLmvaA_z08wnL39SqsgcJHxqRPKUQ-m0kdmMgTLURTqH7gIhNrB33Ui1Ah7Tl-sYBicKUeMbWdEFaaQmVtBzqBsyFzLJADn3Bwg1ao9ZI2KQ/s2048/IMG_3057+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCLfMYh-dvGp_P74bWL9LqBhIbQtLmvaA_z08wnL39SqsgcJHxqRPKUQ-m0kdmMgTLURTqH7gIhNrB33Ui1Ah7Tl-sYBicKUeMbWdEFaaQmVtBzqBsyFzLJADn3Bwg1ao9ZI2KQ/w375-h500/IMG_3057+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="375" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdiDIVv4HjRo0LkgA_oe8T4-MgmvdCzXkrJ2dgQsWrSBHulubSFyU6txwH4FGRtUIICX9OARuj5Hz4-mU8rhDnqwD-fSghyphenhyphenvfBN4y-aqcmLk4Zxd6bL4pfBihWBD9yFOC_TPGGw/s2048/IMG_3059+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdiDIVv4HjRo0LkgA_oe8T4-MgmvdCzXkrJ2dgQsWrSBHulubSFyU6txwH4FGRtUIICX9OARuj5Hz4-mU8rhDnqwD-fSghyphenhyphenvfBN4y-aqcmLk4Zxd6bL4pfBihWBD9yFOC_TPGGw/w500-h375/IMG_3059+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="500" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxcPILWgBQaYn29hFzNmZk9CzG95jko6q-HpuiTnZmqpGz-pRm_RJm7_eT3Kwjzld1Gxwn8JDRyypyi5CWv806bCdFEXnMABGKshjuJDGds2ms3WBv48bpcJ2rNknJHMWjFZrdA/s2048/IMG_3060+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxcPILWgBQaYn29hFzNmZk9CzG95jko6q-HpuiTnZmqpGz-pRm_RJm7_eT3Kwjzld1Gxwn8JDRyypyi5CWv806bCdFEXnMABGKshjuJDGds2ms3WBv48bpcJ2rNknJHMWjFZrdA/w375-h500/IMG_3060+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="375" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xX5vwp_jWwQl-Ps_kvZuSK1EKJi-NVL3II58SfAQ8TrrVlzeKkLTNImJrINFZCOhdmMO-EpUCHpARdnR6KnQ5eDDa4Sb9iGmnooMwwwjJ4dcE8XNsTehrUDSN0EDwUTE71RgAw/s2048/IMG_3061+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xX5vwp_jWwQl-Ps_kvZuSK1EKJi-NVL3II58SfAQ8TrrVlzeKkLTNImJrINFZCOhdmMO-EpUCHpARdnR6KnQ5eDDa4Sb9iGmnooMwwwjJ4dcE8XNsTehrUDSN0EDwUTE71RgAw/w500-h375/IMG_3061+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="500" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ty9NAXtBXDe2AkB7rzuOvjZUu2IONxTaX6PkAS-E5WVgvX0oL0l6m9RCAtyMBtaQ59mB1ZlDGVPGGA1r8nRD6EaHoi8uYMskPxfHhdg506P09abkZbaJ_Q8aWihIBnumB6o81g/s2048/IMG_3062+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ty9NAXtBXDe2AkB7rzuOvjZUu2IONxTaX6PkAS-E5WVgvX0oL0l6m9RCAtyMBtaQ59mB1ZlDGVPGGA1r8nRD6EaHoi8uYMskPxfHhdg506P09abkZbaJ_Q8aWihIBnumB6o81g/w500-h375/IMG_3062+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="500" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">Along our walk we just kept coming across cool buildings and
statues and monuments. There was something amazing to see every time we looked
around. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OXrzx9vjjgwk7pF4XCLa-xCQ418oDXTiHtuJqB0IEsmyeL1RMfHzBJsnvsztM1FTMcdyipej0iJVyJjZ6irL_NWmnU2rkVwuFIeOwOXRT_iZAVticYEJ0vRJdmTkmqjRjii8-A/s886/IMG_0426+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="886" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OXrzx9vjjgwk7pF4XCLa-xCQ418oDXTiHtuJqB0IEsmyeL1RMfHzBJsnvsztM1FTMcdyipej0iJVyJjZ6irL_NWmnU2rkVwuFIeOwOXRT_iZAVticYEJ0vRJdmTkmqjRjii8-A/w500-h391/IMG_0426+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" width="500" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjT24V2WxXCwpXi3swvjwqlEhua9dd1Vj0CSOGMQEguvV7auB3T5INjWnUWvoHBMzLMBmPvuBQmKsiyH8O73C_KfCT2I9F0YvmmzX3N5_4zqSow3wB4OuMfb5fKEbGdiTxutGcQ/s2048/IMG_3053+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">Our last stop was the Eiffel Tower. When we started out it was
very far away...</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cKLKHCc7dvOALivNDTAsyebE_SKZp-lu4LwAU-tADySy_d4Zm1NEiZtub8KSLrA5EAtUl2ZjB5ofRPCZEPMC-KmNDpuUMWCqooy_84EfYfoXFh35gPJngufplF19siyV8wCtcg/s2048/IMG_3078+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cKLKHCc7dvOALivNDTAsyebE_SKZp-lu4LwAU-tADySy_d4Zm1NEiZtub8KSLrA5EAtUl2ZjB5ofRPCZEPMC-KmNDpuUMWCqooy_84EfYfoXFh35gPJngufplF19siyV8wCtcg/w500-h375/IMG_3078+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="500" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;"><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></p>but as we walked it got closer and closer. Finally, we
arrived and got to see it up close. What a marvel! The area around it was
filled with pushy people trying to sell trinkets and hustlers playing the “find
the ball under the cup” game. We stopped to watch because it was a little crazy.
People were paying 100€ over and over again to guess where the ball was. We
weren’t about to take part, but a little old Frenchman jogging by looked at us
and wagged his finger and shook his head, then pointed at the game. It was
adorable to have this old French man try to save us from the hustlers.</span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDoJCbVsvf5kQEAWvdAwOVqjKYNh3QHU8v8e1wQQrPsnNaK6LOJAunB9-1-S-c2sNEgQzXzm_SiyyJj6lZzL-8ZkrA6lRqQFLxRtw09LFDqGe_pToPYwWgxri1IZgkqqWT76e9g/s2048/IMG_3086+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1566" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDoJCbVsvf5kQEAWvdAwOVqjKYNh3QHU8v8e1wQQrPsnNaK6LOJAunB9-1-S-c2sNEgQzXzm_SiyyJj6lZzL-8ZkrA6lRqQFLxRtw09LFDqGe_pToPYwWgxri1IZgkqqWT76e9g/w381-h500/IMG_3086+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="381" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoalsecUOoK1oS9dxbpRf_Ks_Fgy_WnQ2C6haP-Cq0b9L-wAZTBTmB3ZMjq0ZtvBk8fjDg4JLX99kPBzx-zGRnKQB6o7jISJneTVudGEHZ3yJZmPKwEcUNBVoNLOMfob7ePzNkA/s2048/IMG_3087+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoalsecUOoK1oS9dxbpRf_Ks_Fgy_WnQ2C6haP-Cq0b9L-wAZTBTmB3ZMjq0ZtvBk8fjDg4JLX99kPBzx-zGRnKQB6o7jISJneTVudGEHZ3yJZmPKwEcUNBVoNLOMfob7ePzNkA/w375-h500/IMG_3087+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="375" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG1Iyr_NpQoeE162cSMOAPYQfzZaj0Nc7rYJPotIsd2V2ot7RS534W023dREd3rEabdEfoO97wW3kjQPMuDxW82A7wTE31AGQAf5sU_3s5IR9ghPv88TDykK6zC9GTzhIygS0Xg/s2048/IMG_3089+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1565" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG1Iyr_NpQoeE162cSMOAPYQfzZaj0Nc7rYJPotIsd2V2ot7RS534W023dREd3rEabdEfoO97wW3kjQPMuDxW82A7wTE31AGQAf5sU_3s5IR9ghPv88TDykK6zC9GTzhIygS0Xg/w381-h500/IMG_3089+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="381" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">By now we had walked at least 6 or 7 miles so we grabbed a taxi
back to our apartment. Then we picked up our bags and headed to our next
stop... Disneyland Paris! It was quite an interesting ride. We wanted to avoid too much train travel so grabbed an uber but apparently "Disneyland Paris" in uber isn't the actual Disneyland Paris. We ended up somewhere still in the Paris area, so we took some time to orient ourselves and grabbed a second uber to Disneyland Paris. It ended up being a spendy day for transportation. LOL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">Those of you who know me won’t be surprised that we're visiting Disneyland Paris. The whole reason we
even came to France was for Disneyland. One of my bucket list items is visiting
all of the Disney parks, and this is the first international park to be crossed
off our list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;">Today wasn’t about visiting the parks but about getting to our
hotel, Disney’s Newport Bay, and settling in so we could be ready to go in the
morning. We had one of my favorite meals - the Hawaiian BBQ sandwich from Earl
of Sandwich in Downtown Disney. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPE7qQFQQCxdsuuduWx0Wwab7jFbFg2_AiiGJI7DXglg6-7fl8NXXIxf3apLtKgv0cz9dESAuFKX99-6D1T8EOak12nID4VhVmVGnxWddW5CSoLB4e-FVycTC_80tUAg9MS507qw/s2048/IMG_3097+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPE7qQFQQCxdsuuduWx0Wwab7jFbFg2_AiiGJI7DXglg6-7fl8NXXIxf3apLtKgv0cz9dESAuFKX99-6D1T8EOak12nID4VhVmVGnxWddW5CSoLB4e-FVycTC_80tUAg9MS507qw/w375-h500/IMG_3097+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="375" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">We looked around the shops but were suprised with how little their Downtown Disney area is. Really not much to see there, but it was nice to be surrounded by the ambiance of one of our favorite places. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_LiQjEUdm6PlFfaXV5nBmeGxHpR1aDMIo9ahEHkxRZpMUEKZCtKpvIyp0isgVsK6PmMx3N4ovBpRMfiKEXSxfvFKFHVJDF-JRP3KwGxU4SGd688mhcuDTjw5j7SN-1HhzqDiaw/s2048/IMG_3102+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_LiQjEUdm6PlFfaXV5nBmeGxHpR1aDMIo9ahEHkxRZpMUEKZCtKpvIyp0isgVsK6PmMx3N4ovBpRMfiKEXSxfvFKFHVJDF-JRP3KwGxU4SGd688mhcuDTjw5j7SN-1HhzqDiaw/w500-h374/IMG_3102+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="500" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugEZle-N4weolhCNv2ta0H3LPv0P-JWd7NyWMyobm8o3jvyr5rhiG2GOVqKkdJUyYeZF3L5Wt8rjPrNbxrT6YM5Ir_XLENA63gqx-nGcgo0MqFQGPPQZsua91HKnQgJ4g9yAQzw/s2048/IMG_3103+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugEZle-N4weolhCNv2ta0H3LPv0P-JWd7NyWMyobm8o3jvyr5rhiG2GOVqKkdJUyYeZF3L5Wt8rjPrNbxrT6YM5Ir_XLENA63gqx-nGcgo0MqFQGPPQZsua91HKnQgJ4g9yAQzw/w500-h375/IMG_3103+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="500" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="background-color: white;">Then we spent the rest of the evening in our sweet-smelling, clean room at Newport Bay Club. We took nice, hot showers and just relaxed.. It was paradise!</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57by_z3UvqCcucyZ7emFMosBGcLmOwDVk4pVmyz_Ij8SrrvMX1HpQkgjsUWBjcdI_sYhF9HoObnBvixo1eGr2fyuJDQGOj-iurm0eHQN7m-_JbR95RL5oLJuJgw9adIzl-tJEzQ/s2048/IMG_3594+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57by_z3UvqCcucyZ7emFMosBGcLmOwDVk4pVmyz_Ij8SrrvMX1HpQkgjsUWBjcdI_sYhF9HoObnBvixo1eGr2fyuJDQGOj-iurm0eHQN7m-_JbR95RL5oLJuJgw9adIzl-tJEzQ/w640-h480/IMG_3594+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAq1-ss_c1Z9l0Zu_XSdbvAmoyPDC88ycVMCpQulXyKf57n0KGf6lOF38r6dsLnhmid6JtAnsETJMMdt0iQ4FJH-r-T0FOnu4I9mpLRyoxawxuT8YUpSqsmAVgMV2vW6kkuo9Vg/s2048/IMG_3093+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="2048" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAq1-ss_c1Z9l0Zu_XSdbvAmoyPDC88ycVMCpQulXyKf57n0KGf6lOF38r6dsLnhmid6JtAnsETJMMdt0iQ4FJH-r-T0FOnu4I9mpLRyoxawxuT8YUpSqsmAVgMV2vW6kkuo9Vg/w640-h524/IMG_3093+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_4AGnvA9fkfI0P6CUc5jAww4XN-7DAEWb6KBM9Vhqmc3-QLOOLGAvYlV3mWYAqgcHK2w_wMCvor7y5IuRvo7WHrbIskmVmWBuIBoAdk760CLTi6tyUb2DW4Vx0X3dU0wawf4yw/s2048/IMG_3095+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_4AGnvA9fkfI0P6CUc5jAww4XN-7DAEWb6KBM9Vhqmc3-QLOOLGAvYlV3mWYAqgcHK2w_wMCvor7y5IuRvo7WHrbIskmVmWBuIBoAdk760CLTi6tyUb2DW4Vx0X3dU0wawf4yw/w480-h640/IMG_3095+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzWbKT_RyhWgCpgPq7jQugWBD5WuIun7BZ9yctirty9qHsUNLXaBxVvN-ubtSnTK9qMKNR7nIQYyTxfTzgSlUMwh_4d0-BmQ5LZ_c7mRrmBGCDKQVhWv1Vi3WNiAB7nT3jpkDtw/s2048/IMG_3096+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzWbKT_RyhWgCpgPq7jQugWBD5WuIun7BZ9yctirty9qHsUNLXaBxVvN-ubtSnTK9qMKNR7nIQYyTxfTzgSlUMwh_4d0-BmQ5LZ_c7mRrmBGCDKQVhWv1Vi3WNiAB7nT3jpkDtw/w480-h640/IMG_3096+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;">We ended up walking 10 miles today and are ready for an early
night so we can be up and at em for extra magic hours in the morning. Can’t
wait to enjoy some Disney magic!</span></div></span></div>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-27861666853633822192020-03-07T23:15:00.000-08:002020-09-26T23:34:52.185-07:00It's not always sunny...<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Another relaxing morning today. We finished our laundry, enjoyed a little bit of sleeping in and then packed up and headed out. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Since it's a travel day and not as busy, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial;">I
wanted to share something we’ve noticed on our trip. Every place we've visited has their
unique flair and that really translates into their chips. There have
been some interesting combinations at each of our stops and I finally decided
to snap a few pictures. These are just from our last day in Scotland, so by no
means comprehensive. And keep in mind that we weren’t actually doing grocery
shopping so who knows what else is out there. How do you feel about all these
flavors?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrit2SG9-YlBi8puChM2brAm9_eYKOXrTPyBKFMjbSgi-JvBlC-4pEVZF6Tl019adKxFA2om8sPNsdomV0BwS83GtLa3-2_7EVnugceg_QAIAgIjRz8Md-BrDyZnX07G4-ISIbQ/s2048/IMG_2829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrit2SG9-YlBi8puChM2brAm9_eYKOXrTPyBKFMjbSgi-JvBlC-4pEVZF6Tl019adKxFA2om8sPNsdomV0BwS83GtLa3-2_7EVnugceg_QAIAgIjRz8Md-BrDyZnX07G4-ISIbQ/w240-h320/IMG_2829.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1Id5BKmhfOW4-D8iA6IXD6y5EWqpX8Xh6xY8_vpVBzQXA0vmWzh020RyBdkodWlfjN5B-gAFn-tq5BOCVGCrjX-EPM8TbyMehfiWPQfzz32Q_x3a01RFnqfwXuqES2Y7TWdg0g/s2048/IMG_2830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1Id5BKmhfOW4-D8iA6IXD6y5EWqpX8Xh6xY8_vpVBzQXA0vmWzh020RyBdkodWlfjN5B-gAFn-tq5BOCVGCrjX-EPM8TbyMehfiWPQfzz32Q_x3a01RFnqfwXuqES2Y7TWdg0g/s320/IMG_2830.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSMYYuRkNK0t_RPuvZnm5d8bMyc7AsXyBNZJz53CdOAETa2bfgVAYZB1pdYg1Ad-qsjnqWlDyk510QBz4pgWjAgz4ja74xlxv2Qi4apOKVySgHSJuWkVV7wF898MESWJbDpakew/s2048/IMG_2831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSMYYuRkNK0t_RPuvZnm5d8bMyc7AsXyBNZJz53CdOAETa2bfgVAYZB1pdYg1Ad-qsjnqWlDyk510QBz4pgWjAgz4ja74xlxv2Qi4apOKVySgHSJuWkVV7wF898MESWJbDpakew/s320/IMG_2831.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DVv4pD8Pc3RN0Nh4YufUUteFYU2JRSXY1ijGvnHYWjJhJoq2cgLEV7aXuLEf8jR4GqILB59HP1ECSn1qown-OA6ECaBb3o_b5UoKeZHFnsF4FaBlDZ_pg2QK5lvPsXjq1uyD9g/s2048/IMG_2872.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DVv4pD8Pc3RN0Nh4YufUUteFYU2JRSXY1ijGvnHYWjJhJoq2cgLEV7aXuLEf8jR4GqILB59HP1ECSn1qown-OA6ECaBb3o_b5UoKeZHFnsF4FaBlDZ_pg2QK5lvPsXjq1uyD9g/s320/IMG_2872.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8v_uaCPzbqri15eqy62X-MVN9S6h2m0qF5ju4V_Qqga3-KHflFWAdgxaMaPA4b_PVf3iVcwX1gUvoD-Vk6uDrRSwoKqU9gcXFsc-tPiORVDFAQGmtmXhfmnjckteFoVyO1cdTfg/s2048/IMG_2873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8v_uaCPzbqri15eqy62X-MVN9S6h2m0qF5ju4V_Qqga3-KHflFWAdgxaMaPA4b_PVf3iVcwX1gUvoD-Vk6uDrRSwoKqU9gcXFsc-tPiORVDFAQGmtmXhfmnjckteFoVyO1cdTfg/s320/IMG_2873.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdLIrodgw0k4NkONrHUWy8NhRFttS_jUx_ncSTM2dvXbUq-bvw7qAR1bm0YnbyW-wjSJxwNPIkuWRB2o6cCT8Oy5ZwDv2hKs6QLmhI8yP5YmMQiPdrtSdLRjMcOqLYoH1t7Et-w/s2048/IMG_2874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdLIrodgw0k4NkONrHUWy8NhRFttS_jUx_ncSTM2dvXbUq-bvw7qAR1bm0YnbyW-wjSJxwNPIkuWRB2o6cCT8Oy5ZwDv2hKs6QLmhI8yP5YmMQiPdrtSdLRjMcOqLYoH1t7Et-w/s320/IMG_2874.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNEr2zWy4Ue0xWv2p8y5FfkyJ57cSQf0z52fbvO33slGetfe5vEw2Cuqs55wXEx9BJHAhHUgfCa3vEr2KV_PDHrlhei_GYwtsuloFDU-UJOAtefDBlehq4dIEeylc8o0v1ZPliA/s2048/IMG_2875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNEr2zWy4Ue0xWv2p8y5FfkyJ57cSQf0z52fbvO33slGetfe5vEw2Cuqs55wXEx9BJHAhHUgfCa3vEr2KV_PDHrlhei_GYwtsuloFDU-UJOAtefDBlehq4dIEeylc8o0v1ZPliA/s320/IMG_2875.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As much planning as you do for a trip like this, things don’t
always work out. And that’s what happened today. French air traffic controllers
are on strike (not all of them but enough that it affected us) so our flight to
France was delayed. By the time we arrived to our AirBNB it was 5pm, much later
than we had anticipated. We dropped our bags real quick and then hit the town.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">The first thing we did is to go see Notre Dame. It was sad to
see how devastated it was by last ye</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">ars fire. It’s behind fences and construction is happening. Not
sure how long it will take, but much of the building is missing. It was good to
see it though.</span></span><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="textexposedshow"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6b46hwyFtNKoqoR-DsQujaC2FonSBDXq75LC1GdO06GJgz0ZLOpEnR0YBFp8reWlkgmdc0MJgECY-eKe72HuIQSuuOekY4bKuGp9QbTyyGg7rL-0KRIApDtFKmze93_K63G1j2g/s2048/IMG_3051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6b46hwyFtNKoqoR-DsQujaC2FonSBDXq75LC1GdO06GJgz0ZLOpEnR0YBFp8reWlkgmdc0MJgECY-eKe72HuIQSuuOekY4bKuGp9QbTyyGg7rL-0KRIApDtFKmze93_K63G1j2g/w500-h375/IMG_3051.JPG" width="500" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On the walk over we stumbled
across The Fountain of St. Michael. Since St. Michael is the patron saint of
law enforcement, it was very fortuitous that we happened upon this fountain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1Pv6LlmvLo1TVzOCI2F-A6D_2YJAz8_koWdEwmrUkHo-6-ArLpiOxb70KIeCTw_5-6UHhW-trjBVfkJuGpl4kbNdAtMvQ5ClzqP-6LQ5GnMsGsialT-16Qq1xzbdlsILSTJZbA/s2048/IMG_3016+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1Pv6LlmvLo1TVzOCI2F-A6D_2YJAz8_koWdEwmrUkHo-6-ArLpiOxb70KIeCTw_5-6UHhW-trjBVfkJuGpl4kbNdAtMvQ5ClzqP-6LQ5GnMsGsialT-16Qq1xzbdlsILSTJZbA/w375-h500/IMG_3016+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytc2m2yheUIXS2e2hkohQNbhxBUHqgn_VoXLM1YWJVjZ1O6X5E2VPZikKs8Mhyv-ZsxfxMCaepHoaqD8XFIox_aNul1AafjvbS-MV3q1TLkxT4VlnA0EEaQwgYX2CzPDqy0YBHQ/s2048/IMG_3020+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytc2m2yheUIXS2e2hkohQNbhxBUHqgn_VoXLM1YWJVjZ1O6X5E2VPZikKs8Mhyv-ZsxfxMCaepHoaqD8XFIox_aNul1AafjvbS-MV3q1TLkxT4VlnA0EEaQwgYX2CzPDqy0YBHQ/w500-h375/IMG_3020+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCj1p8ODVDYvExPHkbhs4fLo4y_QPcVi2IwQhKjdHdo8dt5tftJrQe5hOw2y8WsbZ2NvdX0Jafv0EmF4Qkna8FSVTXKdEG7hMQOkCZnEw-5tlK4LkigESEBMdcIRqbFdv8mvTPUQ/s2048/IMG_3021+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCj1p8ODVDYvExPHkbhs4fLo4y_QPcVi2IwQhKjdHdo8dt5tftJrQe5hOw2y8WsbZ2NvdX0Jafv0EmF4Qkna8FSVTXKdEG7hMQOkCZnEw-5tlK4LkigESEBMdcIRqbFdv8mvTPUQ/w375-h500/IMG_3021+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMexponCx9fsEJwDVJvONm9Ux40fIhMEt85Fdv9fPCl49qcZ9m4H3BofOXItEGFZkXlAMTFqzQXolL7I5HaKSLI84mSkOcPzj06qcJ3oOXJY2gwcvQtIRzSBGfgfwU24_WzY36Q/s2048/IMG_3025+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMexponCx9fsEJwDVJvONm9Ux40fIhMEt85Fdv9fPCl49qcZ9m4H3BofOXItEGFZkXlAMTFqzQXolL7I5HaKSLI84mSkOcPzj06qcJ3oOXJY2gwcvQtIRzSBGfgfwU24_WzY36Q/w500-h375/IMG_3025+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also walked through this great
area with shops and restaurants. There are literally crepe places on every
street here. So many crepes. Looking forward to that for breakfast tomorrow.
For now, though, we grabbed dinner at one of the restaurants and then headed
back to our AirBNB. And this is where things get really bad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have a video chat with Chase
just to catch up and we keep catching whiffs if something stinky smelling. We
thought maybe it was trash. When we got off the chat we went to investigate and
realized that it was a sewer-type smell coming from the shower room. So gross!
But it’s too late at night to do anything about it so we close the door and
that helps a little. Then we head towards bed and see the comforter is stained
and has hair on it. No. Just no. We end up sleeping cuddled together for warmth
with just the duvet cover over us. Miserable. There is no way we are staying at this place another day!</span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, there’s the not-so-sunny side
of this trip. Off to go find the silver lining...</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-55937239167259940442020-03-06T19:33:00.000-08:002020-09-26T23:35:06.354-07:00The most amazing day<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I lost track of the number of times I said “wow” today... that’s
how awesome the scenery was!</span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We left Inverness today after a leisurely morning and headed for
our first stop - Loch Ness. It was gorgeous when we took a break to look for
Nessie. Alas, no luck.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj76u7OPf071B3CbLDsdbBGzJ5Ak9bZkCHyBIfyVmA2c1pNo1wF0P3z2qN8c8liQz2ZS5ZOfa5yRKxXgqrHEN2XYkl_SESyln6CCYp0hRwIIfZe7eKdcVkrH3lB_Qbfb_QxA5njg/s3605/IMG_2839+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="3605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj76u7OPf071B3CbLDsdbBGzJ5Ak9bZkCHyBIfyVmA2c1pNo1wF0P3z2qN8c8liQz2ZS5ZOfa5yRKxXgqrHEN2XYkl_SESyln6CCYp0hRwIIfZe7eKdcVkrH3lB_Qbfb_QxA5njg/s640/IMG_2839+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRhc7AB1SXPNwXg_eJxm-90YP6BfdnMGnr3hJss9EoIHAoWCc7FUWbwZcsQjfAow3qjvTaG8IU8BxlAEYjxG2BZAfKuICjfBR5uIEzmbmGqyASCEwCsTQNY1muEU_olRKOf9KQQ/s2048/IMG_2840+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRhc7AB1SXPNwXg_eJxm-90YP6BfdnMGnr3hJss9EoIHAoWCc7FUWbwZcsQjfAow3qjvTaG8IU8BxlAEYjxG2BZAfKuICjfBR5uIEzmbmGqyASCEwCsTQNY1muEU_olRKOf9KQQ/s640/IMG_2840+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Our next stop was Urqhart Castle, ruins right along the loch. We
decided to take a quick photo and then be on our way to our next adventure, instead of walking down and taking a tour.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w-IGPnvC_Pq6aNJTvFil0cTDm9stHuoO7olHiIBCAqudYhuYuKi0yNg6JIcSzLdXeW1j0Vt4DtA_13da_G9rGU0K6rLKxojhBcfnIgxr5X2lqoQpBTyFa1QDPlcXXpc8CDQIpQ/s2048/IMG_2843+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w-IGPnvC_Pq6aNJTvFil0cTDm9stHuoO7olHiIBCAqudYhuYuKi0yNg6JIcSzLdXeW1j0Vt4DtA_13da_G9rGU0K6rLKxojhBcfnIgxr5X2lqoQpBTyFa1QDPlcXXpc8CDQIpQ/s640/IMG_2843+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Glen Coe. We kept hearing how beautiful the area is and it did not disappoi</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">nt. It was “wow” after “wow”
after “wow”. We just kept turning corners and being amazed at the beauty. We
ended up stopping every 15 minutes because it was just so majestic. </span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="textexposedshow"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKYa7kGn6GVDWp6WHzcuHC3woiw2XRAvIMXDUq-vGjS4sRwv8SaGXIyIfUD-aQQ1y1hSHht18-p-n0RvXfDxvKEk7JCe0st_hAfAtkNyB1K7oHjlAeDuUZSKCsY08mE9KnnY5oQ/s2048/IMG_2862+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKYa7kGn6GVDWp6WHzcuHC3woiw2XRAvIMXDUq-vGjS4sRwv8SaGXIyIfUD-aQQ1y1hSHht18-p-n0RvXfDxvKEk7JCe0st_hAfAtkNyB1K7oHjlAeDuUZSKCsY08mE9KnnY5oQ/s640/IMG_2862+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">At one of
the stops we couldn’t decide which direction was most beautiful, so we stood
there turning in circles and taking photos. We looked at one another and just
said, “this is amazing. We are so lucky to see this.” It was one of those
moments where you realize how blessed you are and how huge and majestic our
world is.</span></span><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="textexposedshow"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlw8guJoJd-XZzerexXzbRcWYhBojesccxkUHW_5_x61a0wjdagldvoZsq5XSx0iTO0oSTq9PfRdQWYaSeTu5HFFjLsXQRBMKMbIQJKwHiTWlXv2_h_5FwuZmZY6bZGLLnF2sqQ/s2048/IMG_2918+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlw8guJoJd-XZzerexXzbRcWYhBojesccxkUHW_5_x61a0wjdagldvoZsq5XSx0iTO0oSTq9PfRdQWYaSeTu5HFFjLsXQRBMKMbIQJKwHiTWlXv2_h_5FwuZmZY6bZGLLnF2sqQ/s640/IMG_2918+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzxAVlLdyBFO-jlZliFs_Kde4jiFfqXIkDHNrUHFt9MCyEU3xhI7ULQIQkIbMpBDL46tVnaPEoBdaQm_J0FQSwOMeQyKxMLEvNQIdPkRlCJe6ZRzIyJyLBY06oBAaeP2bGPANvA/s2048/IMG_2919+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzxAVlLdyBFO-jlZliFs_Kde4jiFfqXIkDHNrUHFt9MCyEU3xhI7ULQIQkIbMpBDL46tVnaPEoBdaQm_J0FQSwOMeQyKxMLEvNQIdPkRlCJe6ZRzIyJyLBY06oBAaeP2bGPANvA/s640/IMG_2919+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2qs7VQzvnTTxeR-7Gz7uGcWo1PAI2BwW02H_zEhVyAnjAtv08hEU37g3qP5Am1QHOgBce5gyn7B4QKJEerXOk2wPSv7ufNWymFbDA7RZvvWi58SUx2NjITQS2DI1DQkZ8IHE6A/s2048/IMG_2920+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2qs7VQzvnTTxeR-7Gz7uGcWo1PAI2BwW02H_zEhVyAnjAtv08hEU37g3qP5Am1QHOgBce5gyn7B4QKJEerXOk2wPSv7ufNWymFbDA7RZvvWi58SUx2NjITQS2DI1DQkZ8IHE6A/s640/IMG_2920+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VPemppfnqP1tValn_5WIHVDygcKzTQvSpwwSt27v2DPy7_xuwUrUeEy8Zpkc9XqmGbPZciRB6w2OXpm5KwUKHbwOyBHK77ZAH7ddkJXLYGSdjUKIA5aKHGl1tIG73HrcdnXMJA/s2048/IMG_2921+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VPemppfnqP1tValn_5WIHVDygcKzTQvSpwwSt27v2DPy7_xuwUrUeEy8Zpkc9XqmGbPZciRB6w2OXpm5KwUKHbwOyBHK77ZAH7ddkJXLYGSdjUKIA5aKHGl1tIG73HrcdnXMJA/s640/IMG_2921+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm1gjqKpkF7jjGI01-j3E8xy17t-g0vcI-AIhseOl_mtmklqVaEfJlLLcV8RuOxo6t5cw1ssn819bkHSsrFj88lWj-4lv1k4qDYUnuTLlikLecXMiAQNgvseiSFHgL36H_AUOZQ/s2048/IMG_2922+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm1gjqKpkF7jjGI01-j3E8xy17t-g0vcI-AIhseOl_mtmklqVaEfJlLLcV8RuOxo6t5cw1ssn819bkHSsrFj88lWj-4lv1k4qDYUnuTLlikLecXMiAQNgvseiSFHgL36H_AUOZQ/s640/IMG_2922+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Somewhere along the route we came
upon a herd of Highland cows and some of their cute little sheep we see
everywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisF1qWCs1Kx3jsNh8DLYaNM3nursoGV54lR3TpyG7-H4l6EEFjtss2F512CAdy6A4RgIPMfRG8-6WG5XgsLM2ipFM6dVmDrzYCcyMIuBeSnjoksxQOHWHi5kGK3KZsKtv1FH68NA/s2048/IMG_2855+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisF1qWCs1Kx3jsNh8DLYaNM3nursoGV54lR3TpyG7-H4l6EEFjtss2F512CAdy6A4RgIPMfRG8-6WG5XgsLM2ipFM6dVmDrzYCcyMIuBeSnjoksxQOHWHi5kGK3KZsKtv1FH68NA/s640/IMG_2855+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhZJ6k40X0m6rWafuyjtEGosKcCodVsjJqTEegkPKkAA3RJQVIRZqoo4yP6U1z5NG3BJPJYQLLh59L7rDQzjG4AYnf92oMcPPkZYc6EFj8h3HNyDISHmjK_L4ehb1NklBDuv4Xw/s2048/IMG_2857+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhZJ6k40X0m6rWafuyjtEGosKcCodVsjJqTEegkPKkAA3RJQVIRZqoo4yP6U1z5NG3BJPJYQLLh59L7rDQzjG4AYnf92oMcPPkZYc6EFj8h3HNyDISHmjK_L4ehb1NklBDuv4Xw/s640/IMG_2857+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwTHjU7ptjqPlkhQYj7nLpAe412YeAK28GR2twKB1bukzqk83GDHqrwROS9XX_sEv9TYUIgJyzmxigolqW9HURRwcI6t7p52I3ObXDB4eN4KWDHoUjhlf95ubAqH9fYXA-36vIA/s2048/IMG_2870+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwTHjU7ptjqPlkhQYj7nLpAe412YeAK28GR2twKB1bukzqk83GDHqrwROS9XX_sEv9TYUIgJyzmxigolqW9HURRwcI6t7p52I3ObXDB4eN4KWDHoUjhlf95ubAqH9fYXA-36vIA/s640/IMG_2870+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In Glen Etive we saw several
herds of red deer. We couldn’t get super close and the phone doesn’t have a zoom,
so you’ll have to make out what you can in our photos. These were taken when we
stopped on a side road and walked toward the herd. You can see the leader of the herd, who we nicknamed Antlers, kept us in his sights. If we tried to get close he'd move the herd away. Well played, Antlers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ4cv1LBSbKGUtR-lWwRGVzfzwsutfasdk3aG4ZM0AIp8zsZInlVu-YzNhdtyngoggJ_I47GL32gunpmJc4dLxyMcx2xX9z0j8ML_BNUv047l-xLO7V-MZcIhsDzBhyphenhyphenQMACpNaA/s2048/IMG_2937+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ4cv1LBSbKGUtR-lWwRGVzfzwsutfasdk3aG4ZM0AIp8zsZInlVu-YzNhdtyngoggJ_I47GL32gunpmJc4dLxyMcx2xX9z0j8ML_BNUv047l-xLO7V-MZcIhsDzBhyphenhyphenQMACpNaA/s640/IMG_2937+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFO4t2m07oNiwGhQO-VpBVSdbZzG0j0fPXnmrXYmrfe8Ozo8GmotMfa8FcV0hIixDdNu3fRoOcs87iHllY1hvZOviusBZ7ImxJWhS4LrIN4j3AVgJ8qhrb-WBBrWZqpPLmDsnL9w/s2048/IMG_2941+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFO4t2m07oNiwGhQO-VpBVSdbZzG0j0fPXnmrXYmrfe8Ozo8GmotMfa8FcV0hIixDdNu3fRoOcs87iHllY1hvZOviusBZ7ImxJWhS4LrIN4j3AVgJ8qhrb-WBBrWZqpPLmDsnL9w/s640/IMG_2941+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLreaMAL8N8ugU6l74fY894GHeH_bJSNZHAx0VVZyologv3MEyHKyAlC2CZDazIZAnlHjbpL3esGY4Yi6jbGM3qvYxgV0LD7AKoHE7uY-9Es1Cxmn6XrVp6mVuXJqiIeI1ydzrhQ/s2048/IMG_2947+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLreaMAL8N8ugU6l74fY894GHeH_bJSNZHAx0VVZyologv3MEyHKyAlC2CZDazIZAnlHjbpL3esGY4Yi6jbGM3qvYxgV0LD7AKoHE7uY-9Es1Cxmn6XrVp6mVuXJqiIeI1ydzrhQ/s640/IMG_2947+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When taking a trip like this you
never know what you might stumble upon. This time it was the Bridge of Oich. It
was built in 1854 and is just adorable! We stopped and walked the bridge. There
was a sign saying the bridge had a limit of 50 people on it at one time and I
understand why...the bridge wobbles like the rope bridge on a playground. And
my husband liked to bounce on it to hear me squeal. It was a fun and unexpected
site, and the place where Brian found my Scotland heart.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVwpC-24JtzzPKwSzs__U5MU4WsLAEMwtjJbL5pHelyqZOvOclWydmS0PsIJYVBCswADe9EOtSQ91Pob62sDyFCJzyLtJmm75g5nFFtcdCS5Ri4o8bXrtvgU2mhVFaWULMa7HEw/s2048/IMG_2845+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVwpC-24JtzzPKwSzs__U5MU4WsLAEMwtjJbL5pHelyqZOvOclWydmS0PsIJYVBCswADe9EOtSQ91Pob62sDyFCJzyLtJmm75g5nFFtcdCS5Ri4o8bXrtvgU2mhVFaWULMa7HEw/s640/IMG_2845+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigL-2K9lk7hFh2gc5LjancuOi7vObTjj1syFCsPrjHhZtJXGchDusdJAFEDSDplV7d-uNNB2m7ZYQtD8zM_jy-FL-VPdXWgkmcfxuLq3xkWyLdDULWF00-m_CmgsUjq8FMTmltsg/s2048/IMG_2847+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigL-2K9lk7hFh2gc5LjancuOi7vObTjj1syFCsPrjHhZtJXGchDusdJAFEDSDplV7d-uNNB2m7ZYQtD8zM_jy-FL-VPdXWgkmcfxuLq3xkWyLdDULWF00-m_CmgsUjq8FMTmltsg/s640/IMG_2847+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1L3UR9TCBhHjt4EIPlAE2KPlxW3cQzjNU2mKAtjBHi2h22h2gfaF_B7nydASQVnXUFSobNG3WkATg3b-Hr8a0TxU6OfgEXjijD51IGZma9IlXzFPMkgjujscv6flay7T_WdAdpg/s2048/IMG_2849+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1L3UR9TCBhHjt4EIPlAE2KPlxW3cQzjNU2mKAtjBHi2h22h2gfaF_B7nydASQVnXUFSobNG3WkATg3b-Hr8a0TxU6OfgEXjijD51IGZma9IlXzFPMkgjujscv6flay7T_WdAdpg/s640/IMG_2849+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7-oypjZp4PKc6ZlKNLmb31PwS2z5y_GbdcZT3v37p9Y9JJilSqk8-3Gg9Nc8ZaxzPxdLkiWEEizVfXMEzTENnpoNvN4lnCVsSWRMhNZGnRQosAgU6gslw3T8m2Za-_1TI7ZQqQ/s2048/IMG_2846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7-oypjZp4PKc6ZlKNLmb31PwS2z5y_GbdcZT3v37p9Y9JJilSqk8-3Gg9Nc8ZaxzPxdLkiWEEizVfXMEzTENnpoNvN4lnCVsSWRMhNZGnRQosAgU6gslw3T8m2Za-_1TI7ZQqQ/s640/IMG_2846.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6dPkJXy73gdOVDwrAaI5Hzn8ZEa0UUNVgzSPrEWk1c65np1-e7sUXRoIokhmFhLc5kYqM4iP8KVJPTtmbgg-j_tHjjlTN8-FQ4weWjOopKQuHWMbN7sWDV0k1JVyoTSPGGhaWg/s2048/bridge+of+oich+scotland+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6dPkJXy73gdOVDwrAaI5Hzn8ZEa0UUNVgzSPrEWk1c65np1-e7sUXRoIokhmFhLc5kYqM4iP8KVJPTtmbgg-j_tHjjlTN8-FQ4weWjOopKQuHWMbN7sWDV0k1JVyoTSPGGhaWg/s640/bridge+of+oich+scotland+%25283%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">More majesty ahead of us, before
finally making our way back towards the big city. Our last stop was something I
had been looking forward to seeing - the kelpies. I caught the first glimpse of
them from the freeway and they were HUGE! We parked and walked up to them and
they were even more gorgeous up close. They are 100 feet tall and pay homage to
the role horses have played in building Scotland. Pay close attention to Brian standing in front of one of the status and me in front of the other. Look how tiny we are!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkdw2ygKrm-8Y5XROAAYnFu9J6EZvywoftxfZ9gwfAQv_X9viVmFnTRT9Qy6MzU2C5SBGAN0a6_lvHMtXl5RaXNozh6qEeiR9Zav7vJY0Qba0La4umHkGUzWGq3u6K_yGVRW_ew/s2048/IMG_2970+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkdw2ygKrm-8Y5XROAAYnFu9J6EZvywoftxfZ9gwfAQv_X9viVmFnTRT9Qy6MzU2C5SBGAN0a6_lvHMtXl5RaXNozh6qEeiR9Zav7vJY0Qba0La4umHkGUzWGq3u6K_yGVRW_ew/s640/IMG_2970+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb2zDwVHOMq6d_uiQhFlrcqgitQhzXaB4pqPAgByZ1L56RHPy6tqEjCAZeeuS9zlnaMY09q-F5lR06R7HBkycS9a3fRYKjcF4Y0Tnqi2CpbiuMMN2oGSNnRCORykzwDWwgnrz_A/s2048/IMG_2977+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After leaving the kelpies we
returned our rental car and had dinner. Now we’re getting packed up and ready
to move on tomorrow. Where will this adventure take us next?</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-74308134524279135532020-03-05T19:16:00.001-08:002020-08-30T19:53:18.501-07:00On the road again...<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Today we headed off on a new adventure - a small road trip of
Scotland. Initially we had planned a much larger road trip but the weather this
time of year can be unpredictable so we cut a few days off the road trip and
spent them in Ireland instead. That means we just have two days of enjoying the
Scottish countryside.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">First things first - we grabbed our rental car about 9am and
Brian set out sitting on the wrong side of the car and driving on the wrong
side of the road. My job was to navigate and keep reminding him to choose the
lefthand lane. Getting out of Edinburgh was a little tricky - they do love
their roundabouts - but before long we were on the A90 heading out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Our first stop was Pitlochry, a quaint little town with cute
storefronts. On the way there we stopped at the Blair Athol distillery. It was
absolutely beautiful with its water and rocks buildings. It’s not a brand he
can get in the US, so Brian bought a small bottle to enjoy while he’s here in
Scotland. I think enjoying whiskeys and then not being able to take any home is
the big downside of not checking bags.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4rfQcgIb3Sw9b1dtcf8dl0a5NBg1nYMigMBQb8HHdLPWMg9Fs3jTA2NQitE8bKlRxsIH2R6psCAHW_IISXbWGERFcHq-ImiUcBcVFnn5-kCytKGv2LYePE_W6oVMatOrBqeIAQ/s2048/IMG_2695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4rfQcgIb3Sw9b1dtcf8dl0a5NBg1nYMigMBQb8HHdLPWMg9Fs3jTA2NQitE8bKlRxsIH2R6psCAHW_IISXbWGERFcHq-ImiUcBcVFnn5-kCytKGv2LYePE_W6oVMatOrBqeIAQ/s640/IMG_2695.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmErYEns7KTJBUj8meM7kL6xEoXFUgHMerzh2fUPyXePlnsCPbhrA38UkD7rCyOuz8eVjdGxJ3ZitxZ8xQAGGgviI3EWbPn9MDyLm2MaUMpOvb_i4t-QwfsD8HCPbTUaRyT5_UaQ/s2048/IMG_2696+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmErYEns7KTJBUj8meM7kL6xEoXFUgHMerzh2fUPyXePlnsCPbhrA38UkD7rCyOuz8eVjdGxJ3ZitxZ8xQAGGgviI3EWbPn9MDyLm2MaUMpOvb_i4t-QwfsD8HCPbTUaRyT5_UaQ/s640/IMG_2696+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">After leaving Pitlochry we headed back on our way, through the
gorgeous Cairngorms. There was snow on the mountains but the road was clear -
just the way we like it. It did flurry for a bit but it was pretty quick to
pass by. We saw some wild pheasants but had no luck with the wild stags. Maybe
on the way home...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NPEmNGL5PYdL84ROQ92Grcb1nAmjh18YzazAJ1o_r17sKrVPXkDCH80MxIiReN-6w16AP2MDQdkaR7uGgvJcsadFwmfAlrRJSgoppXCI4bt6D4zpx7KRG1eiv_ip-JTjUXii8A/s2048/IMG_2701+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NPEmNGL5PYdL84ROQ92Grcb1nAmjh18YzazAJ1o_r17sKrVPXkDCH80MxIiReN-6w16AP2MDQdkaR7uGgvJcsadFwmfAlrRJSgoppXCI4bt6D4zpx7KRG1eiv_ip-JTjUXii8A/s640/IMG_2701+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMjBkYlC3i_vNKoyphn8khhEMs5QR25wfv_IJsGq4RMVJ7YRisDfBoNOVM5-pWFnLKisDvMTN2GlexEhDq07FNxc_soQd7kgzhWMph1rq6zaAngcC0-a7KvKgcHhcIwBTVC4ppA/s2048/IMG_2707+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMjBkYlC3i_vNKoyphn8khhEMs5QR25wfv_IJsGq4RMVJ7YRisDfBoNOVM5-pWFnLKisDvMTN2GlexEhDq07FNxc_soQd7kgzhWMph1rq6zaAngcC0-a7KvKgcHhcIwBTVC4ppA/s640/IMG_2707+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVncT70QEYhw0iNTv1tjCg-9F3VleML10WL8xOIHpfQ1t9bJcgMxYXGMR4fxXP5xKuUxvfzcIKsyu-XRfYgHLhjr6EcgDpjDUf6Lct7aatZQKIZg6neGMQsKL2mVhfv9Rc-vVdw/s2048/IMG_2710+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVncT70QEYhw0iNTv1tjCg-9F3VleML10WL8xOIHpfQ1t9bJcgMxYXGMR4fxXP5xKuUxvfzcIKsyu-XRfYgHLhjr6EcgDpjDUf6Lct7aatZQKIZg6neGMQsKL2mVhfv9Rc-vVdw/s640/IMG_2710+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Before long we were nearing Inverness. We were heading for
Culloden Battlefield, but first up was a stop to see some real Highland Coos.
They are so stinking adorable!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlcWDEhVS7zGj2HXJgs9FEWBXqkGqdGh9H8AzJ9wE-JPs8c8bkcLjUrQb9zZQ-caJJ_y635w4NnJJucOAUGXOlPzVL9FTPkGicTMKRlZEN3ponhrlxXQtoi4BrZvCDnCtYikAAw/s1808/IMG_2778+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="1808" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlcWDEhVS7zGj2HXJgs9FEWBXqkGqdGh9H8AzJ9wE-JPs8c8bkcLjUrQb9zZQ-caJJ_y635w4NnJJucOAUGXOlPzVL9FTPkGicTMKRlZEN3ponhrlxXQtoi4BrZvCDnCtYikAAw/s640/IMG_2778+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqs00dkXAo_7mMC0oP5RU0qcmpDkGJ56dHf90KKVdZvXqVTJZ_BkTHCH2ZKPgJOnlrhhYEggzWDhiFf0cJGSHaH0XIxD1Tbw6lgDW3Vk29buBOzQB1R_gY01JS5rtSKYzhc7LCg/s1593/IMG_2780+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="1593" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqs00dkXAo_7mMC0oP5RU0qcmpDkGJ56dHf90KKVdZvXqVTJZ_BkTHCH2ZKPgJOnlrhhYEggzWDhiFf0cJGSHaH0XIxD1Tbw6lgDW3Vk29buBOzQB1R_gY01JS5rtSKYzhc7LCg/s640/IMG_2780+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />Culloden Battlefield is the site where the British Forces met
the Jacobite Army. 50 British forces died while 1,500 Highlanders were killed.
It was a bloodbath and the start of the decline of the Highland clans and
culture. It was moving to go through the museum and stand in the middle of a
battle recreation. It was heartbreaking to see the moss and lichen covered
stones standing where many lost their lives. </span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVepXwE5A0QlrikgFIjGkezkRylNz1TMChrpPJYDKsKaG-uFLFYy48hbh4DYnq5oiCSByb5okg2-_Ckh1Sgmi4ZQcbGKw0XbBspuRma7AM7xMY-SWXOLaRpaVPi0OcKWmgvRc4A/s2048/IMG_2731+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVepXwE5A0QlrikgFIjGkezkRylNz1TMChrpPJYDKsKaG-uFLFYy48hbh4DYnq5oiCSByb5okg2-_Ckh1Sgmi4ZQcbGKw0XbBspuRma7AM7xMY-SWXOLaRpaVPi0OcKWmgvRc4A/s640/IMG_2731+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6S4_lSbUBkTq1sCjI8h4b13tnyidBVFmZ82IH4MAfO1MwmMUiIAM-VRrObJnKgMV2zhDFmshu8o4nY00GWBi8d9NO4itWN5c_V6nHp4aQ1aFCw1VZuC6nGfW4sHy_XRoxn6JQg/s2048/IMG_2732+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They are split by what army they were fighting for. The British bricks stretch about 15 feet of the wall, the Jacobite bricks stretch hundreds of feet, so far that you can’t even capture it in a photo. It was heartbreaking.</span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgzaHQHob7TtRPypYxKVc_dJ2zduny7hHhpA_44R3ah1oOVbYJuUzyOAoTmSjYS8G0d0HOuuaFqRV8HeR0qbbd-7GzjWtr3kQSGTxGw0-Vv3fIoOHGp8RTJMANATqHnoaCB3-7w/s2048/IMG_2781.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgzaHQHob7TtRPypYxKVc_dJ2zduny7hHhpA_44R3ah1oOVbYJuUzyOAoTmSjYS8G0d0HOuuaFqRV8HeR0qbbd-7GzjWtr3kQSGTxGw0-Vv3fIoOHGp8RTJMANATqHnoaCB3-7w/s640/IMG_2781.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxbZ1UePef6sk8tXQp3sv6vql3_YsWcaAzunrCcwuvjJEkzkTJv0SCdoGQ0UUcI7dbXIKPztpdfN2GWjN03_CXT9lVkTg0c9pXn3uc64Y2ui3nAUVx-SCsCIM-BMVObhvDJgfWA/s2048/IMG_2783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxbZ1UePef6sk8tXQp3sv6vql3_YsWcaAzunrCcwuvjJEkzkTJv0SCdoGQ0UUcI7dbXIKPztpdfN2GWjN03_CXT9lVkTg0c9pXn3uc64Y2ui3nAUVx-SCsCIM-BMVObhvDJgfWA/s640/IMG_2783.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We had wanted to see some standing stones on one of the Scottish
isles but that was cut when we reduced our road trip. Instead, we went the
Clava Cairns. These ruins are over 4,000 years old and were originally three
towers, each surrounded by an impressive set of standing stones. Two of these
were burial chambers but the third is a mystery as it has no discernible path
in or out. These were an intriguing stop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NbFh42EzzgZVzmBGmS01iUdwI90_LTnpe7AUS4J5Q1ZgrJVVwndn_9sL5AS8kcU4wCYpb3gvxBhRsM3S3TSKSjGZFNdVO6Wt1l2Lh9rQm-QncvKm_BdQvfwCFaLRLbcxTWBnKQ/s2048/IMG_2793+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NbFh42EzzgZVzmBGmS01iUdwI90_LTnpe7AUS4J5Q1ZgrJVVwndn_9sL5AS8kcU4wCYpb3gvxBhRsM3S3TSKSjGZFNdVO6Wt1l2Lh9rQm-QncvKm_BdQvfwCFaLRLbcxTWBnKQ/s640/IMG_2793+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXFrh9xC_n3bU5ydKemgbLaUZumN0YY4vsxBAjCsDL8VLlRdKfcFnlYzyiNeD81SBPrMQZ4fSzD6TCI_E_8Szmy38ta4B-1Fnli_LfgpDN7OMIOn-C1oMH-D1PIRRhTck_FAe3g/s2048/IMG_2794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXFrh9xC_n3bU5ydKemgbLaUZumN0YY4vsxBAjCsDL8VLlRdKfcFnlYzyiNeD81SBPrMQZ4fSzD6TCI_E_8Szmy38ta4B-1Fnli_LfgpDN7OMIOn-C1oMH-D1PIRRhTck_FAe3g/s640/IMG_2794.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQffww3MvUcdIO6PWxpIXU5NOnTNnM2g33y1-o7fcyTGVNznYel26dwJJUaQ4-E2IAXWwTBJB0f1TN_1aB-NwK-eqhTG-qrgbaiNnx7r80vprWjo86c0TRjBXR_OprHtds7Uhxw/s2048/IMG_2796+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQffww3MvUcdIO6PWxpIXU5NOnTNnM2g33y1-o7fcyTGVNznYel26dwJJUaQ4-E2IAXWwTBJB0f1TN_1aB-NwK-eqhTG-qrgbaiNnx7r80vprWjo86c0TRjBXR_OprHtds7Uhxw/s640/IMG_2796+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlVbdP84kYJAaxxa1FBvbRM6MCsypROo7YYqTlb0K5GC3CxWd6m9R_31tLldR8xww98fZKpQWC_om9k3BVIeZ6HJzsMZldU_0QfuOkTXEghKWD6_8FNHon-ppjVyXDfCbysQqtw/s2048/IMG_2797+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlVbdP84kYJAaxxa1FBvbRM6MCsypROo7YYqTlb0K5GC3CxWd6m9R_31tLldR8xww98fZKpQWC_om9k3BVIeZ6HJzsMZldU_0QfuOkTXEghKWD6_8FNHon-ppjVyXDfCbysQqtw/s640/IMG_2797+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YKRDrr3JBSajb10LOMA2LYqCuh73IE1XToY5798Plj3WgS4sHCWTTZlpSIMWMl1J53FW-pfEJQKaenlSVsiS8-VH0I0mABw80RJ4fv5ue6OUN4QMW0hnMcXcbU8uLFt-mk8ZRw/s2048/IMG_2800+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YKRDrr3JBSajb10LOMA2LYqCuh73IE1XToY5798Plj3WgS4sHCWTTZlpSIMWMl1J53FW-pfEJQKaenlSVsiS8-VH0I0mABw80RJ4fv5ue6OUN4QMW0hnMcXcbU8uLFt-mk8ZRw/s640/IMG_2800+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguB-i6_mwnhj4utY_xfA3WvJWQ-Q5yiUGwBPg2-nai5KNkLYFHbisA01rIxhd1SrctLk5PCsjXDcgvpXrTQh82OepnyBeSNJRUi5AF3YvsikcOKoGXIc1kNH3RO6v3GBD7m9dgKQ/s2048/IMG_2811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguB-i6_mwnhj4utY_xfA3WvJWQ-Q5yiUGwBPg2-nai5KNkLYFHbisA01rIxhd1SrctLk5PCsjXDcgvpXrTQh82OepnyBeSNJRUi5AF3YvsikcOKoGXIc1kNH3RO6v3GBD7m9dgKQ/s640/IMG_2811.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">By now we were ready to get settled into our lodgings for the
night. The bonus of everyone cancelling their vacations because of the storm and the Coronavirus scare is that rooms are easy
to find and affordable. We ended up right on high street in a 2-bedroom
apartment with a front room bigger than my own at home. Great location, a real
king size bed (the biggest we’ve found elsewhere is really a queen) and best of
all, it only cost 94 pounds. What a deal!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We headed out for dinner and it was perfect timing because the
sun was just starting to set over the River Ness. We got a table at a river
view restaurant and enjoyed watching the sky fade for the evening.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32gXl-fJ0325mwPzIpcsoRmBN-dwY05Pk1TiMLGMpgfO4QaSrCPlcYmQLSN5sY8zR7yuWAh0NAYeLaU71ift0CPTEH5B80ELUj264076qb6-EJLYv6v9CrJh0XCIAzLJ9x-3-Zw/s2048/IMG_2818+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32gXl-fJ0325mwPzIpcsoRmBN-dwY05Pk1TiMLGMpgfO4QaSrCPlcYmQLSN5sY8zR7yuWAh0NAYeLaU71ift0CPTEH5B80ELUj264076qb6-EJLYv6v9CrJh0XCIAzLJ9x-3-Zw/s640/IMG_2818+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoaVGzevYypdxyPmyiQR94buGb2D2iJERiAodnUttZez7ZeHEhdnf4Dm5jS8hF6lCQ9Nvu-rOA7mKR0zL3_fA3UQ5iUY_6E5zxoV9cRKyjgXm9lJs7F26OmKBxXFZVli7aljbDA/s2048/IMG_2821+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoaVGzevYypdxyPmyiQR94buGb2D2iJERiAodnUttZez7ZeHEhdnf4Dm5jS8hF6lCQ9Nvu-rOA7mKR0zL3_fA3UQ5iUY_6E5zxoV9cRKyjgXm9lJs7F26OmKBxXFZVli7aljbDA/s640/IMG_2821+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjBNhsxCjjZIkxY7MGmhgL-H9bGoBEztlNg53jvsuRRpsYMF6TWo5br8Wbv5GSCyM13u74oRXp1aY2zRtGnSqY4rFtCx3bZ2raE41YBOTng0k9u1TTDCV0O9oAOVn9dvjy5uMPg/s2048/IMG_2823+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjBNhsxCjjZIkxY7MGmhgL-H9bGoBEztlNg53jvsuRRpsYMF6TWo5br8Wbv5GSCyM13u74oRXp1aY2zRtGnSqY4rFtCx3bZ2raE41YBOTng0k9u1TTDCV0O9oAOVn9dvjy5uMPg/s640/IMG_2823+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Tomorrow we are off to the second half of our road trip and
we’re playing it spontaneous. Who knows where the road will lead...<o:p></o:p></span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-11941167203505131792020-03-04T19:06:00.000-08:002020-08-30T19:16:10.905-07:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I’m sure after this long
no one even cares that I missed a day, but it was a deliberate miss. Brian and
I were getting a little worn down so today ended up being a relaxing day.
We slept in. We went out for breakfast, where I had a yummy crepe. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwQNM1qhdSbFcd8w3EaST03_obTMjl2A0qnZTmBnSPiJ7iK3KLGBqoq04iacsI023Kq6eN5DBmf2KQ6moGLCM8bU_2ekE4sWrBqnR3MomjED_lvccF8ulq-M95oyOUslb4WTP3Q/s2048/IMG_2668+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwQNM1qhdSbFcd8w3EaST03_obTMjl2A0qnZTmBnSPiJ7iK3KLGBqoq04iacsI023Kq6eN5DBmf2KQ6moGLCM8bU_2ekE4sWrBqnR3MomjED_lvccF8ulq-M95oyOUslb4WTP3Q/s640/IMG_2668+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Then we
walked the Royal Mile doing nothing but shopping for our friends and family. We
returned to our apartment for an afternoon of relaxation before heading back
out for Brian’s adventure at the Scotch Whisky Experience. He’s not typically a
Scotch drinker but finally found a few he liked. I passed on the experience but he had a good time.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4vxUGOUi9L-lOdUs5QJFKm35dz1cgwMhMohwyKWAF1wS2LvQHd1gxTkAsQXcgyTA1kj2VezH7g7MiZFGYTP41aS6e_71SdWc3TpmlqPFCLhto3JtG2hoiNRIyugRiqZ2BGSaGQ/s2048/IMG_0362+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1610" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4vxUGOUi9L-lOdUs5QJFKm35dz1cgwMhMohwyKWAF1wS2LvQHd1gxTkAsQXcgyTA1kj2VezH7g7MiZFGYTP41aS6e_71SdWc3TpmlqPFCLhto3JtG2hoiNRIyugRiqZ2BGSaGQ/s640/IMG_0362+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jejuS0K9tZTiKNx0sKOOs-Fe2R5h8mRMttqPe1EvS8ncNWdPkFxY9s2PJqJ6607bIdM1yS68Rj3Na2-cObkZCt6_W0ys-6w8LOPfMumGQpRl4PhDFLIigZb7rciRWG7afCrwnw/s2048/IMG_0365+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jejuS0K9tZTiKNx0sKOOs-Fe2R5h8mRMttqPe1EvS8ncNWdPkFxY9s2PJqJ6607bIdM1yS68Rj3Na2-cObkZCt6_W0ys-6w8LOPfMumGQpRl4PhDFLIigZb7rciRWG7afCrwnw/s640/IMG_0365+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw27j9BgTJTvGyp7E_c2i32sSZkmLOYvsegruyTn4eW3ms1hjgMQZG6fxH3O1VASmrb9UFL9wlxbNwQrElL5pzlgUSWFpgD6wmwzGRa8rcDAr4n6bajy1-ltxMtTvcxoGm1dplUw/s2048/IMG_0369+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw27j9BgTJTvGyp7E_c2i32sSZkmLOYvsegruyTn4eW3ms1hjgMQZG6fxH3O1VASmrb9UFL9wlxbNwQrElL5pzlgUSWFpgD6wmwzGRa8rcDAr4n6bajy1-ltxMtTvcxoGm1dplUw/s640/IMG_0369+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny_3UxWX9MRxwK77XBnMfhOSBhFzBk0zTb4dEGJ7aNrJiREBSkJsEinmha0sNjjlpf0oW1HlOQrm4TPZFV4GrZR3eQkftaSLbanCmJ1XvZ6h1v2vva_9C5WRU_X2R2wA5UdavAQ/s2048/IMG_0370+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny_3UxWX9MRxwK77XBnMfhOSBhFzBk0zTb4dEGJ7aNrJiREBSkJsEinmha0sNjjlpf0oW1HlOQrm4TPZFV4GrZR3eQkftaSLbanCmJ1XvZ6h1v2vva_9C5WRU_X2R2wA5UdavAQ/s640/IMG_0370+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoqZDDEVgfJEk6mqrvYshr14EQ7hFg100q29Rzqh9SAf4iIiNlytRHrsbk7nhvHste95mnFdL1gRZNRNDjRV9ipXJBdq44mnmd_e4l9wwlAXMES8TDQgd778OETsDrip2OTibuw/s2048/IMG_0372+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoqZDDEVgfJEk6mqrvYshr14EQ7hFg100q29Rzqh9SAf4iIiNlytRHrsbk7nhvHste95mnFdL1gRZNRNDjRV9ipXJBdq44mnmd_e4l9wwlAXMES8TDQgd778OETsDrip2OTibuw/s640/IMG_0372+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">That was it. We
took about half a dozen pictures between us. Although we did take it easy we
still ended up walking about 8 miles. But it was exactly what we needed to
refresh ourselves.</span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-63584898164496476722020-03-03T18:45:00.000-08:002020-08-30T19:01:30.363-07:00Scotland, here we come<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">One thing Brian and I have come to enjoy is a nice, relaxing
morning and that’s what we got today. A lazy wake up, followed by some
breakfast and the last few items packed, then we were off to our new
destination - Scotland!</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;">Once we got through the short flight (only 40 minutes in the air!)
and to our AirBNB, it was early afternoon. We decided to start the Rick Steves
walking tour of the Royal Mile, so made our way to the starting point -
Edinburgh Castle. To get there you h</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">ad to take “Granny’s Green Stairs” from our place to the castle.
Holy stairs, Batman. The thighs were burning when we got to the top, as there
must have been 8-10 flights of </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">ridiculously</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> steep stairs. It was crazy!</span></span></span><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="textexposedshow"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJne1w2Dqtg1hYldx40Si_sLZmEE2hwlpnqNIOJpchA0HO-vMfw6b4TN7RcQbLUcMz3nopldJfQ0iXNBLdjkhyphenhyphen2KFOqHG5meyM7B5b92qb3o46hz0woaUjNAMwxf0ODVyWu2UtBg/s2048/IMG_2643+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJne1w2Dqtg1hYldx40Si_sLZmEE2hwlpnqNIOJpchA0HO-vMfw6b4TN7RcQbLUcMz3nopldJfQ0iXNBLdjkhyphenhyphen2KFOqHG5meyM7B5b92qb3o46hz0woaUjNAMwxf0ODVyWu2UtBg/s640/IMG_2643+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />Once we got to the top of the
stairs we saw the castle. My first thought was that it isn’t very big. It
doesn’t have fancy towers or huge structures so it was less impressive than the
Disney version we are used to seeing. LOL But we couldn’t be this close and not
go inside.</span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;">42 pounds later (cash, not weight) and Brian and I were inside. Honestly, he and I were both super underwhelmed by the castle. The only things we really liked were the chapel, the jail and the best part - the great hall. The rest they’ve tried to turn into some tourist trap and it just isn’t that intriguing. Bummer.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_Dt_7zchjTGm3elhcCTPDXVXWq7Qvag5jfwDGPxZpxPvPo1UPBdwrlxiHl1mbmf5WKjnUeXyn8FDoh8-9056O99IFWgdiIrBCTfH-rsPKo8HVG6kQ-B7DHfHKywri7OpraHAtA/s2048/IMG_2611+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_Dt_7zchjTGm3elhcCTPDXVXWq7Qvag5jfwDGPxZpxPvPo1UPBdwrlxiHl1mbmf5WKjnUeXyn8FDoh8-9056O99IFWgdiIrBCTfH-rsPKo8HVG6kQ-B7DHfHKywri7OpraHAtA/s640/IMG_2611+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYfgI7F31PIri1Ck5aDIyvbECvdbr3BUEB_2ggAo8jV4kyDt7DSBiBe1aqGlZgKCisVzOtthGM7qMExGOUNqf9IYaucpW3BRlhjReV4WGE1U6ZEreSZeNP1yIBlr3AynZ3D5I4A/s2048/IMG_2613+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next we decided to stroll down
the Royal Mile and follow the tour, but our heads weren’t into it today. We
went in a lot of shops where we ogled over all the adorable purses, Tartan,
coats of arms, scarves and more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We did come across this old
church. I, of course, wanted to go and Brian was a good sport. It was the
weirdest thing though... if you want to take photos while in the church they
charge you 2 pounds for a “permit” to snap photos. I paid because it was a
church and I can’t have bad juju.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLwbgRKbNEs2VJ2rzbiyKrjUxSECpeJ_wt4fk3d0gJ3KepadZOm2Ky9cz0cB4uUiqQ5pLx-mRzBamxI4dMAKpR9aVwt9S52H9dpHOWRBzsDhC_rcNLpEHbV4pxeWsFtVIx7tqsA/s2048/IMG_2646+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLwbgRKbNEs2VJ2rzbiyKrjUxSECpeJ_wt4fk3d0gJ3KepadZOm2Ky9cz0cB4uUiqQ5pLx-mRzBamxI4dMAKpR9aVwt9S52H9dpHOWRBzsDhC_rcNLpEHbV4pxeWsFtVIx7tqsA/s640/IMG_2646+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKNPyWBTvAWsCLJVYt7JRUpn0lMyRjoPMEox7wVBvXMeGV1xV7KhYkk0BLvxMqSe8SuAQf1mMvQKafhXy64sSZg8XB5s3p2iOHkSLBhGXWkvnoHEXYIh9F0Gk7bbO6rPsFGg2jA/s2048/IMG_2647+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We grabbed some dinner and then
turned in early, relaxing and putting on some Netflix before heading to bed.
Tomorrow, we see more of Edinburgh.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-35219291004928271282020-03-02T18:08:00.001-08:002020-08-30T19:02:44.332-07:00Hitting the road<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;">Today’s adventure was a little different than what we have done
before. It was an organized tour so we had to start pretty early this morning.
Along the drive we passed some amazing ruins and heard about Irish history and
legends. On the way there our sunny day turned into rain, then into hail, then
into snow, back to sun and then into rain again.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENGx5yl1AZM41gKMxCd8eh9EXrJ32onpEdm52LSXJiXY1nUUu5QrWsxkTbv2YKSx74LJU3yGzLaJaCYoo1YgWnXNddanyyr6Dt7ABCdTlM8qy9zJevZ0y9v7zSDiFsF-Uqf3fSA/s2048/IMG_2485+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENGx5yl1AZM41gKMxCd8eh9EXrJ32onpEdm52LSXJiXY1nUUu5QrWsxkTbv2YKSx74LJU3yGzLaJaCYoo1YgWnXNddanyyr6Dt7ABCdTlM8qy9zJevZ0y9v7zSDiFsF-Uqf3fSA/s640/IMG_2485+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYF0MvmTBEka6BCgymWS4iXTqkaHG94AYfe5rMz7NojIMQG5EV9l5WJfRbQpMHUm6qOl3SxtlZNZynpxKOnMGpxZuwg08A-gvSUoLTNTptLaSleDIX3Tqs_0900hSaw70CGJAdoA/s2048/IMG_2490+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYF0MvmTBEka6BCgymWS4iXTqkaHG94AYfe5rMz7NojIMQG5EV9l5WJfRbQpMHUm6qOl3SxtlZNZynpxKOnMGpxZuwg08A-gvSUoLTNTptLaSleDIX3Tqs_0900hSaw70CGJAdoA/s640/IMG_2490+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgre1oEUGOzyNdnojiRnLn_bTvgNyIseEgtWsO1-L9uhxuC_NMZMtKBJJvmg0mOJgBlzcJ9RWs5OIfejotaq3joryi3iG748o4hHGEVRFHbuuVmx_FrseYyvwVe9lh17qiPBMa52w/s2048/IMG_2491+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgre1oEUGOzyNdnojiRnLn_bTvgNyIseEgtWsO1-L9uhxuC_NMZMtKBJJvmg0mOJgBlzcJ9RWs5OIfejotaq3joryi3iG748o4hHGEVRFHbuuVmx_FrseYyvwVe9lh17qiPBMa52w/s640/IMG_2491+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />Our first stop was the whole reason we planned this trip - the
Cliffs of Moher. When we arrived at the cliffs it was sunny with s</span><span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;">ome ominous looking clouds. We
got some gorgeous views of the storm moving in - and then we got hit with it.
It rained on us and hailed on us and the wind was whipping, but it was so
gorgeous we didn’t want to leave. We walked south for a while along the cliff
side, then turned around and headed north for a while. </span></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="textexposedshow"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXN9IP4o3RczskXwmg3X5TbKT82O42MpIJuRbBYlJ2soXqqlC0xUnMK2JkAyhjAPUFjsIbhr08o6T0uRCrL2f3DKI-u3Wr0xO1baD81ujNRbJbHYV7BuFg2G9w7BGTEs5bTHC0g/s2048/IMG_0336+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXN9IP4o3RczskXwmg3X5TbKT82O42MpIJuRbBYlJ2soXqqlC0xUnMK2JkAyhjAPUFjsIbhr08o6T0uRCrL2f3DKI-u3Wr0xO1baD81ujNRbJbHYV7BuFg2G9w7BGTEs5bTHC0g/s640/IMG_0336+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><p style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 4.5pt 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;">Of course, Brian could be counted on to bring the Princess Bride with us to Ireland. He posted:</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 28px;"><i>"Beautiful. Although.... Everyone knows you don’t bet with a Sicilian when death is on the line!"</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 4.5pt 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;">When we headed north the sun was out again, but the northern path was crazy - there was a spot where the water was running uphill and over the path, like there was a sprinkler pointed up. We got soaked! By the time we hit the top of the north path the wind was so strong that we could barely stand up. Brian could lean back on his heels in the wind and stay balanced. It was crazy!</span></span></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZiq5cHnM1z4jy8brwaPrUJbl3byf-ZgP33SfVKlvFdgo2nPBZyP9akbKMT27cppl_PByN4zydHmls7PK-EInia6pRMpBGKaHKepVkR3kTiZ5QKAdULXgOa8ArNP1hNLCmyMUzg/s3526/IMG_2523+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="3526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZiq5cHnM1z4jy8brwaPrUJbl3byf-ZgP33SfVKlvFdgo2nPBZyP9akbKMT27cppl_PByN4zydHmls7PK-EInia6pRMpBGKaHKepVkR3kTiZ5QKAdULXgOa8ArNP1hNLCmyMUzg/s640/IMG_2523+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3gvl3-RldBLR0o2TJFh9bJZUZHzYmSo2uz-D6ttYfQEHim1g8vD4tZeZg3qNxaxxwV1UYpuKJD6aud_Crq9CJPlpgXYSgHaRPsnhJCEUqeeOOPlL0TVlZxuCjPqbI3UVNFQ0HA/s2048/IMG_2524+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3gvl3-RldBLR0o2TJFh9bJZUZHzYmSo2uz-D6ttYfQEHim1g8vD4tZeZg3qNxaxxwV1UYpuKJD6aud_Crq9CJPlpgXYSgHaRPsnhJCEUqeeOOPlL0TVlZxuCjPqbI3UVNFQ0HA/s640/IMG_2524+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOjzWp7ZUjI6_zTHb4-vt0az965jdI2w6LzYroSy2viA5Lj3RRV-kqg5B3vCwVATbADMiQV-sLnvW6tHlLOHaD2I3T1TM1EkmAlE1t74FH8DTJ26LRr5T_WCZyc-41c2rxvIC3A/s2048/IMG_2527+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOjzWp7ZUjI6_zTHb4-vt0az965jdI2w6LzYroSy2viA5Lj3RRV-kqg5B3vCwVATbADMiQV-sLnvW6tHlLOHaD2I3T1TM1EkmAlE1t74FH8DTJ26LRr5T_WCZyc-41c2rxvIC3A/s640/IMG_2527+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFWTly9ciZ8ycGinRWI-Sxxwg1iqJAa4Q-1w6QNaZFrWyLsOhrjNIAh-jSznBboxDnA-9KKgMuQ_Gwn-yOFhOmPT80RnKStlHakbAfRoxhzvFZd_nf8oRYWNVAxtgrU8PeSCf4A/s2048/IMG_2534+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFWTly9ciZ8ycGinRWI-Sxxwg1iqJAa4Q-1w6QNaZFrWyLsOhrjNIAh-jSznBboxDnA-9KKgMuQ_Gwn-yOFhOmPT80RnKStlHakbAfRoxhzvFZd_nf8oRYWNVAxtgrU8PeSCf4A/s640/IMG_2534+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div></span><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After an hour out on the cliffs
we were cold and ready for a warmup so checked out the visitors center before
loading the bus for our next stop - The Burren. It’s a really rocky area along
the Atlantic with a very unique landscape. It was <u>super windy</u> but beautiful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNk_H05NquR3q_9lXFInJJoF5KwkTeekchZdqUkPNU9lXkYEhTFSIGpyfpuMRhsIc_fL7XwZFnEhxecvevTuBAd_yA6ctIkLqEaNiO3EfhWmjW3S7f2Xel9XX5oLKG8jBdEFVSXA/s2048/IMG_2564+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNk_H05NquR3q_9lXFInJJoF5KwkTeekchZdqUkPNU9lXkYEhTFSIGpyfpuMRhsIc_fL7XwZFnEhxecvevTuBAd_yA6ctIkLqEaNiO3EfhWmjW3S7f2Xel9XX5oLKG8jBdEFVSXA/s640/IMG_2564+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwimn55EhA01aRm5PzFILHgmTd0WJuwBPKTvBuopkpWrBuSPYOzRH8TNY_HnBN83t5oUoBwbrFV67O_eIuKTnn06dO1gC7s5bGAaTsyrvnOkCr79a0B_3NHFSRlGetyQQ9ZDw0Uw/s2048/IMG_2567+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />Up next was more driving along
the Wild Atlantic Way. We passed by all sorts of neat things and heard stories
about the fairies and Tir na nog. I know it's hard to see, but right next to this cool ruin is a tree with little pieces of fabric tied to them. Those are wishes for the fairies.</span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5cOAOenN1iLeMSCnBGAvEoI48qnhLRP-DtGL7lE0NVQoeanv7cgLIK9L9w-ZIlOG2f1ryEnvcEbarVew_SBGDLP-BKCpAzob6GEGXE5v1fZmffcit8BLdbXsCNYCrbMClYIP-w/s2048/IMG_2590+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1465" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5cOAOenN1iLeMSCnBGAvEoI48qnhLRP-DtGL7lE0NVQoeanv7cgLIK9L9w-ZIlOG2f1ryEnvcEbarVew_SBGDLP-BKCpAzob6GEGXE5v1fZmffcit8BLdbXsCNYCrbMClYIP-w/s640/IMG_2590+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We passed famine cottages and famine walls.
During the famine the government didn’t want the Irish people getting used to
handouts so they made these small cottages and forced people to build famine
walls (which were in the middle of nowhere, not really being used) to pay for
the rent and food they were receiving. We passed tons of walls and several cottages along the way.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5q_G4SnepZZoJ0ZsaXvKi56XoHcfpcd42F37VuKjO786ACjdxtIwougeUTgY95rqaeyVGYzcvTTcVn7IPI98EFNgXN8DkRvKWQIcFQ6pt1oSNA9eDYj6YSfVMHVQbPu5Xv76_FA/s2048/IMG_2560+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5q_G4SnepZZoJ0ZsaXvKi56XoHcfpcd42F37VuKjO786ACjdxtIwougeUTgY95rqaeyVGYzcvTTcVn7IPI98EFNgXN8DkRvKWQIcFQ6pt1oSNA9eDYj6YSfVMHVQbPu5Xv76_FA/s640/IMG_2560+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcVY4DqG75ASYID00GoT6IclL4kJ_R0wnHBMMdeoHDYzxjZrjDV5X_1b5xiy1A6OKYen-UsQO7wP0hHNMgaPQo7JESrVzICptE_N9oW5PGxa8TB9kC7C2BMctsLhjv02ysMDLnA/s2048/IMG_2582+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcVY4DqG75ASYID00GoT6IclL4kJ_R0wnHBMMdeoHDYzxjZrjDV5X_1b5xiy1A6OKYen-UsQO7wP0hHNMgaPQo7JESrVzICptE_N9oW5PGxa8TB9kC7C2BMctsLhjv02ysMDLnA/s640/IMG_2582+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c7uX_gJLlS7DocjxtVkjLyYod29gPcRIK3YM133t6_85uVqo1u0a37QLyOHfQMNX5yck9cvctdk8p2R5RP66WNaQOGzYcGHS_2gNfWjyRjeXz-ABHsLuuTLIV8fxyBrDs33TtQ/s2048/IMG_2589+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c7uX_gJLlS7DocjxtVkjLyYod29gPcRIK3YM133t6_85uVqo1u0a37QLyOHfQMNX5yck9cvctdk8p2R5RP66WNaQOGzYcGHS_2gNfWjyRjeXz-ABHsLuuTLIV8fxyBrDs33TtQ/s640/IMG_2589+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We passed houses being thatched, which was cool to see.</span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5p_z2RcgFAPXqu7VOUE9Bu-b9_sUhODAi1jeEfrVPhHlxU2ZIyouE2xCr-ZmmhSb0cS6ZbVB4XGLe4GAyej5ZoG2A_Ot0HNKQ_Eq7EJUBc0uk4CKweasZmM3IwEhSEW8RQe5yw/s2048/IMG_2596+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5p_z2RcgFAPXqu7VOUE9Bu-b9_sUhODAi1jeEfrVPhHlxU2ZIyouE2xCr-ZmmhSb0cS6ZbVB4XGLe4GAyej5ZoG2A_Ot0HNKQ_Eq7EJUBc0uk4CKweasZmM3IwEhSEW8RQe5yw/s640/IMG_2596+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><br /></p>We passed this old cemetery and in the hills behind you can see the trails zig zagging up the hill. Those are famine walls. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiAcEmKJY_7LSIx2i9MRrFpDgc2CyXNBceT69z_vCIYDGB9hyphenhyphenxuxCBhZrrmnajyQDthSzdYPpIzxW3S7WNEZi9cdZA3-A8TIARiP0yltH4uQybZ5RPqChNo6Mi6P41MPVbZSucg/s2048/IMG_2584+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiAcEmKJY_7LSIx2i9MRrFpDgc2CyXNBceT69z_vCIYDGB9hyphenhyphenxuxCBhZrrmnajyQDthSzdYPpIzxW3S7WNEZi9cdZA3-A8TIARiP0yltH4uQybZ5RPqChNo6Mi6P41MPVbZSucg/s640/IMG_2584+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our last stop is Galway, where we
visited a fun area with little shops and pubs. We had lunch and then the most
delicious ice cream before heading back for Dublin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDh80OC3CgOxdieG-r9UTRs9F78G9OLglzfQkYrR2FqRRbL6YAGQPM16Ot35vxczGGIV577mMJTL0FL8djatf5U_KJGmkzlnnlD4ctF74_eVfRIvaKBcn1o0BLV0dcaD_HXegaew/s2048/IMG_2602+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDh80OC3CgOxdieG-r9UTRs9F78G9OLglzfQkYrR2FqRRbL6YAGQPM16Ot35vxczGGIV577mMJTL0FL8djatf5U_KJGmkzlnnlD4ctF74_eVfRIvaKBcn1o0BLV0dcaD_HXegaew/s640/IMG_2602+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHLbX1_w4a6FqsDPGzn934t6zVZaY6N5V69hm3I3GxKMMu6DqxSH75zaLv7Cf_JaxS8aXK4UDLf-Pp3ywkemRcJLiADp9ynUKZAJF4EP28bWcUAifYQxL-Ve67lgSbHKJKKTYBw/s2048/IMG_2603+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHLbX1_w4a6FqsDPGzn934t6zVZaY6N5V69hm3I3GxKMMu6DqxSH75zaLv7Cf_JaxS8aXK4UDLf-Pp3ywkemRcJLiADp9ynUKZAJF4EP28bWcUAifYQxL-Ve67lgSbHKJKKTYBw/s640/IMG_2603+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />It was really nice to let someone
else drive and share their knowledge. We saw a lot of beautiful countryside and
gorgeous scenery today. The tour was a great way to wind up our time in
Ireland.</span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A few things about Ireland:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. I really connected with Ireland
and the Irish people. I love their history. I love their stories and myths.</span></span></p></div><div><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. The weather here is crazy! We
saw every kind of weather all in one day. And the wind here is always whipping!</span></span></p></div><div><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. We need more time here!
There’s so much to see in Ireland and we wished we would have had more time.</span></span></p></div></blockquote><div>
<span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tomorrow we have a relaxing morning before hopping a
quick flight to our next destination. Where will we go next???</span></span></div>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-19301169773906232122020-03-01T17:46:00.001-08:002020-08-30T19:05:29.754-07:00Jail and whiskey<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Today was a busy day in Dublin! We started out bright and early for the long walk to our first adventure. We could have taken a bus or taxi, but Brian and I enjoy learning more about a city by walking through it. The temperature was in the 30’s when we left and could be breezy at times so we were glad we had purchased our new wool items yesterday. Along the walk I found my heart for Ireland, which was on the utility covers there. I'm sure it's some logo, but it has a heart and I love it!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Mh_BlJ9_7L-3UObH0_2g98Zn9dAsUTvsCCumL-RaTZqMrk8tGF6BVKr7sxQyVXnXrcRBxDW-dmV68C1-h5hK3Qgutwz-GBoeIDCgV8bxsQ4xce0C192mfa2ILNVL3YqQTNGclg/s2048/dublin+street+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Mh_BlJ9_7L-3UObH0_2g98Zn9dAsUTvsCCumL-RaTZqMrk8tGF6BVKr7sxQyVXnXrcRBxDW-dmV68C1-h5hK3Qgutwz-GBoeIDCgV8bxsQ4xce0C192mfa2ILNVL3YqQTNGclg/s640/dublin+street+%25284%2529.JPG" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Kilmainham Gaol was our first stop. It’s an old jail built in the late 1700’s that was in use until the early 1900’s. It housed not only men but also women and children, the youngest only 7 years old. There is so much history in the jail and it helped us understand more about both the history of Ireland and the conditions in which it’s residents lived (and were punished). It held participants from most of the Irish rebellions and our guide shared some of their stories with us in the tour. At the end was a little museum where you could see artifacts and letters written while at Kilmainham Goal. It was all very intriguing and we both enjoyed it.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zpIJrbsz2_J4EimKj72nWCRNgXQ2qd3mXqrwd_tThb-SDDvTOW3L8NlJECH_JXkhgxsAqs_iIPsGSxQjZY6CFw2X8EEQQRyBgKNlizvSeh7YSWAnPqt6uw_p3mpR6VMoUczmlA/s2048/IMG_2415+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1434" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zpIJrbsz2_J4EimKj72nWCRNgXQ2qd3mXqrwd_tThb-SDDvTOW3L8NlJECH_JXkhgxsAqs_iIPsGSxQjZY6CFw2X8EEQQRyBgKNlizvSeh7YSWAnPqt6uw_p3mpR6VMoUczmlA/s640/IMG_2415+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AY8gvGyX4b_n7o2AvVw0Y28d9vfAgkh-vugQ8oTjBnOy0RHqdpbAR3yTH9YHKLSW6NdlTeNIkSgN2oukffAuveHWSCZwsfxzaMuC0tu_bgQVs20uG5bTT3vLrJGwxTmJFBHICA/s2048/IMG_2418+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The most interesting thing about this little boutique distillery is that it’s housed in the old St. James church. The church had closed in the 1963 and was in shambles until the distillery bought it and renovated it. Now it houses their distillery and tour. It was interesting to see and compare this to yesterday’s tour, but the building makes it so much more memorable. It was a gorgeous location.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXP8nSMeMrcruTAdzMvM5zs-a2jkbtVbB3qGHl3FrWI2DIj0mArI78fJgXgJS3S4fUMGMFDKO5Ta8Mg1cRUMie-IpoUaYkbv_gDdEghMSsyPDV2a42fvBrSeYdRwLyx2TvuWazA/s2048/IMG_2441+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1774" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXP8nSMeMrcruTAdzMvM5zs-a2jkbtVbB3qGHl3FrWI2DIj0mArI78fJgXgJS3S4fUMGMFDKO5Ta8Mg1cRUMie-IpoUaYkbv_gDdEghMSsyPDV2a42fvBrSeYdRwLyx2TvuWazA/s640/IMG_2441+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTINMBtJWtMObTaQBmrkjSsPFA_ZexOpiV4WOHs1fMG_7KI4nLl0LjU_I4mrxg-GhHN5gEsGUKE2RZQyy0s6XPbunxavDAfyMAz4WlEkzCV_AoQFtzSlb1ICIzrRW-LAfnv6emeg/s2048/IMG_2443+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTINMBtJWtMObTaQBmrkjSsPFA_ZexOpiV4WOHs1fMG_7KI4nLl0LjU_I4mrxg-GhHN5gEsGUKE2RZQyy0s6XPbunxavDAfyMAz4WlEkzCV_AoQFtzSlb1ICIzrRW-LAfnv6emeg/s640/IMG_2443+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We started out in the visitor center next door where we got our first dram and got to see the church and the grounds. This renovation took a lot of work because the grounds are also a cemetery and they had to ensure the paths weren't being placed on gravesites. Look how gorgeous is it from above! Oh, another little piece of trivia. There are actually bodies buried on top of bodies, buried on top of bodies. When they ran out of room they just built up!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzFDhCCRUf0vDELghvYXOqqcgPW-BjsP4U0nlkyWr9IjeS6dG9sH90USesF1hOJHOksmROc0YF3Cy5hhMGOgjPUJ2xXsZLQ11OOMoC-poFXTtRNYw690BfKXpWFA5wy9iOoko3w/s2048/IMG_2444+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzFDhCCRUf0vDELghvYXOqqcgPW-BjsP4U0nlkyWr9IjeS6dG9sH90USesF1hOJHOksmROc0YF3Cy5hhMGOgjPUJ2xXsZLQ11OOMoC-poFXTtRNYw690BfKXpWFA5wy9iOoko3w/s640/IMG_2444+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJINAon6IKT8KL4yVPfAm6gUjCgNv5QDpn_Q_IslQOlCn7Ml64sioGUe1Mh7cEzrPwGp46sBR5XjQMCZpnEPjlr8u7-S0jb82_KXD7YEDFK3hNDoH2vYFxGe3jx9CFv18MEsvzKw/s2048/IMG_2446+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJINAon6IKT8KL4yVPfAm6gUjCgNv5QDpn_Q_IslQOlCn7Ml64sioGUe1Mh7cEzrPwGp46sBR5XjQMCZpnEPjlr8u7-S0jb82_KXD7YEDFK3hNDoH2vYFxGe3jx9CFv18MEsvzKw/s640/IMG_2446+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Once through the visitor center, our tour took us inside. They have obviously replaced the stained glass windows. 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Again, the small tasting was mine and honestly, Brian got most of it. I took a smell and a sip of each and that's all I could take. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_7W2ualAKsfkQCsHLham2vqhPN-fBIOlUnDHpVc77vCsfBfbsKvnd7k8kdf27Kx65v2ouB_PstAn2inWN1EFPyExnTxFVxiJfnliZZYEjpAzOxuTtd1DAI_-VlzwGDsIjIsqHg/s2048/IMG_2450+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_7W2ualAKsfkQCsHLham2vqhPN-fBIOlUnDHpVc77vCsfBfbsKvnd7k8kdf27Kx65v2ouB_PstAn2inWN1EFPyExnTxFVxiJfnliZZYEjpAzOxuTtd1DAI_-VlzwGDsIjIsqHg/s640/IMG_2450+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_BVqQssBO8VtR5RLz4CVkGGqQ1MbGLMUaw8hNLBBMa8qG71TcMTsT4zA9-06krDguox77eqLjQNlzmFs1ankBRKahL7f4XS9dtt6EEFVy9ocW44bw0V-s9ngkfxwDqwyskUB7w/s2048/IMG_2451+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_BVqQssBO8VtR5RLz4CVkGGqQ1MbGLMUaw8hNLBBMa8qG71TcMTsT4zA9-06krDguox77eqLjQNlzmFs1ankBRKahL7f4XS9dtt6EEFVy9ocW44bw0V-s9ngkfxwDqwyskUB7w/s640/IMG_2451+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOgByV3cFDv8oUegE38CQyh2lrIAckMEQUIbCmF52DdQkSO_m7kVfEQIy0MEst0GNdRvk1lstgUKyErChESFGCnxuUZcAdD1wWg8BXfRIMUDo16lNabfSzb3LcpH6SGsIye6gww/s2048/IMG_2453+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1491" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOgByV3cFDv8oUegE38CQyh2lrIAckMEQUIbCmF52DdQkSO_m7kVfEQIy0MEst0GNdRvk1lstgUKyErChESFGCnxuUZcAdD1wWg8BXfRIMUDo16lNabfSzb3LcpH6SGsIye6gww/s640/IMG_2453+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div>By the time our tour was done the skies had cleared and it was beautiful and blue outside!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p6T84kNXghNAHxwI8wyBYpRoMMQZi5Gj0nlSjaReJ6T0R4PQri1zfS4DFGM7KA_qo-RDM9Bv55H_QMZwdBG1nEqSH9dCE8LVd2V2t9o5vSfHY0gD2n87rZaEocOPf0qohcxkPQ/s2048/IMG_2454+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p6T84kNXghNAHxwI8wyBYpRoMMQZi5Gj0nlSjaReJ6T0R4PQri1zfS4DFGM7KA_qo-RDM9Bv55H_QMZwdBG1nEqSH9dCE8LVd2V2t9o5vSfHY0gD2n87rZaEocOPf0qohcxkPQ/s640/IMG_2454+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After the drinks we grabbed some lunch and hit our AirBNB for a quick refresh, then headed to our next adventure - the EPIC Emigration Museum. This museum was another really intriguing stop. It talked about emigration from Ireland - how a huge percentage of the population has left Ireland to make their mark elsewhere in the world. There are lots of reasons for this - civil unrest, the great famine, world wars, and so much more. Visiting all the rooms, it really helped us connect with the Irish people and the impact Ireland has had in the United States and throughout the world. I didn't take photos inside, instead I just soaked it all in.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8TpHSn_6OIxS_HogcQGYT1jK1AX5zOeu4VZWCBcO8TlQSi3mtPHRB7yrAUCdhifyqIfUxFggek6pV7MpYxD-7-PEn5IdM8NHuDzaCVcLFHuRu7hosfTK3mGPwXJT5wHXa3gt_w/s2048/IMG_2455+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8TpHSn_6OIxS_HogcQGYT1jK1AX5zOeu4VZWCBcO8TlQSi3mtPHRB7yrAUCdhifyqIfUxFggek6pV7MpYxD-7-PEn5IdM8NHuDzaCVcLFHuRu7hosfTK3mGPwXJT5wHXa3gt_w/s640/IMG_2455+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQoPklxZ2a-2QCh84GcGleuqwHFyOzq6CoZNLzaipKBJ05HLF6pwIX0Tolw8viy-OGAuxP7Dz8x695Jr3RgRfUUTFlQlQ0FePvhpYJoC9oCtcKrTykfhMC_R35No-vaTBQWkxvw/s2048/IMG_2457+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQoPklxZ2a-2QCh84GcGleuqwHFyOzq6CoZNLzaipKBJ05HLF6pwIX0Tolw8viy-OGAuxP7Dz8x695Jr3RgRfUUTFlQlQ0FePvhpYJoC9oCtcKrTykfhMC_R35No-vaTBQWkxvw/s640/IMG_2457+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>After the museum we took a leisurely stroll towards our next experience. We crossed the River Liffey and got some beautiful pictures of the city from the middle of the bridge. Then we walked through Trinity college, which had some gorgeous old architecture.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tneC2qJCpJHv4rRTFgzcw58GdJmAgCoOg75ENhBHizXkQtBVazIgvUwGZVroquhHMJB-5YR3XIfjD9uaXzQAC9eI3aPn8TZXD203uzGOisnxiLTNgMfzGatU1JgV43QHscUnBg/s2048/IMG_2465+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tneC2qJCpJHv4rRTFgzcw58GdJmAgCoOg75ENhBHizXkQtBVazIgvUwGZVroquhHMJB-5YR3XIfjD9uaXzQAC9eI3aPn8TZXD203uzGOisnxiLTNgMfzGatU1JgV43QHscUnBg/s640/IMG_2465+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtM5I4Pgstr5nAxEIRDSCxebRY1i9qL9SkxGOoUFMCiNil0ybiB78jKs_eSOwaPUZkopM5XNGDxibMJuSE78hDiMfjkikhHucNXM7I3ri29JuCsx6Zhq0EExnODItE-3TnageLSA/s2048/IMG_2466.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtM5I4Pgstr5nAxEIRDSCxebRY1i9qL9SkxGOoUFMCiNil0ybiB78jKs_eSOwaPUZkopM5XNGDxibMJuSE78hDiMfjkikhHucNXM7I3ri29JuCsx6Zhq0EExnODItE-3TnageLSA/s640/IMG_2466.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqPlP1wghNw41x2jl17rkxiwOEpDPu1gi0YIzG9NLaqFMjImSXFKrMCsHY5RylbwCvQAhXgglVG_-cMJAJZmmS-CH7DwxAvyf4LPWtOVYA0tS3EWWdwKVS25fxFqLh1xnO1IDGg/s2048/IMG_2468+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqPlP1wghNw41x2jl17rkxiwOEpDPu1gi0YIzG9NLaqFMjImSXFKrMCsHY5RylbwCvQAhXgglVG_-cMJAJZmmS-CH7DwxAvyf4LPWtOVYA0tS3EWWdwKVS25fxFqLh1xnO1IDGg/s640/IMG_2468+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Last up was one more whiskey experience, this time at the Irish Whiskey Museum. It’s not connected to a distillery so it was a chance for a tasting of several different Irish whiskeys. Again, I was glad Brian is a whiskey drinker because one small sip is all I can take.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnPSSDvBKWFXYAorbJ_81EBEwH3fU98kD5gJ1kDNf-9d8aRNVjYvk4TOsjAYrEtIL1vgUYSl93i8r03I_9OJDOKXBr82tbDTOvjcRZAJAKzFK21xLWvswSkRoF8NHwiTzYj9JCw/s2048/IMG_2475+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnPSSDvBKWFXYAorbJ_81EBEwH3fU98kD5gJ1kDNf-9d8aRNVjYvk4TOsjAYrEtIL1vgUYSl93i8r03I_9OJDOKXBr82tbDTOvjcRZAJAKzFK21xLWvswSkRoF8NHwiTzYj9JCw/s640/IMG_2475+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNX0zgk6Vh1KNzxnY5wfW9Wr9vvvOcjyOd6iPxJeXZBktz7A93Xmahv4ZP0auLgwpIN4gsEzu4e0JUj9nUIn8eN3njPT8OZtf4SopZbhUZL_W8KeePkUmhEN2pTXhMONRZ8OUR0w/s2048/IMG_2479+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNX0zgk6Vh1KNzxnY5wfW9Wr9vvvOcjyOd6iPxJeXZBktz7A93Xmahv4ZP0auLgwpIN4gsEzu4e0JUj9nUIn8eN3njPT8OZtf4SopZbhUZL_W8KeePkUmhEN2pTXhMONRZ8OUR0w/s640/IMG_2479+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">A dinner at a local pub, then we were off to our AirBNB for an early night in. We’ve got a big day planned for tomorrow and it starts early!</span><p></p><div><br /></div>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-44227328804118488002020-02-29T17:26:00.000-08:002020-08-30T17:46:46.658-07:00When in Ireland...<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Happy Leap Day!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In Rome, one of the only English stations we could find on our hotel tv was CNN and it was doom and gloom about the Coronavirus. Then we get an email from the state department yesterday requesting no non-essential travel to Italy. By now, Brian and I were just ready to go. And then we walked outside to meet our car this morning and came upon a huge x in the sky right outside. If that’s not a sign, I don’t know what is.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvWBDAHkv0Cfobk55zuKtu3ZKMruV786efA12pvs2KsCy_s5AFac4S0OizfO30j03yCO-X6yZs5h8NJBDBc41dabxL_XMyu3kJ5-3fsKQhuCuhJRoYR7V_0_eDHt9X4H7QyRq3A/s2048/IMG_2366+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvWBDAHkv0Cfobk55zuKtu3ZKMruV786efA12pvs2KsCy_s5AFac4S0OizfO30j03yCO-X6yZs5h8NJBDBc41dabxL_XMyu3kJ5-3fsKQhuCuhJRoYR7V_0_eDHt9X4H7QyRq3A/s640/IMG_2366+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">About half our day today was spent in transportation. We had quite a jump to make, going all the way from Rome to our next stop - Dublin, Ireland. Once we arrived and got through security we grabbed a taxi into town. Our driver was quite the introduction to Ireland. Every other word was the f-word or “shite”. He wanted to go over our plans and make sure we weren’t wasting money at the Temple Bar or going to the Guinness storehouse. It was pretty funny.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A terrible storm has hit the area and our original plan today was to take a walking tour around town but it was way too bad out there for 3 hours in the rain. Instead we decided to do what you do while in Ireland - a whiskey distillery tour. It was only about an 8 block walk to the distillery but the wind and rain were blowing sideways. By the time we reached the distillery we were pretty wet and cold. Nothing like a little whiskey to warm you up though.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A quote from Brian's Facebook: <i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;">They say when in
Rome..... So it only make sense, when in Ireland!"</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsrFFTw-puDbJMikUbz7CZFGlh3cqyuMkZYv2G9grwVxq34bW7250wazL2nO6DjOVt7r2Q8lvtgVBMbLGt8SYdy4hf7vkHhVBlkzuI7xMxePIy2k61xTuqzBN8KwS72M1putIkw/s2048/IMG_0314+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsrFFTw-puDbJMikUbz7CZFGlh3cqyuMkZYv2G9grwVxq34bW7250wazL2nO6DjOVt7r2Q8lvtgVBMbLGt8SYdy4hf7vkHhVBlkzuI7xMxePIy2k61xTuqzBN8KwS72M1putIkw/s640/IMG_0314+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NoON9QvLoF9v8vvbrXewfbxL7opZ6pyXpgsRHpiF2wki58e25Ku3FW5HAMfaKMaOxbpxTpBdAqT7eUYUj_pa-86OAdKb_P0hXZIljiBridbvjifHEJOGKQ7scmozMwjh-Mq2pw/s2048/IMG_2372+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We got to see a working distillery and have a tasting at the end. I’m not much of a whiskey drinker so I got the small tasting. Brian got the big one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPZXvLg1hgqmOGqs7qIUvPE-IGQdGsxZhxG0EXpGDjK9ASc3WSSRds8hh2HrSivVXJSGpAvqDRiBtz3XkkdPuno-MGHzCG1uv2xKZsgnTBCRScxALtzbBKuQKf126LhnY4j8zYA/s2048/IMG_2387+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPZXvLg1hgqmOGqs7qIUvPE-IGQdGsxZhxG0EXpGDjK9ASc3WSSRds8hh2HrSivVXJSGpAvqDRiBtz3XkkdPuno-MGHzCG1uv2xKZsgnTBCRScxALtzbBKuQKf126LhnY4j8zYA/s640/IMG_2387+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2C6L44UcZkMsPHvIEkZq0mxRYmjfm1PYmME0Aqge0em5L_G4XJ4n-i38n-yuhUcZvrBjR8sxw9NJgEj76-y9YBe2pRGWD7vaXBfeMldsQ5Rsp7HfKvIk5QfHUmzRnUNvKB9vsEw/s2048/IMG_0315+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1735" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2C6L44UcZkMsPHvIEkZq0mxRYmjfm1PYmME0Aqge0em5L_G4XJ4n-i38n-yuhUcZvrBjR8sxw9NJgEj76-y9YBe2pRGWD7vaXBfeMldsQ5Rsp7HfKvIk5QfHUmzRnUNvKB9vsEw/s640/IMG_0315+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGcaILMD_wFGfaHTlHh3WcvsDc54t252jR4JPbLPHHdSqIw9jJUT6xL7Vb7ThMEJ0bnIsoAqBeOy8fis_CRZzJf4H7bsrqLVhBp0QHv2y86BDDE1AKp4Pi_NvzkXMKqMe1t3Tow/s2048/IMG_0316+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGcaILMD_wFGfaHTlHh3WcvsDc54t252jR4JPbLPHHdSqIw9jJUT6xL7Vb7ThMEJ0bnIsoAqBeOy8fis_CRZzJf4H7bsrqLVhBp0QHv2y86BDDE1AKp4Pi_NvzkXMKqMe1t3Tow/s640/IMG_0316+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR88swGn6HcKXQX0yDNkrUH165mQU69av06W8phm6xLKxQbRxam2gZE7QoJ2Ge2L6E0w79i4SOCoj9YJPuBWqhED5PxLd_6Jyk1fioyrA1ZWS3qKgKvR36dFDWWX5ChbLxtzMO3A/s2048/IMG_2386+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR88swGn6HcKXQX0yDNkrUH165mQU69av06W8phm6xLKxQbRxam2gZE7QoJ2Ge2L6E0w79i4SOCoj9YJPuBWqhED5PxLd_6Jyk1fioyrA1ZWS3qKgKvR36dFDWWX5ChbLxtzMO3A/s640/IMG_2386+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuANYNKmuBU5v3XQ6HX-S4RsNcfMsujgI5586AGOh0pMsaMAvQA3m00NxMsIuoj6VgENwGJZS5UvI2vgoN1OZpZL_yNL7Ij7V5kaiq-5_DW6HAWfD3T8kayfINdexRi-iRisqtLA/s2048/IMG_2392.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuANYNKmuBU5v3XQ6HX-S4RsNcfMsujgI5586AGOh0pMsaMAvQA3m00NxMsIuoj6VgENwGJZS5UvI2vgoN1OZpZL_yNL7Ij7V5kaiq-5_DW6HAWfD3T8kayfINdexRi-iRisqtLA/s640/IMG_2392.JPG" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After the tasting we were finally warm and dry again - just in time to go back out in the whipping wind and rain. We found a store called “The Sweater Shop” and got our first souvenirs - a wool scarf for Brian and a merino wool hat for me, both made in Ireland.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">By now it was almost dinner time and Brian and I were ready for some meat! We walked down to our first Irish pub experience at The Brazen Head. Brian had fish and chips and I dug into a big old burger. Yum! It was quite the experience - a table of young men whooping it up and a group of old guys racing to see who could chug their beer the fastest.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5mRUYQh08P3e1NVv_DTKpQmA8zChTvCXZNI5U4a0vZQEDoSx7F7YaWrZU9Pi6Izoe9jfLBE4c8uSUz_iZT1n1vRui9v-Yhb0oqEwJXAIc6LGow8XIuQLt5nMhnGGhD3iP0Ym6g/s2048/IMG_2401+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5mRUYQh08P3e1NVv_DTKpQmA8zChTvCXZNI5U4a0vZQEDoSx7F7YaWrZU9Pi6Izoe9jfLBE4c8uSUz_iZT1n1vRui9v-Yhb0oqEwJXAIc6LGow8XIuQLt5nMhnGGhD3iP0Ym6g/s640/IMG_2401+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_xwfM61q_YUXbu1rGoBWd3-8bKiflSsDVHH8ubjXZBZECBRhfdCJtB8SlXxX4imtrMaNEnBcp5-uxYU-w3wktiyyxGhm_0e1xn_AAXpnncZMtvQhkQvEwPzc5AkCCmUUngzy7w/s2048/IMG_2399+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_xwfM61q_YUXbu1rGoBWd3-8bKiflSsDVHH8ubjXZBZECBRhfdCJtB8SlXxX4imtrMaNEnBcp5-uxYU-w3wktiyyxGhm_0e1xn_AAXpnncZMtvQhkQvEwPzc5AkCCmUUngzy7w/s640/IMG_2399+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-eN-UxVPOse48hC9d9bbfRClm65146q0MMrVcNp0Ml-yxmPNeq0C16caABZHmLS2anEKK6swqKjK9HruoR2kpUS2ZHx622h6UAlGK08iy88dPHROAVQ3Q5ZsRTg0U7E-JyPReg/s2048/IMG_0319+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-eN-UxVPOse48hC9d9bbfRClm65146q0MMrVcNp0Ml-yxmPNeq0C16caABZHmLS2anEKK6swqKjK9HruoR2kpUS2ZHx622h6UAlGK08iy88dPHROAVQ3Q5ZsRTg0U7E-JyPReg/s640/IMG_0319+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKrWbKDg6_AtmJVCE6sD41IzT6E6GShRGOvJDVVBdhQF-FAg4vI1_5u106O30nqkUU5fsFmd4jzvek9vWvDz8aHgp_L3SPmb9N2IYzsni0o92Irmbv6rno1ToyV9eDoqmPKTwlQ/s2048/IMG_0321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKrWbKDg6_AtmJVCE6sD41IzT6E6GShRGOvJDVVBdhQF-FAg4vI1_5u106O30nqkUU5fsFmd4jzvek9vWvDz8aHgp_L3SPmb9N2IYzsni0o92Irmbv6rno1ToyV9eDoqmPKTwlQ/s640/IMG_0321.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNgBqEdWe2aHjn1ubuQmAGcsrSRyZflkvtvshXfLDQv149doOvZg0bg8YuQRyiW9CHRKRY47E6tKkpNXd5rDFukZZhu9aQ6K0ZPJWErr-D5RyaFTZicvQImmLEm55dKmSzbyz2A/s4032/IMG_2396+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNgBqEdWe2aHjn1ubuQmAGcsrSRyZflkvtvshXfLDQv149doOvZg0bg8YuQRyiW9CHRKRY47E6tKkpNXd5rDFukZZhu9aQ6K0ZPJWErr-D5RyaFTZicvQImmLEm55dKmSzbyz2A/s640/IMG_2396+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaLbCXmhc1QmiD3yJiO4qz9SdyvH1MknHuCdYygFAQpXIiEpTDuzhLtaZRRtUPU5iy65r_NWb28RyHMmtYABeIiUotzrN6TJQ3PzpHwP3vjaZgc5cWvZhktRQVoNUmkyHbzxjqA/s2608/IMG_0323+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaLbCXmhc1QmiD3yJiO4qz9SdyvH1MknHuCdYygFAQpXIiEpTDuzhLtaZRRtUPU5iy65r_NWb28RyHMmtYABeIiUotzrN6TJQ3PzpHwP3vjaZgc5cWvZhktRQVoNUmkyHbzxjqA/s640/IMG_0323+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><br />Thankfully, by the time dinner was done the rain had stopped. We grabbed a few things and headed back to our air bnb to do laundry and turn in early. We have a packed day tomorrow and are hoping for a bit better weather for it.</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So glad to be in Ireland!</span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-392680252861489232020-02-28T15:36:00.003-08:002020-08-30T17:50:53.169-07:00Bucket List - check!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Our last day in Rome started with crossing off another item from
Brian’s bucket list - visiting the Colosseum. We had early tickets, just after
opening time, and were so thankful we did. We got in while it was fairly quiet
and had a chance to really look around. It’s a lot smaller than we imagined it
would be (the floor is smaller than a football field) but we loved seeing where
the elevators would have been and learning more from our Rick Steves audio
tour. We spent a good hour or more here and Brian was wowed the whole time. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsYDRX_iL79aJcCHS3Lp-xUKz4KRw9YQkJUYX4P9ObiGLANEtOEKh5mBCFZIB0ikyPL7iyVMLr01ojY8BL7mlxUqEr4im7_EhiYWzt5BGrAi3z2whQtfLLYtjIFDP6UJDLbJvyA/s2048/IMG_2266+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsYDRX_iL79aJcCHS3Lp-xUKz4KRw9YQkJUYX4P9ObiGLANEtOEKh5mBCFZIB0ikyPL7iyVMLr01ojY8BL7mlxUqEr4im7_EhiYWzt5BGrAi3z2whQtfLLYtjIFDP6UJDLbJvyA/s640/IMG_2266+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSYHqAbmrs24Aiz7LFN_YVxr6qcSzESrVxq10muPJDJ7SX1rY_eKRzARapHN6bmDYyDFxtfGudoNTnD1pQJyJB-JOWR7xIi3Bt_3_KjfWZH-CXAtsHV9KR4FZhtsxu0gS6dZhhw/s2048/IMG_2263+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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imagine what it looked like as a bustling part of early Rome. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6WIZKHNMO5zF__4WIi8egNVNKlWSkKmflF-_Wfk5Mc32LZzcxFD0nTcV6vxXDxKUn9a9nUo3GjO_uad__QKKkA-QRgst574BOzh7VoUqD-AYkwmGusvydl4X1k24SAhZ0LDKug/s2048/IMG_2272.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6WIZKHNMO5zF__4WIi8egNVNKlWSkKmflF-_Wfk5Mc32LZzcxFD0nTcV6vxXDxKUn9a9nUo3GjO_uad__QKKkA-QRgst574BOzh7VoUqD-AYkwmGusvydl4X1k24SAhZ0LDKug/s640/IMG_2272.JPG" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAv6Z_E23cv8V1dqsMkAyHF3_1w0O8Y0D_By15tT1NUYvh8rT5tZGn4AoqFIDCZJSQH50yC7NOd7V9wCBAjM2psjVBGe8sqliV882EQbGbYWh4hUnOtq1g6X0BI9v8u7xu3_8_A/s2048/IMG_2274+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="background-color: white; 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favorite parts was seeing the place where Caesar was burned.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x7czIdb-z8jhNjFPMIwCTCNzEG2gfmwMFjYuLnuhOGt07fZTf-kHTBcxQUNQM9drNYq8bFUuur0mF039-XbZLuRJd2Bi9INideenAYiOVuwn2vTSJFsrvZPiUeZTQ8nUZ85T7Q/s2048/IMG_0294.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x7czIdb-z8jhNjFPMIwCTCNzEG2gfmwMFjYuLnuhOGt07fZTf-kHTBcxQUNQM9drNYq8bFUuur0mF039-XbZLuRJd2Bi9INideenAYiOVuwn2vTSJFsrvZPiUeZTQ8nUZ85T7Q/s640/IMG_0294.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI7Qjp41rDrPS5JPeDfpYpNq3yLL8weJ5zrNulb943w-5Fj1MF8U8U5kahBqODkmtcN2BH50c4laqsm7daRqjsWqSQr4OVigM3GLrrehEJOqw2rA1ZJL2WrgjQdhFEBKyFoS0lA/s2048/IMG_0295+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI7Qjp41rDrPS5JPeDfpYpNq3yLL8weJ5zrNulb943w-5Fj1MF8U8U5kahBqODkmtcN2BH50c4laqsm7daRqjsWqSQr4OVigM3GLrrehEJOqw2rA1ZJL2WrgjQdhFEBKyFoS0lA/s640/IMG_0295+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_cMYL-JQviKXUEhiweArjEw0x-z0CuzbgYLjLOippQQ7_qAMQ44iqqKJ4Duul8iAohR8Mo11zl4oVGMj6rGMr-XTrFIwESWFJdswO5rhVofXVH63OFYRzh2-AmIPACs9meJNmQ/s2048/IMG_0296.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_cMYL-JQviKXUEhiweArjEw0x-z0CuzbgYLjLOippQQ7_qAMQ44iqqKJ4Duul8iAohR8Mo11zl4oVGMj6rGMr-XTrFIwESWFJdswO5rhVofXVH63OFYRzh2-AmIPACs9meJNmQ/s640/IMG_0296.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We walked up to Palatine Hill next and got some great views of
the forum. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrjWCE59CeQUwBoLNr8tetrzMyX3B1ilFkfBSbBFWYKi0Ix9t8msxu9ysUcGlc6mfe5wlQj3Ct37XHnxKmFvo9QHVrVqGBBAX676Ek6N86X48X1hek1ho8cJHsSq5DYz0ckKjzA/s3557/IMG_2299+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="3557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrjWCE59CeQUwBoLNr8tetrzMyX3B1ilFkfBSbBFWYKi0Ix9t8msxu9ysUcGlc6mfe5wlQj3Ct37XHnxKmFvo9QHVrVqGBBAX676Ek6N86X48X1hek1ho8cJHsSq5DYz0ckKjzA/s640/IMG_2299+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLEPkGlwQxYRomyCx1SlPTIGkkd2vJZPGqk-aRQEhqsi_2FYQSBUqyAo3V7wcFR8VzRmBUsze78HcPsFbyqgbkXQpJThWmNt4IyFckO7tNF9WBg0j3j1c3CsgyJwn3WZEpPqnIA/s2692/IMG_2301+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="2692" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLEPkGlwQxYRomyCx1SlPTIGkkd2vJZPGqk-aRQEhqsi_2FYQSBUqyAo3V7wcFR8VzRmBUsze78HcPsFbyqgbkXQpJThWmNt4IyFckO7tNF9WBg0j3j1c3CsgyJwn3WZEpPqnIA/s640/IMG_2301+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVd6MhvZ4e1Whz222HHRIE83KJBw6qp30xTREBpBpC4K5xjw9SBfYQH_mQUpBJkXeiVUQ1PhyBij7NSjpGpbWC7iu35toof6Gkph-53HOrI3JxuiAv4JWp983pniGmeWEImD4wg/s2048/IMG_2302+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVd6MhvZ4e1Whz222HHRIE83KJBw6qp30xTREBpBpC4K5xjw9SBfYQH_mQUpBJkXeiVUQ1PhyBij7NSjpGpbWC7iu35toof6Gkph-53HOrI3JxuiAv4JWp983pniGmeWEImD4wg/s640/IMG_2302+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgA-uL90cfkn-C5Q7Ja66u-KgUZPOslmGOY5dMCfOVthZW9wESlEhURXaGyfx7gnrwoaC4NxbW67qeUOKhHKU1odby7H2ORu2k6a53Omd91yXAlYi-J928Dq26yYaKETyvN98fUQ/s2048/IMG_2304+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgA-uL90cfkn-C5Q7Ja66u-KgUZPOslmGOY5dMCfOVthZW9wESlEhURXaGyfx7gnrwoaC4NxbW67qeUOKhHKU1odby7H2ORu2k6a53Omd91yXAlYi-J928Dq26yYaKETyvN98fUQ/s640/IMG_2304+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJm8GO9Bm5qGc3l8U2KFLDEN-0Mwu-RyhYQXzFzB6kdnuykpIhuQ7RgF7d8mKup8gvPPYVmEN9e7zCErQg93Yb2K4-0g5x81Ol0eDI5rCAzrGl7Em1wm43uEJXF9XEGYkueNYPA/s3397/IMG_2306+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="3397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJm8GO9Bm5qGc3l8U2KFLDEN-0Mwu-RyhYQXzFzB6kdnuykpIhuQ7RgF7d8mKup8gvPPYVmEN9e7zCErQg93Yb2K4-0g5x81Ol0eDI5rCAzrGl7Em1wm43uEJXF9XEGYkueNYPA/s640/IMG_2306+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Then we walked the long way around to get out. We sauntered back towards
our hotel and, as usual, had to stop at some churches on the way back. Of all
the things in Rome, I think I will remember churches the most. So many fabulous
churches!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We had some lunch then returned for a midday rest. We caught up on the english-speaking news station. It was pretty doom and gloom about Coronavirus, so we are glad we are almost done in Italy.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Once the
night started winding down, Brian and I headed back out. We visited my favorite
fountain, the Fountain of the Four Rivers, again and just enjoyed the wonderful, mild
evening. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKW2lcBAP2xsCSU43KJSWk3xrTCX8UtEsvYhaJ9pwiDUxqyLul1DV38CjCmi0elfviaDxMr8nnw0SofZMh5vyq9PsRMGKky4nLKjEADmwf49wvhyphenhyphenkWtbmKMECssCgtdf0nr4M7A/s2048/IMG_2355+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKW2lcBAP2xsCSU43KJSWk3xrTCX8UtEsvYhaJ9pwiDUxqyLul1DV38CjCmi0elfviaDxMr8nnw0SofZMh5vyq9PsRMGKky4nLKjEADmwf49wvhyphenhyphenkWtbmKMECssCgtdf0nr4M7A/s640/IMG_2355+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; 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We had to hover at the entrance to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129;">Sant’Agostino for the services to get out, so we could sneak in real quick and see Carvaggio's </span></span><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">Madonna dei Pellegrini inside. We met another man there who was looking at the Carvaggio but he had no Euro coins to pay for the light to turn on. I lit it for 2 minutes and we didn't even get to look at it that long. But it was worth it. Gorgeous!</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7peRR9ZmWMvfNm2gcaYL9IA2vrUKFpFgm3YpzDiekoYDCwY3J0uBCYw97eKmBCITg2vmbWZuHAfxnBkhbrzjhPe93q1caUCq0QXPfUkTvaFkNe70ChAEIvQFxMatWUbjbKAPW7Q/s2048/IMG_2364+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1511" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7peRR9ZmWMvfNm2gcaYL9IA2vrUKFpFgm3YpzDiekoYDCwY3J0uBCYw97eKmBCITg2vmbWZuHAfxnBkhbrzjhPe93q1caUCq0QXPfUkTvaFkNe70ChAEIvQFxMatWUbjbKAPW7Q/s640/IMG_2364+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Then we sauntered back to the hotel to get ready to move on
tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">As we wrap up our time in Italy, it’s time to reflect on some of
the interesting things we’ve learned here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">1. You can get really tired of pizza and pasta. Nearly every
restaurant here has a menu of pizza and pasta and not a ton else. I like them,
but when every meals is one of these it gets old real quick.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">2. Bathrooms are different. Thankfully Virginia prepped me for
this and provided me with pocket tissues to carry. I’ve needed them more than
once. I’ve also figured out the hover-and-pee approach as many toilets have no
seats.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">3. They live a whole different lifestyle than in the US. It’s a
little slower paced. The cities really come alive in the evening when people
are out and about. They eat much larger meals than we do but stretch it out
over several hours.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">4. Walking is the main mode of transportation while in cities
and we walked a ton. You can find whatever you need within a block or two -
restaurants, gelato, bakeries, mini marts and more.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">5. They have the most amazing pastries, fresh squeezed orange
juice (and blood orange juice) and gelato. We have been enjoying these! We had
the best gelato in Sicily, but Rome had some good spots.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">6. You have to be more assertive when you walk. This is
important for crossing streets. If you wait for the cars to yield to walkers,
you will be waiting forever.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">7. There are a lot of street hawkers, some of whom are really
pushy. As much as you want to always be kind, sometimes you have to be very assertive
back.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">8. Cobblestones are a challenge to walk on when you’re doing it
day in and day out. I'm so thankful for my Merrill hiking shoes. They have firm soles (but they are vibram so still comfortable), are waterproof (this will be super important later in the trip!) and made walking on cobblestones comfortable. I wore my backup shoes, Skecher Go Walks, and didn't fare nearly as well. But it was good to have both to mix it up. Oh, and I found my heart for Rome in the cobblestones, so it can't be all bad. :)</span></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-WoqEvhIdTAwMX-7gdW8a2rk5CIzBl_WS-G1NwMazjE9DuLBDeMz93iZC_1MY6Pwq_tPTvZh6YSdIyyD1_ktfvkYCriEUqQTenkf5S-LA6vWNHGVoYdLLVDipfsYStixD3fvVA/s2048/Rome+cobbletones+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-WoqEvhIdTAwMX-7gdW8a2rk5CIzBl_WS-G1NwMazjE9DuLBDeMz93iZC_1MY6Pwq_tPTvZh6YSdIyyD1_ktfvkYCriEUqQTenkf5S-LA6vWNHGVoYdLLVDipfsYStixD3fvVA/s640/Rome+cobbletones+%25284%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">9. This weather can’t be beat! It’s been gorgeous almost every
day and it’s still February. I wouldn’t come in summer, when it’s really hot,
but off season can be delightful. Especially when you’re coming from a wet
Oregon winter.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">10. Driving here is not for the faint of heart! Streets in the
cities can be very narrow (and often cobblestone and/or terribly maintained)
and you have to dodge people and scooters. And the cities aren’t structured
into grids like many US cities are so it’s confusing. Then there’s the passing
of everyone who is going too slowly for you, whether there’s a lane or not. Oh,
and lane changes and speed... no signaling, no enforcement of limits. It can
all be a little crazy. I’m so glad we didn’t have to drive here!</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">11. The sounds of the city are amazing. From our room we have
heard someone singing opera, large groups chanting, birds loudly squawking and
so much more. We really enjoy it.</span></p></blockquote>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rome has been lovely but now it’s
time to move on. Any guesses where we are heading? Hint: we are leaving the
warm weather behind.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-19424822938154258222020-02-27T15:21:00.006-08:002020-08-30T17:24:26.001-07:00Roaming around Rome<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;">Today started with a long walk from our hotel to Vatican City.
We left really early so we had time to stop by a few churches we found on the
way. We also passed by some beautiful buildings.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmBEhBcwxXx9iYLbmjG6IvVr4G7gk0gZ-Uds5AIwWOQlzJqCWdAoWOBpNxDnkkCCe5ujNLAgJOJZJYPgB-K3rJ_aBQGByyfnnIEGBvwJzRMSmmOK8ABIcWPOInPYOXA3ME8RdKQ/s2048/IMG_0264+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmBEhBcwxXx9iYLbmjG6IvVr4G7gk0gZ-Uds5AIwWOQlzJqCWdAoWOBpNxDnkkCCe5ujNLAgJOJZJYPgB-K3rJ_aBQGByyfnnIEGBvwJzRMSmmOK8ABIcWPOInPYOXA3ME8RdKQ/s640/IMG_0264+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmZ48YFd-B1Ow0dzJpdyo8XEMpP9Ls_VgV8EL4jJkZRmBz8zmNrXzXwqMFckmPVqm-tLXR5zLtpP_OySxCuHSLsWssmq12T_SEkqOBK4CKfmDUjisljNsrS2YFaFAPU7py2y9qw/s2048/IMG_2185+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmZ48YFd-B1Ow0dzJpdyo8XEMpP9Ls_VgV8EL4jJkZRmBz8zmNrXzXwqMFckmPVqm-tLXR5zLtpP_OySxCuHSLsWssmq12T_SEkqOBK4CKfmDUjisljNsrS2YFaFAPU7py2y9qw/s640/IMG_2185+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lWe0eFbxRmcc5HnIJYPNphjQghj1Ll-dNNidSsDUgd-4RLmMuTlmcICgldD20EmGadWcUMRV2dQqJBcEo-r2NHEWjLNbx8MUUmKg8liHEM9KqeHZU8i_oUEEqROdHLuofny3VQ/s2048/IMG_2186+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lWe0eFbxRmcc5HnIJYPNphjQghj1Ll-dNNidSsDUgd-4RLmMuTlmcICgldD20EmGadWcUMRV2dQqJBcEo-r2NHEWjLNbx8MUUmKg8liHEM9KqeHZU8i_oUEEqROdHLuofny3VQ/s640/IMG_2186+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;">When we arrived at the Vatican, we split off and headed first to
the museum. We listened to a Rick Steves audio tour for most of it and saw some
cool things. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaj4OqK0pdHWxbvZyRyrYO0q8QXCHITH77tgLl40bX-XD9cP7l9DvsEYgqIexcMJ2tqYtZpK97YCCAgNuOO7VqMxBgD2QrwLjS1yo-t12UY81NySLSvUGzg6hOyYDHdvprw8QNow/s2048/IMG_2198+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1478" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaj4OqK0pdHWxbvZyRyrYO0q8QXCHITH77tgLl40bX-XD9cP7l9DvsEYgqIexcMJ2tqYtZpK97YCCAgNuOO7VqMxBgD2QrwLjS1yo-t12UY81NySLSvUGzg6hOyYDHdvprw8QNow/s640/IMG_2198+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfn0v5XorvUWnnmmNp8YMNGyjI-H4asffb_M7A7kgQoFF1yw2E2CfrtJHEbpiCBHQvh6ifq90Do73rh5hBkLeJUQD3aAvippQpi7l69cnvwoXt6pY3s4eD57P-RXPtXuME8sR0vg/s2048/IMG_2197+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 10.5pt;"><div><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div>The Sistine Chapel was pretty cool, but it was packed with people!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbwNJJV9DlQJ06OdbETD885ZiBsIFZWaSokc9CeOur1ooAV-AQp9-Bv3nlCkYAuzutew4McU6Ju8ibrYlAIms-iI7cSMn986Lf6lrJ1TyYnWdJEdSSbSKbgk1J7Xe8zjwnYy2gg/s2048/IMG_0257+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbwNJJV9DlQJ06OdbETD885ZiBsIFZWaSokc9CeOur1ooAV-AQp9-Bv3nlCkYAuzutew4McU6Ju8ibrYlAIms-iI7cSMn986Lf6lrJ1TyYnWdJEdSSbSKbgk1J7Xe8zjwnYy2gg/s640/IMG_0257+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></span></div>My favorite part actually ended up being the spiral staircase when leaving the museum, so I think that explains how impressed I was</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> with the museum. Lol Here's the spiral staircase from the top...</span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3j4_IrCq-WSO8F01ez2g5ciwuqo5RiIIbsZEOohkGYa_5JhVfRy6zeYU9JBAn-elabreC4g30SUs8IH97mUbNoKnQIZ5bE1cwoFTYFtghK7zO8V-gwZdAdmxDwojCpkUo4mtolw/s2048/IMG_2193+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3j4_IrCq-WSO8F01ez2g5ciwuqo5RiIIbsZEOohkGYa_5JhVfRy6zeYU9JBAn-elabreC4g30SUs8IH97mUbNoKnQIZ5bE1cwoFTYFtghK7zO8V-gwZdAdmxDwojCpkUo4mtolw/s640/IMG_2193+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">... and looking up from the bottom.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6sdMsFyVrw8GOcrDFdu1ir9MG1pt0dLyEhFjuf0F-PikesfWtIKvaWmuNgbxVUTVIBe6D9FVNs5gnbDNZrS4fL0nTG5BP7Gc-h3XMajdJCpBo0iIZ5LhUgVFg_GJe03l78VH7g/s2048/IMG_2195+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6sdMsFyVrw8GOcrDFdu1ir9MG1pt0dLyEhFjuf0F-PikesfWtIKvaWmuNgbxVUTVIBe6D9FVNs5gnbDNZrS4fL0nTG5BP7Gc-h3XMajdJCpBo0iIZ5LhUgVFg_GJe03l78VH7g/s640/IMG_2195+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Up next was St Peters Basilica.
It took us a bit to get in but we spent quite a lot of time looking around.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju50rweR2EgL7kDO8FEbaVINk9kbFfvROn7fJ3ueSrp98qYGqWuz_shrNE3h3Hz0yuVOJf0hNi-llRT0oWUFvge_MDX4x9C-54KLNXRRLhnBr1jyF7x_jXxPV6lRsXBwjSu8B_Bw/s784/IMG_0262+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="784" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju50rweR2EgL7kDO8FEbaVINk9kbFfvROn7fJ3ueSrp98qYGqWuz_shrNE3h3Hz0yuVOJf0hNi-llRT0oWUFvge_MDX4x9C-54KLNXRRLhnBr1jyF7x_jXxPV6lRsXBwjSu8B_Bw/s640/IMG_0262+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDUhvbnfho7hnWZYZG6w8xxm-eTQiOjNyIlaiuSrUjPWyXXH0YRBXHjEtGY_7jZ89TXVKYtCVYoiBm1QVEZdhYE3Kzmzz035UqkV7q7oQJu-VtNKwah0b9twps76KY8dQvtrnUg/s2048/IMG_2200+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDUhvbnfho7hnWZYZG6w8xxm-eTQiOjNyIlaiuSrUjPWyXXH0YRBXHjEtGY_7jZ89TXVKYtCVYoiBm1QVEZdhYE3Kzmzz035UqkV7q7oQJu-VtNKwah0b9twps76KY8dQvtrnUg/s640/IMG_2200+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXPtGB0ivWoSvQx3-ntkTepLdcPwzD6D0dsePuvry6-nzcSnDozvfVCBYUkuTe9n7ih7zLSzf_N6pXQ9AP10-Mo7IlIzoSsDzYyWAYjHnptnSROq-4GGg0X52H4Hj8vr2UocPNA/s2048/IMG_2202+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXPtGB0ivWoSvQx3-ntkTepLdcPwzD6D0dsePuvry6-nzcSnDozvfVCBYUkuTe9n7ih7zLSzf_N6pXQ9AP10-Mo7IlIzoSsDzYyWAYjHnptnSROq-4GGg0X52H4Hj8vr2UocPNA/s640/IMG_2202+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1vgoWYqRHjXU-f-aHb2VOH0oIlgA8KJzD9Q-IVWJ2rCNaY5afTymgb-SohliZe3-mvGnEJYm64WwPDPiXMrqoBZGtMLvTe4veVyLyCRDjjzIGcKR6YBPQvSavkiN-A9yV90fBw/s2048/IMG_2203+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1vgoWYqRHjXU-f-aHb2VOH0oIlgA8KJzD9Q-IVWJ2rCNaY5afTymgb-SohliZe3-mvGnEJYm64WwPDPiXMrqoBZGtMLvTe4veVyLyCRDjjzIGcKR6YBPQvSavkiN-A9yV90fBw/s640/IMG_2203+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRayqaKma4TvGwiQkY9OMSTsjzYcUWe9CbqfzRAtdVsSWhTzwe0HLeOAF6Us494OggCop9cNjB2KN8Jp6d8o9R10sq8Ka2Aaeb-b3iQrq4nqAtJZZ_rkx1KtfhlxvTe6Tzu0Q9UA/s2048/IMG_2205.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRayqaKma4TvGwiQkY9OMSTsjzYcUWe9CbqfzRAtdVsSWhTzwe0HLeOAF6Us494OggCop9cNjB2KN8Jp6d8o9R10sq8Ka2Aaeb-b3iQrq4nqAtJZZ_rkx1KtfhlxvTe6Tzu0Q9UA/s640/IMG_2205.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hMq6OGdhNoPnwt0WuphFuukH_Q74i_ByV8R23gGCmpNruwbEmofULF4vNBVJqGr19utH87c9XOpc_eR266JB_Yz_ughPrclzDXxxt5F8u4DjMVYC-zKq3RDyWQjJLzRAYzD0dw/s2048/IMG_2208+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hMq6OGdhNoPnwt0WuphFuukH_Q74i_ByV8R23gGCmpNruwbEmofULF4vNBVJqGr19utH87c9XOpc_eR266JB_Yz_ughPrclzDXxxt5F8u4DjMVYC-zKq3RDyWQjJLzRAYzD0dw/s640/IMG_2208+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Between the two spots, we spent
about 3 hours in Vatican City. Before heading back, Brian stopped and chatted
with three police officers. He gave them each a patch or a coin and they were
so impressed, one of them took the patch off his jacket and gave it to Brian.
That was pretty fun.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvXilOZeTrAIcXtFr-ocS1i-h9fj6-n2HSFt5KIoWVEy-alRLevDAuZJSG3BRlpoOth4VTdqHWLp7yIQbKJwhQ_FAC7L-dA5JFQZuJe-HquI5n49J-n27Of2aWmVexx-dwoJvOQ/s2048/IMG_2209+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvXilOZeTrAIcXtFr-ocS1i-h9fj6-n2HSFt5KIoWVEy-alRLevDAuZJSG3BRlpoOth4VTdqHWLp7yIQbKJwhQ_FAC7L-dA5JFQZuJe-HquI5n49J-n27Of2aWmVexx-dwoJvOQ/s640/IMG_2209+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFEVgcCoE1ErYmwbWdYVbi2L1ryNxADyP34GTO35Fk_BHscEvrTfqLPM2fQ26TQJxpArTOwEivvOQj3o8JqAVLrJOiQJpakCGj2B_ZI2dfLs56QnkVH6HHvXPuRKokappR13T_w/s2048/IMG_2210+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFEVgcCoE1ErYmwbWdYVbi2L1ryNxADyP34GTO35Fk_BHscEvrTfqLPM2fQ26TQJxpArTOwEivvOQj3o8JqAVLrJOiQJpakCGj2B_ZI2dfLs56QnkVH6HHvXPuRKokappR13T_w/s640/IMG_2210+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We walked back to Piazza Navona
on our way home and stopped to grab some food before hitting our hotel for a
nice midday rest. We did sneak out to the nearby gelato stand, but otherwise just enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in the room.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXLUp1PWJftQ4giIcEO5W0wsUMrFAba6Si2L4Ta434fEBPmWLkTnTMAlrbg9bT8rPQrNJ0d7Nb8t2ql5vaKP3q63bFzGtgrOxoF9wPL9orArEyYUn9r-nYArCDhuzXHSPWfeGww/s2048/IMG_2214+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXLUp1PWJftQ4giIcEO5W0wsUMrFAba6Si2L4Ta434fEBPmWLkTnTMAlrbg9bT8rPQrNJ0d7Nb8t2ql5vaKP3q63bFzGtgrOxoF9wPL9orArEyYUn9r-nYArCDhuzXHSPWfeGww/s640/IMG_2214+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Once it turned dark we finally
returned to the Trevi Fountain. It’s even more beautiful at night and was a
great way to end our day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WxuAb13AX-pcL4WsSCmytbHCmmHovPuzFLEBOLvYvBqcHrBcaQHzitRnq-XhlNbRvm8YvXJUeyf-VDjCoEv-PhuLGTjqksEsbI_9FxpRIWBXhAGu7gI91bqqbTlb_JLV6-wGQQ/s2048/60451733141__4D82081E-5652-4095-B440-E76AC8F6B153+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WxuAb13AX-pcL4WsSCmytbHCmmHovPuzFLEBOLvYvBqcHrBcaQHzitRnq-XhlNbRvm8YvXJUeyf-VDjCoEv-PhuLGTjqksEsbI_9FxpRIWBXhAGu7gI91bqqbTlb_JLV6-wGQQ/s640/60451733141__4D82081E-5652-4095-B440-E76AC8F6B153+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MjeNlUs7mOtu8aJ-Lxv0AwN8C6PzJ5FWa-t0Q-aatTvCUSS245TYPmqyQcR0y_O1C20Q2pTZZRBpm8oxuDWBtMHUY-qQxybWHM43Wg9yPVHz1V3ITVMfuPfjHy280MhgqnqSNQ/s2048/IMG_2216+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MjeNlUs7mOtu8aJ-Lxv0AwN8C6PzJ5FWa-t0Q-aatTvCUSS245TYPmqyQcR0y_O1C20Q2pTZZRBpm8oxuDWBtMHUY-qQxybWHM43Wg9yPVHz1V3ITVMfuPfjHy280MhgqnqSNQ/s640/IMG_2216+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcidDC6lYbQmLteoSN70tZseesDSqesQiErfGdv1VOANzK7lmO1AwNrzfchi3Lt7RU0wsK81xY3ugIuf-PbvwSSOgJtCZgufTLeOZ3NF4hxbnwA35XqLBT1WU0vc-45E8UGd8yrQ/s2048/IMG_2219+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcidDC6lYbQmLteoSN70tZseesDSqesQiErfGdv1VOANzK7lmO1AwNrzfchi3Lt7RU0wsK81xY3ugIuf-PbvwSSOgJtCZgufTLeOZ3NF4hxbnwA35XqLBT1WU0vc-45E8UGd8yrQ/s640/IMG_2219+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zXLN2nveZssENonuLZMrwZkchyvoc0kxoji0KyPl5Kq7NVuyXsxGARKzj-NhbeB6Nz97YOYGI55i-mdCQVVoaoMRRYPpMdeM-IUS2IXIH-5obpAf27FNl6NJyqyW03ipdi_x_w/s2048/IMG_2224+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zXLN2nveZssENonuLZMrwZkchyvoc0kxoji0KyPl5Kq7NVuyXsxGARKzj-NhbeB6Nz97YOYGI55i-mdCQVVoaoMRRYPpMdeM-IUS2IXIH-5obpAf27FNl6NJyqyW03ipdi_x_w/s640/IMG_2224+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-88726690673211146812020-02-26T14:23:00.002-08:002020-08-30T17:15:45.602-07:00Goodbye, Hello<p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We woke up super early this morning so we could hop on an early
flight out of Sicily. It was sad to say goodbye to Jimmy and his family. We
loved our time spent with them. I hope one day when they settle down we can
live somewhere nearby and enjoy regular time together.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Our 6:55am flight took off and we landed just an hour later in
our next destination, Rome! We caught this amazing sunrise with Mt Etna in the
background after takeoff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIsUps123qVUiUgNqdN_DafSkzXhBmDM7mCncy5H1wQgmWV_zGTMBl8yU6CH9Dr8cHu-4bO_di4GIPUbdkyO4cK1xaWpk0P2hZDo3v1J68qFrK9_Vd0nGRA6UfJxYFbVxRZhsbw/s2048/IMG_2093+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIsUps123qVUiUgNqdN_DafSkzXhBmDM7mCncy5H1wQgmWV_zGTMBl8yU6CH9Dr8cHu-4bO_di4GIPUbdkyO4cK1xaWpk0P2hZDo3v1J68qFrK9_Vd0nGRA6UfJxYFbVxRZhsbw/s640/IMG_2093+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We arrived in Rome early and grabbed a taxi to our hotel right
in the heart of Rome. Thankfully they had a room available so we were able to
unpack and freshen up before heading out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We wanted to get a feel for the city so started with the Rick
Steves audio tour. We saw so many gorgeous fountains and obelisks along the
way. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1EcrV5B6ZV_EbBQTJTInaka4bm8JV8OXZETynaxV4aJPyAR-XSwo9ETGl-bjqKFjlfvV7SOwLkbXCshBwQ3mv58wDUAm4GALGjBQfE9j6cRul5W9p_Bwu5w94P79_ZIP4crDiA/s2048/IMG_2100+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1EcrV5B6ZV_EbBQTJTInaka4bm8JV8OXZETynaxV4aJPyAR-XSwo9ETGl-bjqKFjlfvV7SOwLkbXCshBwQ3mv58wDUAm4GALGjBQfE9j6cRul5W9p_Bwu5w94P79_ZIP4crDiA/s640/IMG_2100+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7258nWmyz24rnKB0kH8TMgjwwC87wj4Ai2x1VzksCtd4CL9Cu2_QWef319Ltu-4U6uoAHcxkkjxc6QHEE51jSwKqEDktDWrUvu9yX_omNdqI_t8bmXz8pfvonUZ0leRuRhWI9Q/s2048/IMG_2133+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Pantheon. This was gorgeous inside and out. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimU1tSBWbDwizDR-mNq7zZTgmlRDiz4pnH3XGqK5PHZY5kIat9cporsnZBTw6klokWUH1vsRRj8FoVMWas92PAgvogU60WcPS6Q8JgK5A3EPv2Wzb6lZwI1uPcm9ucroPKPiSC7w/s2048/IMG_2118+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimU1tSBWbDwizDR-mNq7zZTgmlRDiz4pnH3XGqK5PHZY5kIat9cporsnZBTw6klokWUH1vsRRj8FoVMWas92PAgvogU60WcPS6Q8JgK5A3EPv2Wzb6lZwI1uPcm9ucroPKPiSC7w/s640/IMG_2118+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmLLjTk_2dnjqtqK8IxMHyCoq-bjnaa02h963IjTaJyvnt7U3LriAJYXQup0lD-qhL2N1BLp7lCEZAf_IK7bKQUGPGaaCUsznphvRaSNe73vt-zYAm87fIvEOA4SRU4o0v-oKjw/s2048/IMG_0233.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmLLjTk_2dnjqtqK8IxMHyCoq-bjnaa02h963IjTaJyvnt7U3LriAJYXQup0lD-qhL2N1BLp7lCEZAf_IK7bKQUGPGaaCUsznphvRaSNe73vt-zYAm87fIvEOA4SRU4o0v-oKjw/s640/IMG_0233.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeiTZl_fAlFBTl-VayeOUksoTsSCYyl-hi9LmgNi4DIs4tV2BjAgKslTvdMzTRn4HKG9fK5TP5DnbhAqvH7XjWs7xVPEEKkIUE9yoJgtcEJERybyUcLgqXKVQq-Xc9kUml_4J7A/s2048/IMG_0235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeiTZl_fAlFBTl-VayeOUksoTsSCYyl-hi9LmgNi4DIs4tV2BjAgKslTvdMzTRn4HKG9fK5TP5DnbhAqvH7XjWs7xVPEEKkIUE9yoJgtcEJERybyUcLgqXKVQq-Xc9kUml_4J7A/s640/IMG_0235.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikMrtn1WZnHefdTXttQrh9TyNtMRHOEBF3Bsb5ad6IXCaExk_dZU3Wdk4cR-6pqI26QRvMqD4M8noYB3xX16483FCK4HS4KporeLWt6_JUZ_YsoGkoc5JRSnxu29bL5E05r0Q1Q/s2048/IMG_2122+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikMrtn1WZnHefdTXttQrh9TyNtMRHOEBF3Bsb5ad6IXCaExk_dZU3Wdk4cR-6pqI26QRvMqD4M8noYB3xX16483FCK4HS4KporeLWt6_JUZ_YsoGkoc5JRSnxu29bL5E05r0Q1Q/s640/IMG_2122+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFLpXfIQ_60M8EGF1nInogFtGudc9q58gjFuUIiSAVZW6guvLrV9d5xlCNZ9iDowgVjBBqd25A4SpMLPhLRd3wKGr02YowXScBaLAoODcnfiUjeWPLaFsooJwvgQqWYO9USUFoA/s2048/IMG_2126+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFLpXfIQ_60M8EGF1nInogFtGudc9q58gjFuUIiSAVZW6guvLrV9d5xlCNZ9iDowgVjBBqd25A4SpMLPhLRd3wKGr02YowXScBaLAoODcnfiUjeWPLaFsooJwvgQqWYO9USUFoA/s640/IMG_2126+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We decided to eat at one of the restaurants where we enjoyed some margherita pizza and fresh made pasta, all with a beautiful view of the Pantheon.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDliFHnbrdHrSoGXBpyFZGYIXdncuui_njwX9F0Gn5DAuhTCOj-qK7VRYT8QTEhYaVtesAdSi4nGBNlL9rtcPovvQgFCk6IW57asf3ubBAuYNdzetpw-0qH359xoIbxmYBPf4yw/s2048/IMG_2123+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDliFHnbrdHrSoGXBpyFZGYIXdncuui_njwX9F0Gn5DAuhTCOj-qK7VRYT8QTEhYaVtesAdSi4nGBNlL9rtcPovvQgFCk6IW57asf3ubBAuYNdzetpw-0qH359xoIbxmYBPf4yw/s640/IMG_2123+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXWnH7J0bU6TI730mD9QB-GC3FUK4ZSoohVpYjNuLBwb-_AJ310sfkJ-y5zDuonjOkIrA_ouDpert1S2Wa_NWcyRL8K5hbJZJ4c9B5LVBeIGwSuhNP3UqrCaTMLmo5yP6ryMcaw/s2048/IMG_2124+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXWnH7J0bU6TI730mD9QB-GC3FUK4ZSoohVpYjNuLBwb-_AJ310sfkJ-y5zDuonjOkIrA_ouDpert1S2Wa_NWcyRL8K5hbJZJ4c9B5LVBeIGwSuhNP3UqrCaTMLmo5yP6ryMcaw/s640/IMG_2124+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">The tour also took us by the Trevi fountain, which is just a few
blocks from our hotel. It was beautiful! We, of course, had to throw a few coins in to ensure our return one day. We are excited to go visit the fountain again after dark sometime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-Ojp9jFMvo2cpiMA0yWu6unQxW_CUFY8SrbCqblTkbu4EqnhsU-WR3L1RvtO_6pd9Ge2Bpdpi9IvNSa8_dFRWlO9-xDCATIuiMP3A7WVDX4O7ZaJwKJC0_7t5x6NrooXZVn8uQ/s2048/IMG_0239+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-Ojp9jFMvo2cpiMA0yWu6unQxW_CUFY8SrbCqblTkbu4EqnhsU-WR3L1RvtO_6pd9Ge2Bpdpi9IvNSa8_dFRWlO9-xDCATIuiMP3A7WVDX4O7ZaJwKJC0_7t5x6NrooXZVn8uQ/s640/IMG_0239+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfASJ7D_iFG3GCYheddLIkC8UZE3WlEeE1g24I8uIUzZeC5KIrYpJwVMZUhJ9f_WNOOGtac0p9ncWeOmUZyjT437lT9gLezSx8FaZ7BqEy-AX1A4OXL-5BLNkfXXKb8aqkE1Rig/s2048/IMG_2136.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfASJ7D_iFG3GCYheddLIkC8UZE3WlEeE1g24I8uIUzZeC5KIrYpJwVMZUhJ9f_WNOOGtac0p9ncWeOmUZyjT437lT9gLezSx8FaZ7BqEy-AX1A4OXL-5BLNkfXXKb8aqkE1Rig/s640/IMG_2136.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQckOLyG4GZ2F3c03_yQ_XPYXVts2JVlwJ2ZEZIMVdslrT7rzTn7Yez9wbnAS0_zNE_AcYkXjNqJ_OtXC2WkOof8j-NEgLikcOgTVxJK35V0NUd8VxijdAe9y5tdcbSs8Q7uA6ng/s2048/IMG_2137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQckOLyG4GZ2F3c03_yQ_XPYXVts2JVlwJ2ZEZIMVdslrT7rzTn7Yez9wbnAS0_zNE_AcYkXjNqJ_OtXC2WkOof8j-NEgLikcOgTVxJK35V0NUd8VxijdAe9y5tdcbSs8Q7uA6ng/s640/IMG_2137.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bgg3QkVO3nchW2ieEqz3s5e5H2VN1g6ZuZkzfwFxOoN_9OmUVorVo3yByAe-Q_xa4M-THalDLQ7ayuqhadSEdTaLS7mBGZj5uZcuHNbyyDVciUq0V_vOSoiZB4h7N6IzxGBkyg/s2048/IMG_2143+%2528Edited2%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bgg3QkVO3nchW2ieEqz3s5e5H2VN1g6ZuZkzfwFxOoN_9OmUVorVo3yByAe-Q_xa4M-THalDLQ7ayuqhadSEdTaLS7mBGZj5uZcuHNbyyDVciUq0V_vOSoiZB4h7N6IzxGBkyg/s640/IMG_2143+%2528Edited2%2529.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFFPRxkf-DOWuTmiacATnTQEA7ERE4wTwm-KTK371ypGAvCRiOQfw1M3vz7W1z1eOZTdYDHksnvoBWzXutM8543LrJXZLsSEzF1Vtv6JDu03841-txqwFTvo4pXynJR9b8PLKXw/s2048/IMG_2147+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFFPRxkf-DOWuTmiacATnTQEA7ERE4wTwm-KTK371ypGAvCRiOQfw1M3vz7W1z1eOZTdYDHksnvoBWzXutM8543LrJXZLsSEzF1Vtv6JDu03841-txqwFTvo4pXynJR9b8PLKXw/s640/IMG_2147+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We were just ambling along on our tour and took a bit of a wrong turn, so we ended up taking a side path to the top of the Spanish steps. This means we got the pretty view first, then walked to the bottom to look up. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUQmixc0R714bvS22fLUKhSWg-T7RXf8LLrhnjAhwWipZ-N6EIegukwd3edlakkk8FKKTZo4iorMV2ccqpzMowlodyJ-h4ILOI2G_fm_ksSV0nNI4upRuhSyvU4OAr6mgz7JZRg/s2048/IMG_0240+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUQmixc0R714bvS22fLUKhSWg-T7RXf8LLrhnjAhwWipZ-N6EIegukwd3edlakkk8FKKTZo4iorMV2ccqpzMowlodyJ-h4ILOI2G_fm_ksSV0nNI4upRuhSyvU4OAr6mgz7JZRg/s640/IMG_0240+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt3qGx-O7SGXbDpIFCGNNDWMMq4iWOmmUVfXyZEfsTn8fpcX-tJV-2cySrL_7pIUNkFsY5gmCa5vXaisaSZ6_cA7ImMgW3JXavRKyvDp6yTHLLVO69YYRw-W7px9ACmH8l-_OGw/s2048/IMG_2149+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt3qGx-O7SGXbDpIFCGNNDWMMq4iWOmmUVfXyZEfsTn8fpcX-tJV-2cySrL_7pIUNkFsY5gmCa5vXaisaSZ6_cA7ImMgW3JXavRKyvDp6yTHLLVO69YYRw-W7px9ACmH8l-_OGw/s640/IMG_2149+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-FeeM5Sd6tn7K7S7kvtmxNOl-TV-9U27Q8F7Qvo83GlA_fEuyIWPP3gJJSJKzVHcov5lhCwwONJqXT6OqXdqkwFLfY2evyNohQIRcTl-AmKJvDaRmkb_DmEgQd5A7cInkWKGAw/s2048/IMG_2153+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-FeeM5Sd6tn7K7S7kvtmxNOl-TV-9U27Q8F7Qvo83GlA_fEuyIWPP3gJJSJKzVHcov5lhCwwONJqXT6OqXdqkwFLfY2evyNohQIRcTl-AmKJvDaRmkb_DmEgQd5A7cInkWKGAw/s640/IMG_2153+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kyKkmaJWVRHl9m2lB8dAkAsTEr7Az8Ell5NGPyOftT3UcwFr2WwjtfxGyVZYwf1UvpaM2bOg-4VXR-GGaLCjAkKhtt5ElOESI5mbxtacZ4Kc5GiDmKHC4LDa_dwqFe3Y2fl6Pg/s2048/IMG_2154+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kyKkmaJWVRHl9m2lB8dAkAsTEr7Az8Ell5NGPyOftT3UcwFr2WwjtfxGyVZYwf1UvpaM2bOg-4VXR-GGaLCjAkKhtt5ElOESI5mbxtacZ4Kc5GiDmKHC4LDa_dwqFe3Y2fl6Pg/s640/IMG_2154+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zrjOttABrFT08pWuOxx4eRBEDk1SZATU-phaRdaAxOCyW1iWky1WT_o63pL9ojyId8nKRWPFrlI3b_sw-OzaKjm6gxcBBFrQJWOCwqGPlD1TCHscIFoXRpMTJn_jG00FzxusmA/s2048/IMG_2156+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zrjOttABrFT08pWuOxx4eRBEDk1SZATU-phaRdaAxOCyW1iWky1WT_o63pL9ojyId8nKRWPFrlI3b_sw-OzaKjm6gxcBBFrQJWOCwqGPlD1TCHscIFoXRpMTJn_jG00FzxusmA/s640/IMG_2156+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">These were pretty but
nothing we would need to see again. And the stores just down from the Spanish
steps had guards standing in front of the doors. It was sort of off-putting
(thought it’s not like we could afford to shop there anyways).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">During the tour we stopped in
at several churches. I loved that all the churches in Rome were free and we took advantage of that by stopping at several.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlMptvYnOE1KPUEWYg8sV2L0a_-14owF2dTagWYStXFWW-K-jOTRe5QrlenYHCMQ1D3FE71hBu4yr3-6dB4i-ewafbfDS7S6nlhQ4pqr1HASiCMZiR9xb2eFroyGsstKJzaSZhg/s2048/IMG_2115+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlMptvYnOE1KPUEWYg8sV2L0a_-14owF2dTagWYStXFWW-K-jOTRe5QrlenYHCMQ1D3FE71hBu4yr3-6dB4i-ewafbfDS7S6nlhQ4pqr1HASiCMZiR9xb2eFroyGsstKJzaSZhg/s640/IMG_2115+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CrM8ml0HSzchW4pzThUe1xSFN-RSs5APbCH3yIEDWU-UEJiji22UEoOyHOsiQBMTrZqaqxrBt-qTdwTg_GHcXhpznpS1qG62Cqf50Z0tgxuPuyyNeBrhHadfuefknEExvYI1NQ/s640/IMG_2182+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">There was one church, in particular, that absolutely amazed us.
Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi was unassuming from the outside but amazing
from the inside. And the best part sits in the back corner - three paintings
from Caravaggio. If you’re like me, you wouldn’t know a Caravaggio from a hole
in the ground. Brian and I are notorious for skipping every art museum because
we really get bored by art, but the moment I saw these I was in awe. There just
aren’t words to tell you how transcendent they are. We loved them so much we
looked for other Caravaggio works to see while in Rome and we will be sure to
go back and visit the church again before we leave. So maybe we *do* like some
art. </span><span class="6qdm"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">🙂</span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span class="6qdm" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBDJ4LDJZwbkVzQuYhEEyVnY_fXzv40vlLkGkScHKKEQZOmlCCjW3ZyIve3nOzVlrYgzdWTBJd5pKegNJSebhH3lfkHs5AhG_4D0l6LNjzgWWlE_fZgg-RRKue9M_M7Wko63lIw/s2048/IMG_2115+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBDJ4LDJZwbkVzQuYhEEyVnY_fXzv40vlLkGkScHKKEQZOmlCCjW3ZyIve3nOzVlrYgzdWTBJd5pKegNJSebhH3lfkHs5AhG_4D0l6LNjzgWWlE_fZgg-RRKue9M_M7Wko63lIw/s640/IMG_2115+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1oW9fmAfgjnOnYmytqfQ1rpoCDlorZ20jlHeSLxEPNFlXKT_2SZUsm8r_a2culDv6JTsyAxhw6DnSC33gaydWYh5lpj__TF4apljw1G36MVd8ZJ_e_Fj3XGwBEx1MC5RobwPrA/s2048/IMG_2116.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1oW9fmAfgjnOnYmytqfQ1rpoCDlorZ20jlHeSLxEPNFlXKT_2SZUsm8r_a2culDv6JTsyAxhw6DnSC33gaydWYh5lpj__TF4apljw1G36MVd8ZJ_e_Fj3XGwBEx1MC5RobwPrA/s640/IMG_2116.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3UkIaPtkh2ZxemArNREpNPNtUcw1hoAVTpHjMxUJvUdBxVU7igrSkTqcAW3vzj7RRlovvZO4WAaoBK0R0l0ljEy7rX5ALDJOzFyBmJB6WLUm5kiWKz3rXxHtYmQ77cIKpNxVxg/s2048/IMG_0228.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3UkIaPtkh2ZxemArNREpNPNtUcw1hoAVTpHjMxUJvUdBxVU7igrSkTqcAW3vzj7RRlovvZO4WAaoBK0R0l0ljEy7rX5ALDJOzFyBmJB6WLUm5kiWKz3rXxHtYmQ77cIKpNxVxg/s640/IMG_0228.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">We did a little wandering on the way back and stopped for the
traditional Italian treat - gelato. Yum!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfSRUYzF7-zpPbHArRisBfZl5EzmjORiA5tG4vygE17WBDta9pvfjTR8yJF6fpYoqYWF226nEyyMpG5Bt5er6-curwdPUHlY-tDZ38ynYj1ZQT7pKVjGEYW0AOZkxazGLgA0Ygg/s2048/IMG_0241+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1829" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfSRUYzF7-zpPbHArRisBfZl5EzmjORiA5tG4vygE17WBDta9pvfjTR8yJF6fpYoqYWF226nEyyMpG5Bt5er6-curwdPUHlY-tDZ38ynYj1ZQT7pKVjGEYW0AOZkxazGLgA0Ygg/s640/IMG_0241+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></span></a></div><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Next up was some relaxing time in our room. We just sat and
rested for a bit, catching up on news from CNN. We did go out a bit later but
then the wind picked up and it started to rain. By the time we made it back to
the hotel it was hailing. The windows are open in our room and the shutters in
nearby rooms are whipping back and forth in the wind. Thankfully, this weather
should pass tonight and tomorrow looks better.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Before I close, let’s talk about the elephant in the room -
Coronavirus. We first became aware that it was something to be cautious of when Jimmy mentioned it to us. Then one of the only english-language stations in Rome is CNN, so we've been watching that. We keep hearing about it, </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">especially</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> how it has hit Italy.
There’s a lot of scary news out there, but at this point it’s been really hitting northern Italy, which we won’t be visiting. </span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Brian and I are taking some of our own precautions. We have
cancelled our day trip to Naples, which would have required hours on a train
with others. We took a cab from the airport instead of public transportation.
We are taking it easy in Rome and focusing on outdoor activities where we can
have a little more space from other people. We are also washing our hands well
and using hand sanitizer. For several weeks we have been taking emergen-c which
is heavy in vitamin c to help boost our immune system. And more than that, we
are healthy adults so we aren’t letting this scare us from continuing our
adventure.</span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-87068139186808670652020-02-25T11:08:00.000-08:002020-08-30T15:17:00.046-07:00Happy Fat Tuesday!<p><span style="background-color: white;">H</span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">appy Fat Tuesday! The boys had school today so we were off to adventure with just Jimmy & Gin.</span></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">Today we celebrated Fat Tuesday with a trip to the nearby
bakery for some Italian breakfast pastries. I had a delicious one with Nutella
inside, Brian enjoyed his filled with ham and cheese and Jimmy and Virginia
split two pastries filled with sweet ricotta - one baked and one fried. It was
a tasty start to our morning.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4MeBnHVdmHtwOWlw6JRk5jdnu9hE5HwUVOSCxrGhxLdkWrFsDtuNAwPUlkpStmYjQbGOOH6d8hSTa-IT0wgm42dGcYfEbFh91vw1vb-0IKJMSFWtxSguXV4ywan5LeifGZuR9g/s2048/IMG_0209+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4MeBnHVdmHtwOWlw6JRk5jdnu9hE5HwUVOSCxrGhxLdkWrFsDtuNAwPUlkpStmYjQbGOOH6d8hSTa-IT0wgm42dGcYfEbFh91vw1vb-0IKJMSFWtxSguXV4ywan5LeifGZuR9g/s640/IMG_0209+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p>We also saw these</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"> boob pastries. The story of Saint Agatha, the patron saint of Catania, says that she was a 15 year old girl who made a vow of virginity and refused to wed. In response she was tortured and they cut off one of her breasts. So all around you'll see breast </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">pastries with cherry nipples</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"> and it makes us laugh each time. </span><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1G2n27_Q6Jy4QRSD88j8qH1wCR1D43CTy1Ow6cZ1NaWzANcoBR1pvVGYiiRkwtwETLUq2aofCpXZjfTKQ1zmZTsz8i_KBoA7gb46zkJDaMEhhgvUXm1fkgHXWakK9UQ4SIAWhA/s2048/IMG_0212.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1G2n27_Q6Jy4QRSD88j8qH1wCR1D43CTy1Ow6cZ1NaWzANcoBR1pvVGYiiRkwtwETLUq2aofCpXZjfTKQ1zmZTsz8i_KBoA7gb46zkJDaMEhhgvUXm1fkgHXWakK9UQ4SIAWhA/s640/IMG_0212.JPG" /></a></span></div><span face="" style="color: #1d2129;"><br /><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />Our plan today was to go to Acireal to see some of their
Carnavale displays. Our fist Carnavale visit on Sunday was to the city that
has amazing costumes. Acireal is known for their amazing parade floats. We
arrived in time for the floats to be available for viewing. It said 9:30 in the
program but 9:30 came and went and not a float to be had. Instead, we visited a
few nearby churches. One we just poked our heads into, but the other allowed us
to look inside and to climb up to both the balcony and the bell tower. This
church was beautiful. Ornate paintings on the ceiling were my favorite part,
but the bell tower was pretty neat too.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcYRKAodWWBa4ap4FD4OqUWYe20BviDko2_omOqELRA-9YpiL67RhE_2TVjXu6IvfGX0Qw0xRw05-FTg0u2Z5klPkV8NMZL8tdoloNVS2ytb4xPGKBddi1HHzPWJ3-ROIIeU8XQ/s2048/IMG_1998+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1560" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcYRKAodWWBa4ap4FD4OqUWYe20BviDko2_omOqELRA-9YpiL67RhE_2TVjXu6IvfGX0Qw0xRw05-FTg0u2Z5klPkV8NMZL8tdoloNVS2ytb4xPGKBddi1HHzPWJ3-ROIIeU8XQ/s640/IMG_1998+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjO8ol9AnPe2kKPt_zuXMct2rYtn8UOOnLeUnBgmlrz_ksRaoC-6MyQ3ToCxcARBMhrB-b4FP7EDusrHTk23gaxlT_GAVasy3sR8qYnvae4BKNoyj4XOn5r8kd60hFZpV1-n8OA/s2048/IMG_0214+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">After we were done in the churches we still didn’t see floats so
decided to walk to the other side of the festival area, maybe 8 blocks away. No
floats there either so we stopped at a park overlooking the water. It’s pretty
high up so it was a gorgeous view.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuAA9CKlU3xvVHERii14lDswNc0VBpqh7IL0jfxo5V46cS9nCkAoUBzsbP0BZi0nH8NPL435jxwpbTjwGu_pbt1AvpAsesmgFE81qmbW2vnM9eOTzLdRsKLBFpT-3SepD8CZ1mA/s1600/6c76d410-0778-43ec-9f17-90dd2e0a3a01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuAA9CKlU3xvVHERii14lDswNc0VBpqh7IL0jfxo5V46cS9nCkAoUBzsbP0BZi0nH8NPL435jxwpbTjwGu_pbt1AvpAsesmgFE81qmbW2vnM9eOTzLdRsKLBFpT-3SepD8CZ1mA/s640/6c76d410-0778-43ec-9f17-90dd2e0a3a01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p>Next we walked back down to our original spot and grabbed a few
munchies to keep up our strength. One was an Arancini, which Virginia describes
as the Sicilian version of fast food. It was a teardrop shaped ball of rice,
stuffed with cheese and ragu, then fried. Sooooo delicious!</span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJ5xaH1a-2hv2XNqyqTh2QS6qVvlk-OVZwZ9Ft_xu-YMPuxf9TGHhcB3J7XaGUlyEg1syGAwBnaDMQ3iE7KKvLOKm8Hx2HXav1Q8oJnTAutGZDtUrY65BL0gkW2CiYNg9LA55Nw/s2048/IMG_2001+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJ5xaH1a-2hv2XNqyqTh2QS6qVvlk-OVZwZ9Ft_xu-YMPuxf9TGHhcB3J7XaGUlyEg1syGAwBnaDMQ3iE7KKvLOKm8Hx2HXav1Q8oJnTAutGZDtUrY65BL0gkW2CiYNg9LA55Nw/s640/IMG_2001+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">Still no floats to be had so we hung around for a bit and
perused some shops. Around 11:15 (1 hour and 45 minutes after the time the
program said... things always happen on Italy time) we eventually saw a float
coming our way. It was huge and just barely fit down the street! We got to take
pictures and then saw a second float. Eventually we saw more on the far side of
the festival area and we decided to walk to them instead of waiting for them.
Well, we ended up making a loop back to our original spot as we noticed tons of
floats decorated in flowers. By the time we were done with the city we had
walked 4.5 miles already.</span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">The interesting thing about the float themes is that they all
had to do with things in current culture. One was about not using plastics. Another
talked about why video games were bad. One float showed how technology and
social media detracted from the world and another that was positive about the
use of technology and social media. It was just interesting how they didn’t shy
away from what might be considered controversial here in the states. And the
floats were so well done!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SKgk7BqZCK0BmsCoNXaLXOrlx7SGe2Z4ANr2yw5GgkbbzUt_-Abz8fvQ7Y8B2ILMtXOKXWHpLDQB0T0ul19rxiq3vOAftg0mP8bvrDEPP0rYUYjuOrYJCSRVhyphenhyphenfuF9MD7H77cA/s2048/IMG_2005+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1659" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SKgk7BqZCK0BmsCoNXaLXOrlx7SGe2Z4ANr2yw5GgkbbzUt_-Abz8fvQ7Y8B2ILMtXOKXWHpLDQB0T0ul19rxiq3vOAftg0mP8bvrDEPP0rYUYjuOrYJCSRVhyphenhyphenfuF9MD7H77cA/s640/IMG_2005+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxlrEzht7l32cL480YECdIm_tQFOcvmsFIufJj4qCtJ0oI6A64gHOcFTAmdF8vvwRm3gBszrepun6QjcFdQQbFNnnEY5PNoG_pbSRIUtgW6XfSoXFRubeuov0H9JyR-3-q3r17g/s2048/IMG_2011+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">After leaving the floats we headed off to the Taormina. This is
a pretty touristy area is filled with shops but it has some idyllic little
streets and views of the Mediterranean. We grabbed a late lunch and some
delicious orange and lemon granita, as well as a few cannoli to share later.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">Taormina has a really great old amphitheater that we toured. The cool thing about it is that it is still in use to this day. Jim & Gin have actually been here to watch concerts before.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDWZ5_q4s6I4p3uztJc62vmLCY8egZR6A_vDzVRfnp0R5yI-QyAtEu8P7fkThF39GKZk_kXxZ-uCr9bIrn9qyMNWgWM0mX8CANQe4-zhdRfUBei7b7J0U0vvj6OCukPkVhNu3pQ/s2048/IMG_0222+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDWZ5_q4s6I4p3uztJc62vmLCY8egZR6A_vDzVRfnp0R5yI-QyAtEu8P7fkThF39GKZk_kXxZ-uCr9bIrn9qyMNWgWM0mX8CANQe4-zhdRfUBei7b7J0U0vvj6OCukPkVhNu3pQ/s640/IMG_0222+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIalnJettc8InbZYjPWylHU_V4pnlKYaUMun78La4EheFDJhgkT2VIIhxk-sx_bn2czYTopoc6AjDyO40KN8jVDg6qTkeG57i5ND05XwxFjw2OVDFNQOpV6pvCQW1aJAPbx68xw/s2569/IMG_0224+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIalnJettc8InbZYjPWylHU_V4pnlKYaUMun78La4EheFDJhgkT2VIIhxk-sx_bn2czYTopoc6AjDyO40KN8jVDg6qTkeG57i5ND05XwxFjw2OVDFNQOpV6pvCQW1aJAPbx68xw/s640/IMG_0224+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOtX8q173KzkWP50C6YHarc36ugRDKjnEOR1fgA4o9aggY6PgreL8QuAXKePzbRnmYtgGMD2i0aampq1uSqzQruer5bSE2zX1IIiIFYzlFkqHEjPWxYcyzCHVIpx1_srrYWm_6A/s2048/IMG_2049+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOtX8q173KzkWP50C6YHarc36ugRDKjnEOR1fgA4o9aggY6PgreL8QuAXKePzbRnmYtgGMD2i0aampq1uSqzQruer5bSE2zX1IIiIFYzlFkqHEjPWxYcyzCHVIpx1_srrYWm_6A/s640/IMG_2049+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFgakAOvHB0inQ2VUqDLBTGPERX3rgQAcgfOiAY16W_dvKxqyW_ovvFaUNEPJKltDcomY4s5IgiKcSY7DklZYXDVMGV4EQzE3DVnTjcLwDOzdZJPaFKae18NJIIcTyRVRYBWQDQ/s2048/IMG_2056+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFgakAOvHB0inQ2VUqDLBTGPERX3rgQAcgfOiAY16W_dvKxqyW_ovvFaUNEPJKltDcomY4s5IgiKcSY7DklZYXDVMGV4EQzE3DVnTjcLwDOzdZJPaFKae18NJIIcTyRVRYBWQDQ/s640/IMG_2056+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHFKEwjzWCmL8V4skWkRPm0uTpJ9QIvg4XVyr4EfF4bZ_glr3NIwEw19U_CcId2oZAZibK30_ktW6b8iHZY-K0oaxcn0pf5jROH8ukgmuaHMJJwy502CqLErDJSQF2HmFkqD4bQ/s2048/IMG_2065+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHFKEwjzWCmL8V4skWkRPm0uTpJ9QIvg4XVyr4EfF4bZ_glr3NIwEw19U_CcId2oZAZibK30_ktW6b8iHZY-K0oaxcn0pf5jROH8ukgmuaHMJJwy502CqLErDJSQF2HmFkqD4bQ/s640/IMG_2065+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGI-UYBTqrlC1Z1fxnaDpMDEo5nRHaBIpLJAdmrvqr8b3EMUikLPnuE-ixWKrmpaDZ7nQNofSVvzddfavJ4-o5xGU5fIre43kwHx65Hqi3Vfl-tjZ556RUPF1SzOO38Xwbj7Xl2A/s2048/IMG_2074+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGI-UYBTqrlC1Z1fxnaDpMDEo5nRHaBIpLJAdmrvqr8b3EMUikLPnuE-ixWKrmpaDZ7nQNofSVvzddfavJ4-o5xGU5fIre43kwHx65Hqi3Vfl-tjZ556RUPF1SzOO38Xwbj7Xl2A/s640/IMG_2074+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz7T6MxZgDpsbMb50wy8Chu5owmg1QehxsDJGv2cpP46t1qqg0FPSicckexR3g_2zUmMoE8EbUrRDfT-DQK4Rt5vPu24T2CgfgjR-ysqUnfzNsB38EoUGkCfZ2lRusvNOvteXSA/s2048/IMG_2077+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz7T6MxZgDpsbMb50wy8Chu5owmg1QehxsDJGv2cpP46t1qqg0FPSicckexR3g_2zUmMoE8EbUrRDfT-DQK4Rt5vPu24T2CgfgjR-ysqUnfzNsB38EoUGkCfZ2lRusvNOvteXSA/s640/IMG_2077+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">By the time we were finished seeing the theater our day was
nearly over. We headed back to the house and played games with the boys, did a
little FaceTime with Carissa, then headed up to pack.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sadly, today was our last day in Sicily, as we are off to new
adventures tomorrow. We really loved our time here and know we couldn’t have
done it without Jim & Gin. We will miss them and the boys so much,
especially since they still have quite some time left here in Sicily.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">Now the question is, where to next???<o:p></o:p></span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-42923581809707955122020-02-24T10:16:00.000-08:002020-08-30T15:17:13.156-07:00History and scenery<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Another busy day in Sicily with Jimmy & Gin. We started out
early for the drive to the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento. It took a couple
of hours to get there, as it’s on the central southern side of the island (they
live central east side). It was a gorgeous drive and we got to see a lot of
different landscape along the way.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Agrigento is an amazing group of Greek ruins. Unlike the ones in
Greece, these were built of sandstone so they haven’t held up as well, but are
more red in color. There were ruins, some amazing statues and a few spots where
they helped show how the temples were built, so I walked away learning
something new. It was especially beautiful and fragrant with the almond trees
in bloom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2hX8oX8s3WwVP1XRVjEfjQKrNN6FT919jWcciP9A8lUD6MgiIa5kJOScGEAcy8ro_9NispN5cMZyYRcX-htqDNUa69AnKRRFL34Ep-yPfIrPS_f6vrufm8rT3MPdZmc-KNeLkA/s1600/094b77ea-98e8-4790-b25a-f9b8656ad0d3+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2hX8oX8s3WwVP1XRVjEfjQKrNN6FT919jWcciP9A8lUD6MgiIa5kJOScGEAcy8ro_9NispN5cMZyYRcX-htqDNUa69AnKRRFL34Ep-yPfIrPS_f6vrufm8rT3MPdZmc-KNeLkA/s640/094b77ea-98e8-4790-b25a-f9b8656ad0d3+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaeooBquDWj2ipMG8o7cjW28jrIdQ_TTfJwjRQf_Q282-fZQlRVn9-gFtxrJa34s8d66J8dFuVVG9Xjig2mg0OL3QFK8URZGNdvXyl5pTaS0bLO58saU6nx2Pa4dQTmkShtNziw/s2048/IMG_0202+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They smelled really good.</span></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TtvLVFtAHZOZ_Vr_bl-ktvRwet2GwP-j4mypOUDY2i4nj-zC9S2fpZrViPGuDgiAIbTLk41dJTQOVbkPMUaDrIlDO6hUfcu0XL8C8xK_SACUAyXG6ew1n-vDljSPvs336Tz_xw/s1600/be8cf2aa-d0e9-4863-a463-211a896ced7d+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TtvLVFtAHZOZ_Vr_bl-ktvRwet2GwP-j4mypOUDY2i4nj-zC9S2fpZrViPGuDgiAIbTLk41dJTQOVbkPMUaDrIlDO6hUfcu0XL8C8xK_SACUAyXG6ew1n-vDljSPvs336Tz_xw/s640/be8cf2aa-d0e9-4863-a463-211a896ced7d+%2528Edited%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGFo8csCr30zA5K2P_ecdTNk4NmT31ypXckL6TuCybITrzs_LiJvgSI3YJIhLlMwryQ247COM-OIytT4WFHWgcHrz9-8PWZ_VzqTSw2dJIewbqoZq9toIRg-3bKXLwBCJ7wxHmw/s2048/IMG_1916+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGFo8csCr30zA5K2P_ecdTNk4NmT31ypXckL6TuCybITrzs_LiJvgSI3YJIhLlMwryQ247COM-OIytT4WFHWgcHrz9-8PWZ_VzqTSw2dJIewbqoZq9toIRg-3bKXLwBCJ7wxHmw/s640/IMG_1916+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzzNj4-QFnVN_uATKPNdbcWfobpMWIicE2HJzQn8dgs3CzCe7WC1mhnw52QZnOjAggY9fbbW1YF-wkltCDuK2eS4QNK5_87GVXYEj1rSfb03NUqHoA7YUaZVHlIe9v_xVv43_ng/s2048/IMG_1918+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzzNj4-QFnVN_uATKPNdbcWfobpMWIicE2HJzQn8dgs3CzCe7WC1mhnw52QZnOjAggY9fbbW1YF-wkltCDuK2eS4QNK5_87GVXYEj1rSfb03NUqHoA7YUaZVHlIe9v_xVv43_ng/s640/IMG_1918+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">While there I took a picture of the nearby city with the same
name. It’s interesting because the Sicilians love living packed like sardines
in these hilltop cities instead of in all the available rural area outside.
Many Americans like a little space to stretch their legs, but the Sicilians
love being close to their families, friends and everyday services. It’s just a
cultural difference that I find interesting. So the city of Agrigento is huge
and packed with people. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFKVuLg2unYWRpT_mUhUmTM1PN9g-oDYtEVvgnnBviesBwxD-2Sqzv_0N_85DFHhr3UUkaFReAJwfe06KSkPYyBiTOd6-vKODAnj0LmlU7J5Yiue9Z4HexzIznOMq9N8fgnAA_g/s2935/IMG_1945+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="2935" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFKVuLg2unYWRpT_mUhUmTM1PN9g-oDYtEVvgnnBviesBwxD-2Sqzv_0N_85DFHhr3UUkaFReAJwfe06KSkPYyBiTOd6-vKODAnj0LmlU7J5Yiue9Z4HexzIznOMq9N8fgnAA_g/s640/IMG_1945+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">After leaving Agrigento, we stopped at a spot we could look over
the Mediterranean and then had a picnic lunch in the car. Jim and Gin has
packed meats and cheeses for us to munch on. We tried about 5 different salami,
a few other meats and 4 different cheeses. It was delicious!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Next up was another drive to see what Jimmy referred to as a
“hunting lodge with mosaics”, officially called Villa Romano del Casale. We
weren’t quite sure what to expect, but it was AMAZING! The story goes that in
about 300 AD, some rich guy built this home for his family and to entertain
friends. In about 1161 there was a landslide and everything was buried until
1950. Eventually it was excavated and now there is a great spot to learn more
about how they lived and what this amazing villa looked like. The best part -
the entire building was covered with mosaic floors and wall frescos, some of
which still remain. One of the most interesting facets was that the owner
provided exotic animals for hunting and sport, so the mosaics include animals
like lions, tigers, bears, panthers and more. There was an ornate bath area, a
huge open courtyard surrounded by a mosaic of animals, then a long raised
hallway that showed every animal the owner could procure in the order they are
found on a map. The guest and family quarters were gorgeous and we even got to
see the ancient bathrooms. It was so amazing! In a few spots you were actually
able to walk on the mosaic floor pieces, but I have a hard time walking on
something 1700 years old. I settled mostly for pictures. I highly recommend this
one for a visit, as it’s become one of my favorite sights of the trip so far.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aAdPEoeT44dw9kqkdmV5b-m1lrt6EUc1_iBo_bL5wri9HF85E4u9V2kTp4x8GU6Xxg7B2ClvnPperM_4HfhMonGgwgjdQeSXREnraYeZPlkAZWQ_G1O2LaMJXrFr63D_89zx1g/s1600/18e14156-cc90-457d-bc59-7835326f1e04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aAdPEoeT44dw9kqkdmV5b-m1lrt6EUc1_iBo_bL5wri9HF85E4u9V2kTp4x8GU6Xxg7B2ClvnPperM_4HfhMonGgwgjdQeSXREnraYeZPlkAZWQ_G1O2LaMJXrFr63D_89zx1g/s640/18e14156-cc90-457d-bc59-7835326f1e04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2n1da7SDBNWtzpyA-iRKhnTU9ENxXUUpcE0R3cp2LIeNrOFFTcc_2LVNqwYIzlPWecnaZlyPHjxa1ENW9joD0hCl06ozb4Uo5OYq0IRDEec-AREODxwdVRbTjdKG3GJd5HcGCg/s2048/IMG_1957+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">After leaving we headed to look for a little refreshing gelato
but it was reposa (most businesses close from about 1-4pm for a big family meal
and rest/relax period) and there was no gelato to be had so we moved on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Remember that pinecone I’m wishing I purchased? Thankfully our
trip home took us right by Caltagirone so we stopped for a few minutes. I found
my pinecone and another small item, while Jimmy & Virginia got a gorgeous
bowl on a pedestal. I love it, but sadly don’t have a way to get a bowl like
that home. Bummer!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">All the goodies bought, we hit up a nearby gelato shop but it
was from the tourist area so not as good as what we had the first day.
Regardless, I enjoyed my two scoops of nocciola (hazelnut) and stracciatella.
Brian has his first ever granita in lemon and it was really delicious.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAalmktu_blf6ZNtTUUWpF3Elz3m4v6s28YmzZQUl3H57_aoI6RCpGevdUTEvDzY_p3AyfkDEXWHwNey37Ft6NZkhozhdFHUeP6jFJmob7Vo78vHqUJ-QHrQlemGaqXbNHBg4YRg/s2048/IMG_1977+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAalmktu_blf6ZNtTUUWpF3Elz3m4v6s28YmzZQUl3H57_aoI6RCpGevdUTEvDzY_p3AyfkDEXWHwNey37Ft6NZkhozhdFHUeP6jFJmob7Vo78vHqUJ-QHrQlemGaqXbNHBg4YRg/s640/IMG_1977+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We made our way back home and grabbed some pizza for dinner. </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Last up was a board game with both the boys, then some time
spent chatting with Jim & Gin before bed. Tomorrow is our last day here so
we are looking forward to another day spent with family.</span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-76726466751525418122020-02-23T10:02:00.000-08:002020-08-30T15:17:40.248-07:00Shopping, food and fun!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">One of the benefits of staying with people who know the area is
all the experiences they can share. Today was another amazing day full of new
experiences.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">First off this morning was a stop at Caltagirone, a town know
for its unique hand painted pottery. Even the city streets are adorned with pottery and tiles.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZosz_MRF92g5xLEZzjtNVqkOYFyJ8jGjgNxYEBjSnaBJ8g1MSbDa__IO3lCvJi-OEMCXRznoxi5SeTLu1iNkEZAPliXlYSuwJQckOYMo-cr3Xlx3Jpfqs6OwmrIgQw6khZSv2CQ/s2048/IMG_1735+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZosz_MRF92g5xLEZzjtNVqkOYFyJ8jGjgNxYEBjSnaBJ8g1MSbDa__IO3lCvJi-OEMCXRznoxi5SeTLu1iNkEZAPliXlYSuwJQckOYMo-cr3Xlx3Jpfqs6OwmrIgQw6khZSv2CQ/s640/IMG_1735+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZ2QHnoIRCll1cRqt4rMtsQSGYj9nSPxVlJnJTKcMXRUBLY58ZZztq6woI54bYkYoNiIhu-Vc2IkjsaECwhLMBhIGYRKTTku_HQFU-SqDnNu-cZiBlK3qGpgSLVTPRVpdqyVl_A/s2048/IMG_1975+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZ2QHnoIRCll1cRqt4rMtsQSGYj9nSPxVlJnJTKcMXRUBLY58ZZztq6woI54bYkYoNiIhu-Vc2IkjsaECwhLMBhIGYRKTTku_HQFU-SqDnNu-cZiBlK3qGpgSLVTPRVpdqyVl_A/s640/IMG_1975+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">It was Sunday so it was pretty quiet, but
we found a ceramic store immediately. Then we found another ... and another.
They just keep coming. Along the street we walked we probably stopped at 10-15
open pottery stores. Besides a few cafes, it’s the only kind of store I saw!
Each store was amazing, with a bit of a unique pattern and colors. They were so
gorgeous! We fell in love with a few things, like a really unique shaped
serving platter and 4 matching dishes that went around the edges, so it would
be an amazing serving set. There were so many things and it was a lot to take
in. The one thing we knew we had to have was an ornament for our travel tree,
so after looking in the stores we bought one. Then we fell in love with a set
of house numbers that are just beautiful. They will be adorning the outside of
our home after we return. We grabbed a few more trinkets as well, like painted stoppers for our olive oil bottles and an owl for Carissa (her school mascot).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYgYnJBgLBdC9xm772Faizh7NSswy3zydAtttKlyxxGY7eGRNofK-nwyx1lAtYTjk7twxWttCQwFREtumquKi4Q_NNpmmUfB9bBVSZyfj2Cc4UnxN6yoWFxWUwaG2yTNptl1BMg/s2048/IMG_1738+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1745" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYgYnJBgLBdC9xm772Faizh7NSswy3zydAtttKlyxxGY7eGRNofK-nwyx1lAtYTjk7twxWttCQwFREtumquKi4Q_NNpmmUfB9bBVSZyfj2Cc4UnxN6yoWFxWUwaG2yTNptl1BMg/s640/IMG_1738+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNd9ZEix93wQAQqXprvuHdPuIRpgW6RTMSljIoFp8vEPusq4pvX_wqd2BfYVgG2pziA_qoYBsLb9HRr8lUxmVVOaZyiJSUyMZm_w7549lY4TRi9CzAXA3KBO_YKkDJnjh_ZmJbQ/s2048/IMG_1736+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNd9ZEix93wQAQqXprvuHdPuIRpgW6RTMSljIoFp8vEPusq4pvX_wqd2BfYVgG2pziA_qoYBsLb9HRr8lUxmVVOaZyiJSUyMZm_w7549lY4TRi9CzAXA3KBO_YKkDJnjh_ZmJbQ/s640/IMG_1736+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBScOJlzPpmQSnWF3NIzKWltdBtP7_ek1A5jHoHTpMa9OnN-oTBbmq-pxBt35qzjrv6chqPdHNarUoGHujd_p13dmG_DPz91_nsON_lyQbalLL1uvcgN-YlvCskJJ8KblrX-u3zg/s2048/IMG_1737+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1604" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBScOJlzPpmQSnWF3NIzKWltdBtP7_ek1A5jHoHTpMa9OnN-oTBbmq-pxBt35qzjrv6chqPdHNarUoGHujd_p13dmG_DPz91_nsON_lyQbalLL1uvcgN-YlvCskJJ8KblrX-u3zg/s640/IMG_1737+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I could have done so much more shopping! I left and sort of
kicked myself for not buying a ceramic pinecone. The pinecones are something we
just keep seeing again and again... they adorned the corner stones in walls and
by lamp posts, people have them sitting on the posts of both sides of their
driveways, and so much more. Who knows... we may have to go back!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The other really unique thing about Caltagirone is their steps.
All along this street are a huge set of steps. Each step is decorated with a
different set of tiles. None of our pictures can really show you the scale of
the steps, but there 142 steps in all and as you’re walking up, they just keep
coming. Gorgeous.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcA3Nonn0eG_HRJBXYIvm_uxs06mRW2c0NzOWMcEuDX2Ii_FA62rnMxiJfLkYQJ8sES0L-QaAc5OJ4mJvszYinX5lJfQxQxjFcrppm6GMtDYnl6LG_jKMI2oJhuY2aIUjaSOBlgQ/s2048/IMG_1744+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcA3Nonn0eG_HRJBXYIvm_uxs06mRW2c0NzOWMcEuDX2Ii_FA62rnMxiJfLkYQJ8sES0L-QaAc5OJ4mJvszYinX5lJfQxQxjFcrppm6GMtDYnl6LG_jKMI2oJhuY2aIUjaSOBlgQ/s640/IMG_1744+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5O0zMVejXceoT9AOJymEPsWmp-CLvlqa9EKabTfQJb1TjlADYmUKzXw6wN0LCtc4BqiKt-UrgrAVrQKKHroZTo6roSQeHmZokxsZoUuVIfcZ1G0wupahhOQ5qj8GNW7l9_2EFA/s2048/IMG_1748+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5O0zMVejXceoT9AOJymEPsWmp-CLvlqa9EKabTfQJb1TjlADYmUKzXw6wN0LCtc4BqiKt-UrgrAVrQKKHroZTo6roSQeHmZokxsZoUuVIfcZ1G0wupahhOQ5qj8GNW7l9_2EFA/s640/IMG_1748+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HMJsRFPQ3ixvYx5pGLQpMYF-BicY8lbPKHil9whrKofNrcDV7T4H1CoPw2JSoilXzqFdd0RofKYPxdCe8AuuT5UJMOP0BrvT0Ut58eTdskdEwPCoHd7wTo-7U6kynnJJZPXwMw/s2048/IMG_1754+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HMJsRFPQ3ixvYx5pGLQpMYF-BicY8lbPKHil9whrKofNrcDV7T4H1CoPw2JSoilXzqFdd0RofKYPxdCe8AuuT5UJMOP0BrvT0Ut58eTdskdEwPCoHd7wTo-7U6kynnJJZPXwMw/s640/IMG_1754+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL03X0qZcpb3S0_A3cG6WuOQKatxIMLmGsRCRHRXqPxn4dwIuHGPYgtsw4O71hz4Dp74f1RoUzDYZ7FtlAFCrI3kUxuBmOYtC9KyI3oQNXaYTHZ9yLRunbVjLyjLZZ62eG2gfwqA/s2048/IMG_1755+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL03X0qZcpb3S0_A3cG6WuOQKatxIMLmGsRCRHRXqPxn4dwIuHGPYgtsw4O71hz4Dp74f1RoUzDYZ7FtlAFCrI3kUxuBmOYtC9KyI3oQNXaYTHZ9yLRunbVjLyjLZZ62eG2gfwqA/s640/IMG_1755+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZf29-wVJdLlsyJLjxnOM8sCTZrAtq-D5qcun6x8cZnwYPLLbLChaAp-TgMH-N-RHYg5rsVv0_SmdpfXHuVqMoaX6BpyIN8PFl-hNaWi8x_-sKQWhJNCEDl3uiRqxXhYp7J6KXQ/s2048/IMG_1756+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZf29-wVJdLlsyJLjxnOM8sCTZrAtq-D5qcun6x8cZnwYPLLbLChaAp-TgMH-N-RHYg5rsVv0_SmdpfXHuVqMoaX6BpyIN8PFl-hNaWi8x_-sKQWhJNCEDl3uiRqxXhYp7J6KXQ/s640/IMG_1756+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngrL4ZhgT6C_C5nnHsZtE1MFZXMwYHdXQ8OqmeUrAo8mEjOvqJKi-ztFPCMrczPMs6eW9YAUiP9VNddg5GlZnKH5MQtfRe1y3w6KT6hrhjVWeGWK2NxqAT-hdxsxENovCFzm02A/s2048/IMG_0158+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngrL4ZhgT6C_C5nnHsZtE1MFZXMwYHdXQ8OqmeUrAo8mEjOvqJKi-ztFPCMrczPMs6eW9YAUiP9VNddg5GlZnKH5MQtfRe1y3w6KT6hrhjVWeGWK2NxqAT-hdxsxENovCFzm02A/s640/IMG_0158+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Right at the base of the steps was a cafe and Jimmy talked Brian
into drinking coffee like the Italians do. They simply have a shot of espresso
in a little tiny cup. Brian and I aren’t coffee drinkers but he manned up and
drank it. He still shudders at the thought today. LOL I took a drink of it and it was so bitter! But we tried it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvBzOXZm6jvjbob42y46TDl1Xb0iL9OPNAmljGjo4d1u7GOIFueGhbQXNnnU7Z_tuTXWQDxG0rCwvoDWNq7lW1tuF-jye5OBjPfm2P6fV-FUOuTmCHTh30bu4KnPxzhosIPk75w/s2048/IMG_1758+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvBzOXZm6jvjbob42y46TDl1Xb0iL9OPNAmljGjo4d1u7GOIFueGhbQXNnnU7Z_tuTXWQDxG0rCwvoDWNq7lW1tuF-jye5OBjPfm2P6fV-FUOuTmCHTh30bu4KnPxzhosIPk75w/s640/IMG_1758+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">After shopping and the steps, we headed towards the car but
decided to make a detour as the town was having a Carnevale celebration. We
didn’t go down into the mix but stood above and looked down at this big town
square filled with people. They don’t celebrate Halloween in Italy so this is
the day little kids get dressed up and have fun. It was adorable!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2z-djC-yjGndR2j0JajNYcToDJ-SEWhfEgo0MFuYeD7LXhER9QXsdiWrOTsfMdmdk2TnQLJYVFRkFCrW9KKJL6ZcmCGN07HB3IT7zvM-3hwxWfi308lGevtOBq1X9sdk7NYDqw/s2048/IMG_1759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2z-djC-yjGndR2j0JajNYcToDJ-SEWhfEgo0MFuYeD7LXhER9QXsdiWrOTsfMdmdk2TnQLJYVFRkFCrW9KKJL6ZcmCGN07HB3IT7zvM-3hwxWfi308lGevtOBq1X9sdk7NYDqw/s640/IMG_1759.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81osw9QgNMdsaKwdsFTo1ntm-YoJTMiyvWJWjGPxBp6wVjzfzwPBs9YwVsW3Adt-sFVg6QnQurcujmOyraTogC97htRvy1snFv69x4MBW3K9DK9OxzVuImN347ydwu2ZMKh77Zg/s2048/IMG_1761+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81osw9QgNMdsaKwdsFTo1ntm-YoJTMiyvWJWjGPxBp6wVjzfzwPBs9YwVsW3Adt-sFVg6QnQurcujmOyraTogC97htRvy1snFv69x4MBW3K9DK9OxzVuImN347ydwu2ZMKh77Zg/s640/IMG_1761+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">By now we had to head off to our next adventure - lunch at Borgo
Antico Agritturismo. Jimmy explained it as a farm to table meal, but this was
an experience like no other. We were just a little early so looked in the orchard right outside, where they grow different varieties of oranges and lemons.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Uz-kMOXsf6fQtOUScsOggLTTqa7ZLYVsKI9eCjXomnLyjnIjBsa-5hUb0jmHh5O1XtyDLMoCEy3d43xzZ_a2MIkVXiu3JmQKV5Sz4uWG8yC8AHHMSwlaXprQEQ6bjStDE7gjbw/s2048/IMG_0161+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Uz-kMOXsf6fQtOUScsOggLTTqa7ZLYVsKI9eCjXomnLyjnIjBsa-5hUb0jmHh5O1XtyDLMoCEy3d43xzZ_a2MIkVXiu3JmQKV5Sz4uWG8yC8AHHMSwlaXprQEQ6bjStDE7gjbw/s640/IMG_0161+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6mraV64QxdAwQAqOfDZgRuIQuov8StI9rfzB5JZwjgehcUhSJOqGIRd_a6tv68QrzcAra0zxQBzP2sKuSB2lIG3RkDIlszw-ewhsXMaQQJQ59MLoSe7zhFe7UfWz02Cedh1QPA/s2048/IMG_1767+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6mraV64QxdAwQAqOfDZgRuIQuov8StI9rfzB5JZwjgehcUhSJOqGIRd_a6tv68QrzcAra0zxQBzP2sKuSB2lIG3RkDIlszw-ewhsXMaQQJQ59MLoSe7zhFe7UfWz02Cedh1QPA/s640/IMG_1767+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGnbcnf1QE-ye8Ba48mh5kHk2x2oyilGzsQYYBXIG3c9HNFDI7A8qzjNl_2TTz6VliFSkZtUe4p8BJBg_9cogXs7wZ92RcA96W8s8tcXD1RnMc_AJiIilPxDQmmgW4p5GNUM7sw/s2048/IMG_1769+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGnbcnf1QE-ye8Ba48mh5kHk2x2oyilGzsQYYBXIG3c9HNFDI7A8qzjNl_2TTz6VliFSkZtUe4p8BJBg_9cogXs7wZ92RcA96W8s8tcXD1RnMc_AJiIilPxDQmmgW4p5GNUM7sw/s640/IMG_1769+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0J25mQlJcV1-GR1F8iivyBzTPtjh2t4fHIDhHxVx2MphhQ-dfxDUsl9QdNCkQ7YIvtQs3aV7_nbFAF3yhwsgi_rVXvcbJDSQj3rm3jFgTxAcLvsSy0fOeYJwVziB9chgbJsNwgw/s4032/IMG_1772+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0J25mQlJcV1-GR1F8iivyBzTPtjh2t4fHIDhHxVx2MphhQ-dfxDUsl9QdNCkQ7YIvtQs3aV7_nbFAF3yhwsgi_rVXvcbJDSQj3rm3jFgTxAcLvsSy0fOeYJwVziB9chgbJsNwgw/s640/IMG_1772+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0QWfE1mBkEQqTMl86E6NsRqvvCj9WmJyJwsOj-cf6v2-3OKkqsF-fY2uUDf5SmpOvsglN33wk-YaxE3zJW-qQqdybZVfO3XVlpUhWek_kqBadLPWOhRMFJxf3I4SlUuthzM8Gw/s4032/IMG_1773+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0QWfE1mBkEQqTMl86E6NsRqvvCj9WmJyJwsOj-cf6v2-3OKkqsF-fY2uUDf5SmpOvsglN33wk-YaxE3zJW-qQqdybZVfO3XVlpUhWek_kqBadLPWOhRMFJxf3I4SlUuthzM8Gw/s640/IMG_1773+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBev7v752esFKCn9_fKDX64MHjIgJu-37g4z839Wbdx0nONkK8HFCua2lSN5rLnkvTjDMOQ8SNBzU6XJv8pKJa-nZQMYkZQNohfrYkgiWtZd7RugvxArr-XV1iQ3rXFuEsPZ_bCA/s2048/IMG_1774+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBev7v752esFKCn9_fKDX64MHjIgJu-37g4z839Wbdx0nONkK8HFCua2lSN5rLnkvTjDMOQ8SNBzU6XJv8pKJa-nZQMYkZQNohfrYkgiWtZd7RugvxArr-XV1iQ3rXFuEsPZ_bCA/s640/IMG_1774+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Lunch took well over 3 hours and when you look at
the pictures you will know why. We had 16 appetizers, 2 pastas, salad, 2 meats,
dessert, fruit, coffee and limoncello. There is no menu. There are no choices.
You get what they serve and you get a ton of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7V0aFpOCKSCH2iqOrLP79lyCQGmJmOweWcP9QT59aerY8BTnn9mhyphenhyphenJufTZ82ZHAJI1hHXf1PtQjMDfUdq8EkmtBTJBluFJLrLVk3A3ra60IinSeCRkld9CyHXOJBkUrgigd2kA/s2048/IMG_0182+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7V0aFpOCKSCH2iqOrLP79lyCQGmJmOweWcP9QT59aerY8BTnn9mhyphenhyphenJufTZ82ZHAJI1hHXf1PtQjMDfUdq8EkmtBTJBluFJLrLVk3A3ra60IinSeCRkld9CyHXOJBkUrgigd2kA/s640/IMG_0182+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I did my best to be adventurous and ate something of almost
every dish. There were only two dishes I missed - one of the mushroom dishes. I
don’t like mushrooms so let Jimmy select one of the two mushroom dishes and I
gave it a try. The other I missed was one of the later dishes that looked like
chunks of meat in gelatin. When the owner came out later and chatted with us,
he explained that it was the “not so good parts of the little black pig” and then
went on to explain that it had snout and other choice pieces in it. Eeeeewwwww.
It’s like the fancy Italian version of a hot dog. No thanks. Another dish came
out and looked questionable but I gave it a try. I barely got that one down and
when the owner came and told us what it was, I understood why. It was tripe.
That’s a one and done for me. I don’t need tripe in my life. Lol<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">There were some great things. There was this fluffy egg
appetizer that was served warm and it was delicious! There were some good
cheeses and salami, and a beef with gravy that was good. One of my favorites
was something called Involtini. It is cheese and some meat wrapped in a breaded piece
of pork and tied with a lemon leaf around it. So good! We enjoyed blood oranges
from the trees right outside the dining area and the most fluffy, delicate cake
with lemon cream inside, I’m sure made from the lemon trees outside as well.
Last up was a shot of limoncello. This is not to be sipped - it was good but so
strong! Best bet was to get it all down at once.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Here's the full photo diary of foods, from start to finish. 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The Italians at this experience were doing so with gusto, but we didn't empty any of the dishes (or very few of them). We had quite a full table at times!<br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We left here drowsy and so full! This meal filled us up for most
of the day. What an amazing experience and we are so glad Jimmy and Gin took
us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">By now the boys were ready to go home but when it came time to
go out to Carnavale they just decided to stay home. This was something Brian and
I really were looking forward to so we left the boys at home and headed out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We had two choices for Carnevale and the one we most wanted to
see was in Misterbianco. They are known for having the most ornate costumes in
their parade. They did not disappoint! So many interesting and beautiful
pieces. There were several segments to the parade and the first was Aladdin. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XIRl_tcxGard8shkGZseKphs1_kPPKQXVS5knIzXZdMRCNIGyGIkJDqONn6Ed4EMHBbkQg9BIeiZ1BbFq6aaaSGsssymNUOVq5lipvahPKrs59ANwIIP3SSnkrCvxI_RgA1fpQ/s2048/IMG_0198+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XIRl_tcxGard8shkGZseKphs1_kPPKQXVS5knIzXZdMRCNIGyGIkJDqONn6Ed4EMHBbkQg9BIeiZ1BbFq6aaaSGsssymNUOVq5lipvahPKrs59ANwIIP3SSnkrCvxI_RgA1fpQ/s640/IMG_0198+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-z5FsGlDNdtunzpbW0g6VNukdp8AWxbAdn5805OsXFLz2OM07Zl1WGm8NIfFVm3mLQw9dJZkYJvllF_fhPX3cIuddU7sJGjJ8_A3OIe4RsD1g5lhNYnot8fpKJqbXqIGUekVSg/s2048/IMG_1782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">And another theme we saw was on the America’s. It was very interesting to see how they stereotype American life. We have the Statue of Liberty, football (side note: the back of his jersey didn't say a team, it simply said "Super Bowl", fast food, aliens, showgirls and gambling.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9P73ED_OWg33gwfEMdlGoEA84OT80FgovXS5dOnmS9UpkabFr1AA9J39AuR_WNdROk2w8yU33hCi74XYqbMT2a-dyk3VH0Gqs3ii7dq4c1NR65df5bDsZXy4JczFhpvxF1G2ZxA/s2048/IMG_1858+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1644" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9P73ED_OWg33gwfEMdlGoEA84OT80FgovXS5dOnmS9UpkabFr1AA9J39AuR_WNdROk2w8yU33hCi74XYqbMT2a-dyk3VH0Gqs3ii7dq4c1NR65df5bDsZXy4JczFhpvxF1G2ZxA/s640/IMG_1858+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpx4mPpuXVN5DsnYy_EJwDqnxj13yy1C3WfH0nMkRzeftPDVm9NvSZic5uTwq1dy_8eyftSGufftv-Rnt4kAWUSN61mrowKoU4MfBLnZSwo9HQRnTS1zQC4ySJe7FUqXIeaf-gwA/s2048/IMG_1864+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpx4mPpuXVN5DsnYy_EJwDqnxj13yy1C3WfH0nMkRzeftPDVm9NvSZic5uTwq1dy_8eyftSGufftv-Rnt4kAWUSN61mrowKoU4MfBLnZSwo9HQRnTS1zQC4ySJe7FUqXIeaf-gwA/s640/IMG_1864+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQ6ieduP6irGqCw0KPfeEoft4I8HvC7tZkgmKEcx0SPB_BbGCvA_FpkWmIYZsy9_FikxrXTsGY9Umrr6lzIeYznCYGv1vTpwADyaoEL3XFsBZToGMxSj7I9zL79VAkuAy0PFlsg/s2048/IMG_1866+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQ6ieduP6irGqCw0KPfeEoft4I8HvC7tZkgmKEcx0SPB_BbGCvA_FpkWmIYZsy9_FikxrXTsGY9Umrr6lzIeYznCYGv1vTpwADyaoEL3XFsBZToGMxSj7I9zL79VAkuAy0PFlsg/s640/IMG_1866+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVcf5x-P-F1oEiJ5fcPS6zsCls9EffeKBlr7WhEjPNkXZa4uZMrAfFpyf9-ohc5D30jLj-d5fkaxIjvU8Q_iIBS_aQJD7nI9Dvrl3gIQkJ3D6NyGJy4mWTc5sQ9deAh9bsufmRA/s2048/IMG_1869.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVcf5x-P-F1oEiJ5fcPS6zsCls9EffeKBlr7WhEjPNkXZa4uZMrAfFpyf9-ohc5D30jLj-d5fkaxIjvU8Q_iIBS_aQJD7nI9Dvrl3gIQkJ3D6NyGJy4mWTc5sQ9deAh9bsufmRA/s640/IMG_1869.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lcHFeEVBqBBL-YsuzKhGhxSkhIwO5OtxzmhMtczKsJ9rx8fCfM2-rSaYk-tzAcnfBeEl6FEkVrvPa6icbYtxSDW89xYEZ6bEduDMupe7Si43UBjmZgFo_lefRUQc_ghGX3VZwA/s2048/IMG_1871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lcHFeEVBqBBL-YsuzKhGhxSkhIwO5OtxzmhMtczKsJ9rx8fCfM2-rSaYk-tzAcnfBeEl6FEkVrvPa6icbYtxSDW89xYEZ6bEduDMupe7Si43UBjmZgFo_lefRUQc_ghGX3VZwA/s640/IMG_1871.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_BfTtMCfdPQbKK_rLq5WylsdSgi3G1xL3PJJReWa1HyhRvu_XziP5RPKrEY0M0-dZWYZcI4mEV3-jVFdWIHDJ9per35g55trcfEyYNsDL0glj0lCrctDu0VVW9qT516ckino6Q/s2048/IMG_1875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_BfTtMCfdPQbKK_rLq5WylsdSgi3G1xL3PJJReWa1HyhRvu_XziP5RPKrEY0M0-dZWYZcI4mEV3-jVFdWIHDJ9per35g55trcfEyYNsDL0glj0lCrctDu0VVW9qT516ckino6Q/s640/IMG_1875.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Parades in Italy are quite different than back home. It was meant
to start at 4pm but finally got underway at about 5:45pm. And they proceed at a
glacial pace. We watched for maybe 2 hours and only got through the Aladdin
segment and part of the dance segment. The parade probably took 4+ hours from
start to finish, if you sat in one place and watched the whole thing. In the
end we decided to move around a bit and saw a few pieces of the other segments
to enjoy.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">After that we headed back home to hit the sack. We have an early
day tomorrow so we need to be well rested. Can’t wait!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcD0Cp3miH-pdZUHYVijPFOT-fO0Owj1yMXzDUMYIRuFq8wx-9X7bYN57nCHyqvUpVneAbNM6EU_y7Cg5td7pTw2VkaJxGtx0KSX2kOZphnXWOjjPcsZMehQWVvqRK5VrjgK7zVA/s2048/IMG_1880+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcD0Cp3miH-pdZUHYVijPFOT-fO0Owj1yMXzDUMYIRuFq8wx-9X7bYN57nCHyqvUpVneAbNM6EU_y7Cg5td7pTw2VkaJxGtx0KSX2kOZphnXWOjjPcsZMehQWVvqRK5VrjgK7zVA/s640/IMG_1880+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-85655787515629710942020-02-22T09:31:00.000-08:002020-08-30T15:18:32.575-07:00Island Life<p> <span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">A new day, a new location.
Wondering where we are? We’re now on the island of Sicily!</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">This portion of the trip is the
whole reason we even started planning Europe (instead of just talking about
it). My brother is in the Navy and is stationed here, so we came to see him,
his wife and their two adorable boys.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We actually arrived last night
and Jimmy & Gin picked us up from the airport. We just had a few minutes to
relax and chat before heading to bed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">This morning we woke up to hear
that the oldest nephew, Randal, was up puking in the middle of the night.
Sadly, he had to stay home while we went out today and had fun. But Alden, who is 10, got to spend the day exploring with us. Yay!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We first headed to the little
island of Ortigia, where we walked the little town of Siracusa. An interesting experience happened when parking the car though. Jimmy pulled into a public parking lot and a random guy was standing there and directed him to park in a non-parking spot. Jimmy explained that these local characters were making money and you just followed along if you wanted to park in the lot. Jimmy paid him a Euro when we parked and gave him another Euro or two (plus our leftover sandwich we hadn't touched) when we came back to the car with no parking ticket. Just a reminder that life is a little different everywhere you go.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We took off across the bridge and into the town center. Along our walk they took us to
this little piece of beach where there is some amazing sea glass. We collected
pieces we will be sending back to display in our home. </span><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">Jimmy explained to us that most of the sea glass actually comes from bottles that the residents and visitors throw into the water. </span><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">There were also pieces
of tile and marble that had been rounded out. It was pretty cool. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtLXISJD1MFKu7RfH65yHVqseunG1oZ6P3HWhA0uTAXbiQuckWriK4k4jjq2mrOzy_M5Lcx3wl-KYgR-Ttyx1A5waU_1sAL2K32yeCQscPV3SZc0PPBSXWdkOiWjqkroxoxpsxg/s2048/IMG_1624+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtLXISJD1MFKu7RfH65yHVqseunG1oZ6P3HWhA0uTAXbiQuckWriK4k4jjq2mrOzy_M5Lcx3wl-KYgR-Ttyx1A5waU_1sAL2K32yeCQscPV3SZc0PPBSXWdkOiWjqkroxoxpsxg/s640/IMG_1624+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOOMCMegSIfFBSaAh-XLEpfAc8fG78E7IDN5YHVC8qes8YyJNNNzVnjAku9q8dWpFRpYtKjTfB0FgGQdlywJ1ikqC0qG6lhxVlcoS3x9qPx6Y5tXr1VZvXnt73UewdD-qm2pKYg/s2048/IMG_1628+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOOMCMegSIfFBSaAh-XLEpfAc8fG78E7IDN5YHVC8qes8YyJNNNzVnjAku9q8dWpFRpYtKjTfB0FgGQdlywJ1ikqC0qG6lhxVlcoS3x9qPx6Y5tXr1VZvXnt73UewdD-qm2pKYg/w640-h480/IMG_1628+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">At one end of the island is a
castle and we stopped to take a few pictures. It was closed so we couldn’t go inside
but it was beautiful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscnybnY-YeTND-TSRxWv_ePfjCpVR9RjAFDXfR78uUeIUDdb6pfiRU2Q3evLKWC3WrzXMie5X8eRWLic_LYYyvIrq-yy-3fZ3tOaxhXOKC0ayBd14Pyd0aVrFZabhR9eLiFWWFA/s1021/1a549bf7-9d7d-4861-9abe-a98e3c09c3cc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1021" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscnybnY-YeTND-TSRxWv_ePfjCpVR9RjAFDXfR78uUeIUDdb6pfiRU2Q3evLKWC3WrzXMie5X8eRWLic_LYYyvIrq-yy-3fZ3tOaxhXOKC0ayBd14Pyd0aVrFZabhR9eLiFWWFA/s640/1a549bf7-9d7d-4861-9abe-a98e3c09c3cc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW032oUUv8HIIqJ516TO8IB0GziVIebkOYjkJXIRh_oWSD7pFaCbpSLmKrNKZkO_G8XuWk6mrhv3DV8vyT6_KkOs_a9ZPSFNdKMYF7kQDG3hPiv_M2XBW9bokdf3bUhejutpAMYw/s2048/IMG_0133+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW032oUUv8HIIqJ516TO8IB0GziVIebkOYjkJXIRh_oWSD7pFaCbpSLmKrNKZkO_G8XuWk6mrhv3DV8vyT6_KkOs_a9ZPSFNdKMYF7kQDG3hPiv_M2XBW9bokdf3bUhejutpAMYw/s640/IMG_0133+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_mrg_krR9DNH9lk_QdSPklCBWbCqqQy_6Gl0itBVQQoK9WxVFAjRIze8D-v7648IO_P9lgcF8Mm58xtHipkuGEy20XQrBRlPb36q2axqbhK3ZdcrYR2EQciqR-5ntEZZwQvUGg/s2048/IMG_0138+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_mrg_krR9DNH9lk_QdSPklCBWbCqqQy_6Gl0itBVQQoK9WxVFAjRIze8D-v7648IO_P9lgcF8Mm58xtHipkuGEy20XQrBRlPb36q2axqbhK3ZdcrYR2EQciqR-5ntEZZwQvUGg/s640/IMG_0138+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We walked the city streets and loved what a different experience this was from home, especially because only residents can drive their cars on the island. </span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrqinJxtxSjoIHVsAui_U1m5kZVaPKhJv7o4e7bHVcN7_dKr0g5BXSOXlVYCG1VVhEPq7XPrNhaueTa6lIwBjsw7Jf21FdWfZk9k0zkFxqgrKmzNB3irYVxTVOsA1dmDunFFexQ/s2048/IMG_0139+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrqinJxtxSjoIHVsAui_U1m5kZVaPKhJv7o4e7bHVcN7_dKr0g5BXSOXlVYCG1VVhEPq7XPrNhaueTa6lIwBjsw7Jf21FdWfZk9k0zkFxqgrKmzNB3irYVxTVOsA1dmDunFFexQ/s640/IMG_0139+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We found the piazza in the center
of the city and there was a big, beautiful church (duomo). We decided to visit
and it was amazing! The outside pillars of this duomo are Roman and 2,500 years
old. The inside was gorgeous with a great big chapel and several different
prayer rooms. Gin is great at telling us all about the different patron saints
that each town celebrates and the Saint from Ortigia had a very interesting
story that helps explain why she holds a cup with eyes in it and had a sword
piercing her throat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLpgQLDAGKLPDbcHylwtx5zSGcnGQVof1ecJAUIWc4VrgEg2XooTu5UFHW_5MzKCnee7MLnB7vw0vewu-IjIW9OVp8O867RcOOjc9OzBvKvfzFqThwLT8sKHhhKHdBqhHo1WLGg/s2048/IMG_1645+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1523" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLpgQLDAGKLPDbcHylwtx5zSGcnGQVof1ecJAUIWc4VrgEg2XooTu5UFHW_5MzKCnee7MLnB7vw0vewu-IjIW9OVp8O867RcOOjc9OzBvKvfzFqThwLT8sKHhhKHdBqhHo1WLGg/s640/IMG_1645+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSItW4nSfy8ud831Vs4L3zWrZreq8pDT69wonHvRpb649n0xoIpjrJpBaDv-xznFFrgNWPWfe4dqt2daDlv8TE7Yg8YjUw0cwOdoKp7OQH4boyl0Je-KbdPYwvcDmkFqWyN4-gA/s2048/IMG_1646+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The duomo was amazing and started a love of visiting churches for us. You'll see plenty more later in the trip.</span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Next up was what Jimmy called
“the sandwich guy”. He describes it as the local version of the Soup Nazi from
Seinfeld. You tell him what kind of meat you want and he puts whatever he wants
in the sandwich.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Yesterday, Jimmy had told me
about how everything they put into their food is very intentional and meant to
develop a balanced flavor, so we just went for it. I ordered salami and Jimmy ordered mortadella. It came
with a whole bunch of stuff on it - at least two cheeses, this potato spread,
and some other things I wasn’t looking too closely at it for fear I would psych
myself out and not want to eat them (including some sort of pickled peppers and
dried tomatoes). But I sucked it up and tried it all together and it was
delicious. There was such a huge slab of smoked buffalo mozzarella on it that
kept trying to fall apart, but I held it together and got through about 2/3 of
the sandwich. Yum! We also ordered a meat and cheese board and I loved most of
them. The salami was delicious and I liked the fresh ricotta a lot, but my fave
(by far) was the young pecorino. Sooooo good!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LY8s9skNGM0u0TQEQwR_t287WNS5uY0Vz7QiX1KgpqzXhJ8HFyp49XlnnEFJ1Kdm5_k5ISReRpenXQFWYg_M0Wao-yfGbn_99M_N6IK_W-aQ5kzgzgi5qIhBawIO_L73-tqwmg/s2048/IMG_1669+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1851" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LY8s9skNGM0u0TQEQwR_t287WNS5uY0Vz7QiX1KgpqzXhJ8HFyp49XlnnEFJ1Kdm5_k5ISReRpenXQFWYg_M0Wao-yfGbn_99M_N6IK_W-aQ5kzgzgi5qIhBawIO_L73-tqwmg/s640/IMG_1669+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JwqYcwmv_LpyehJIayMHThQ7G33xlQ_WLQgZAAuIQPUhO8FYqcdsVxqXbR57ZUErt5esLFsoLHKe9V-ZtKvu31Im0s-ExR33W5U1KCrIdSAW0ZobeGWeRZS_uEyY-MijuJpIGg/s2048/IMG_1670+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JwqYcwmv_LpyehJIayMHThQ7G33xlQ_WLQgZAAuIQPUhO8FYqcdsVxqXbR57ZUErt5esLFsoLHKe9V-ZtKvu31Im0s-ExR33W5U1KCrIdSAW0ZobeGWeRZS_uEyY-MijuJpIGg/s640/IMG_1670+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" /></a></div><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">After lunch we poked around for a
bit and then headed back for the car. Right next to the car was a gelato shop and
Alden really wanted gelato. I tried a few and got mandarino (mandarin orange...
such amazing flavor because it’s mandarin season) and bacio (chocolate and
hazelnut). Brian got straciotella, a vanilla with chocolate flakes in it. Our
first gelato in Italy... DELICIOUS!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusvniumy02P52C_5hgrvdLP8jX0UCSa4f5JA61Wjgl040XCEo5_PhfBH0mEmnwdjBZrwlqpxSDIrrvFBPU5vD-XDQlfPfAV_JSD7mB7JnzHj6x-vIYLp0EUXSwTyO-z_2Ty9nqA/s2048/IMG_1673.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusvniumy02P52C_5hgrvdLP8jX0UCSa4f5JA61Wjgl040XCEo5_PhfBH0mEmnwdjBZrwlqpxSDIrrvFBPU5vD-XDQlfPfAV_JSD7mB7JnzHj6x-vIYLp0EUXSwTyO-z_2Ty9nqA/s640/IMG_1673.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Up next was a drive to a little
nature reserve on the east side of the island of Sicily. The water was an
amazing array of blues and the pictures can’t do it justice. We took off our
shoes and dipped our toes in the Mediterranean for the first time. It’s not
much warmer than the Oregon beach water right now, but they said in summer it
feels like bath water.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0DtZFvrjElep881sX1A9ernrrcf-KeaCOBR9N6bsAvkKW3spE5NltrshuR4sCsQaAfmGgvYHGoGJme9V4vlJPPrZ7G3Pbcs6Lyl3v-Dk7pqvzHJxj3bCU5YqM5BnW9JsFEShLw/s2048/IMG_1685+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0DtZFvrjElep881sX1A9ernrrcf-KeaCOBR9N6bsAvkKW3spE5NltrshuR4sCsQaAfmGgvYHGoGJme9V4vlJPPrZ7G3Pbcs6Lyl3v-Dk7pqvzHJxj3bCU5YqM5BnW9JsFEShLw/s640/IMG_1685+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMTZP18BSlekAAL5Bgw14H93rUaSUZFQ6DuTUYQLsdxSfww46KnM7DH7ZCV7myTbQR2QWMs-g-Fsg_gFIz58O55RyNOucA6U0Bvf265zKorw7jODrsXHrnW6t_4AkTEF9tqCBqg/s2048/IMG_1676.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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fun with Alden and played with pano mode on the phone so we could be in the
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a nearby pond. Why a pond? Because of the flamingos! The flamingos arrive as
white starting in February, but while in the brackish water they feed on shrimp
that turn their feathers pink. It was a little early so there were only a few
dozen we could see and we couldn’t get super close, but the ones we saw were
just starting to get tipped in pink. It was really awesome!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulRQL6lzzkEu3G6ZyhA7DSwCRH3ckrKFXPPE_sIuAj1836oxeI1kDdf-m3yCBWJ28RakRNV_vm7SaCGNSTwr1hn4nhH0Z5tTe0EnU5gmnNwodARL5cmu2OqhmCWXQl9UVV4QIrw/s2048/IMG_1687+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulRQL6lzzkEu3G6ZyhA7DSwCRH3ckrKFXPPE_sIuAj1836oxeI1kDdf-m3yCBWJ28RakRNV_vm7SaCGNSTwr1hn4nhH0Z5tTe0EnU5gmnNwodARL5cmu2OqhmCWXQl9UVV4QIrw/s640/IMG_1687+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1wwHQ98uGRp1ucOWsslCsOqYbSYbIODdJgbyY9BPZLDoovOfEzrvacaXRETNe484d5LYLQ5WAZTbaM4U7QLXN312Aq30b4KZ35wRovPyo0ihbB2BWuvted_a6DxLJJaaIRlTqQ/s2048/IMG_1689+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1wwHQ98uGRp1ucOWsslCsOqYbSYbIODdJgbyY9BPZLDoovOfEzrvacaXRETNe484d5LYLQ5WAZTbaM4U7QLXN312Aq30b4KZ35wRovPyo0ihbB2BWuvted_a6DxLJJaaIRlTqQ/s640/IMG_1689+%2528Edited%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">This was one of those times that I missed having my DSLR. I wouldn't have wanted to carrying it throughout the whole trip, but the photos would have been so much better if I could have zoomed in!</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Since
Randal wasn’t feeling well, we headed home but not before stopping to get pane
condito, an Italian bread with salt, pepper and olive oil on it. Jimmy made me
go in and order it in Italian. Of course, I couldn’t understand or respond to
the follow up questions so he helped out. </span><span class="6qdm"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">🙂</span></span><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> Gin
made pasta and sausage for dinner with a special pasta only available during
Carnevale and we enjoyed the delicious bread with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We are now hanging out together
and relaxing this evening before heading out for a day full of Carnevale fun
tomorrow!<o:p></o:p></span></p>pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-31370629103284085142020-02-21T00:13:00.000-08:002020-08-30T15:18:47.794-07:00Soaking it in and moving on<br />
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<span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This morning was relaxing. We meandered our way out about 10am for the last few sites we wanted to see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Along the way I started taking photos of one of my favorite parts of Athens... all the cats! They are everywhere! When I asked my tour guide about it he said “cats are better than rats” and then went on to explain that at the height of the economic crisis in Greece, over 40% of Greeks were unemployed. They couldn’t feed their animals so let them loose. Now the streets and ruins are filled with them and everyone just lets them chill wherever. We’ve seen them napping on motorcycle seats or chilling out on the counter of a ticket booth. Our guide also explained that the community takes care of them - takes them to be fixed and leaves out food. There are apparently Facebook pages dedicated just to the cats! Look at just some of the cats we encountered over 3 hours of walking around.</span></span></div>
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Within the Agora is this amazing church, the Church of the Holy Apostles, that dates back to the late 10th century. It was closed up so we couldn't go inside, but it's one of the few structures in the Agora that is still intact. </div>
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pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314072.post-11397002011470129822020-02-20T23:31:00.000-08:002020-08-30T15:19:07.824-07:00History and Mythology<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Another amazing day in Greece! We started the day off right
because we actually slept all night long. So thankful we are getting
acclimated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Breakfast was a ham and cheese pie we picked up at a nearby
Greek bakery. It was so delicious! Then we set out on foot to see more of the
ancient sites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">First was Hadrian’s Gate, which just hangs out on the side of a
very busy road. Once upon a time it was the gateway between the old Athens and the new Athens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Hadrian’s Gate was eclipsed by what was right next to it - the
Temple of Olympian Zeus. Wow, the size of these columns! Absolutely huge.
There’s not a ton left to see but one of the pillars had fallen many years ago
so you see how they were made in big pieces and then stacked atop one another.
Pretty cool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Stadium. We saw this briefly on the tour yesterday but today we took time to go
in and do an audio tour. We learned so much with the audio tour! Originally built in 330 BC, it was
later abandoned. It was revived in 1896 and was the host of the first modern
Olympic Games. It’s also where the official handoff of the Olympic flame to the
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the stadium. This was one of Brian's favorite views. The thought of gladiators once walking this hallways and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and imaging that, for many, it was the last thing they would ever see. It was sort of ominous but super cool! </span></div>
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rent some of the cute electric “lime” scooters we see outside all the tourist
spots. We had a great time riding them for a while, especially while going
uphill, but we hit some of the Greek streets and then it was all over. We
either had to ride on the sidewalks, which are narrow and crowded, or in the
streets where we have to dodge cars and scooters who have no regard for safety
and who use all available space in a lane, regardless of lane lines. It was an
experience, that’s for sure. But we are glad we finally tried them. No pictures
because we were trying not to hit people or be hit by people. Lol</span><br />
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There were some very neat pieces of history in there, including the Mask of </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Agamemnon. The vase with the octopus was probably my single favorite piece of pottery we saw this trip (and we saw A LOT!). The second vase is actually over 4 feet tall... it's huge and the drawings on it are so intricate for the times. </span></span></div>
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And there were plenty of other piece so Greek mythology in the museum, like the Minotaur and the statue of Pan trying to seduce Aphrodite.<br />
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charging 15€ for a 2 mile taxi ride. Things are really reasonably priced here
in Greece, so 15€ is a lot! Thankfully our guide yesterday had warned us of
cabbies who try to take advantage of tourists. Instead, we just decided to
walk. We hit Syntagma Square, which was bustling with activity. This is the
spot where Greeks like to come to protest so there were many police around.
Brian had thrown a few challenge coins and patches in his pocket this morning
and decided to hand them out to young police in the area. They were surprised
and thankful. He shook their hands and walked away and you could see they were
excited about receiving a goodie from an American officer. I wish I had gotten
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shops selling food, jewelry and souvenirs. We stopped for ice cream and sweet
waffles at one shop. It was sooooo good! Brian got a creamy caramel with whole
almonds that he absolutely loved! My mint chocolate chip was great too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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little bit of shopping in the Plaka and the purchase of an ornament for our
collection, then we returned to our AirBNB where we kicked our feet up and
watched the lights turn on at the Acropolis. A little dinner in and more rest
to come, as we walked over 7 miles and climbed 21 flights of stairs today.<br />
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First up was a walking tour with Athens Free Tours. These are tours they give for free and then accept tips at the end, so it’s up to the guide to earn it. Our guide, Jonathan, was awesome. He spent 3 hours walking around telling us about history and the sites. One of our favorite sites was the Panathenaic Stadium. We got some photos outside but know we have to return to see more.<br />
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Later we visited Academia. This gorgeous building has the statues of Athena and Apollo on pillars outside. It's absolutely beautiful!<br />
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Then our tour guide walked us through the traditional markets - that was quite an experience. We walked through this huge street of stalls selling tons of lamb and other "interesting" pieces of animal. I eat meat and I know where it comes from, but this was a totally different view. The smell was horrendous. I was actually a relief to get to the seafood section and see all the squids and other creatures for sale there. These markets are the way local folks shop and it was an interesting site to see.<br />
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Next up was a trip to Antiofika. This part of the city sits up the hill on the side of the Acropolis and is filled with small 180 year old one-room houses that are still inhabited. There are no streets amongst the houses, just these paths. Sometimes the paths were so narrow you had to turn sideways to get through. All are this white color and they have painted the edges of the path to be white too. It was a pretty cool area. There was a gorgeous view from amongst the houses too. In the background you can see Mount Lycabettus and a little of the city. Antiofika is near the middle of the city so what you're seeing is only a tiny bit of the huge city of Athens. It is this populated as far as the eye can see in every direction.<br />
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After nearly 6 miles in 3 hours, we were starting to feel tired. The tour wound down and the guide left with his pockets significantly fuller.<br />
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Next up was lunch. You may or may not know that Brian and I are not adventurous eaters, but I told myself I would try something new in each country. For Greece it was a gyro. I have never had a gyro before but it was really delicious. I even ate the sauce and the onions, which are both things that I typically would remove. It was piled so full you can barely see the pita that it's on top of. Brian tried souvlaki which was really delicious as well. Score on the food!<br />
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After a little food and water we were ready for our next adventure - the Acropolis. There just aren’t words to say how amazing this is. So much ancient history happened here. The sad part is that there are bits and pieces strewn about. Things were dismantled in order to be preserved or had fallen off of buildings but no one had captured good records of where they all belonged, so it's a bit of a crap shoot to figure it all out.<br />
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Nearby is the Erechtheion with the gorgeous Caryatids statues. This was one of the most beautiful buildings at the Acropolis, but we were saddened to recall that the original statues actually sit in the British Museum. The ones here in Athens are simply casts of those original statues.<br />
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The Parthenon is giant. Absolutely huge and the pinnacle of the Acropolis. It's under construction, as I'm sure it will be for generations to come, but there are enough bones of the building to see how massive and amazing it must have been in it's heyday.<br />
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That last picture is probably our favorite picture of the entire trip. It was such a gorgeous sunny day and we were in this amazing place. We are so blessed.<br />
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The Acroplis left us in awe, but the day was starting to wind down. After coming down the hill Brian and I scurried down for a look at the Acropolis Museum. It was ok, but it made me really sad that nearly all the original pieces of the Parthenon (and plenty of other pieces of Greek history) are in the British Museum instead of here.<br />
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We got just an hour and a half at the museum, but by then it was 5pm and we were wiped out. However we had just enough energy to walk to the Plaka for a bit and grab ice cream at a place we had eyed earlier today. It was so good! We then grabbed some savory pastries to munch on later and made the trek back (uphill) to our AirBNB.<br />
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Now we are just putting up our feet and relaxing.
Today we learned Greeks say good morning until 3pm, because it’s common to stay up very late and sleep until lunchtime. Unfortunately, we aren’t going to make it that late tonight as we are tuckered out!<br />
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11.5 miles and 32 flights of stairs (so much uphill walking today!). But we are so happy to share this experience with one another and can’t wait to experience more tomorrow.pixleyyyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751639404096979737noreply@blogger.com0