Italy-Monday

In late May, we had the awesome opportunity to take a trip to Europe. Nate had a "global residency" for his MBA program in Prague and Munich for a week. My Mother was gracious enough to come and stay with Sadie, Isaac and Justin for the next week while I took Luke and joined Nate in Italy after his school work was done.

For those of you who don't know, Nate served a 2-year mission for our church in Rome from 1994-1996. He has always wanted to go back and finally we had the perfect opportunity! Amazingly, he was able to get me on a plane (I hate flying, especially over water!) and away from the kids for a few days.

I arrived on Monday, May 31 in the morning. We made our way back to the hotel where Luke and I got a little rest before we began our tour of Rome. That first day Nate took us on a walk through Villa Borghese (a big park near our hotel) to Piazza del Popolo, then down Via del Corso (a main road with a lot of shopping) to the Spanish Steps and then to Trevi Fountain.

I ate my first piece of authentic Italian pizza (YUM!) and some yummy gelato. It was a spectacular start to our Roman Holiday!

After an 8 1/2 hour plane ride (plus a 1 hour delay!) we are finally here!

Villa Borghese

Overlooking Piazza del Popolo

Piazza del Popolo

Pizza!

The Spanish steps

There are fountains all over Rome where you can get really good drinking water!

Trevi Fountain