And now 7000 miles and we'll be home!

We can't believe that we are writing our last blog! We have had an
incredible time in sorrento! We found one of the best beaches in
possitono, had an amazing dinner over looking the ocean ( thanks ben
for the suggestion). Yesterday we took a boat to Capri and Richelle
learned that she doesn't do so well in open water... Thank god there
was on an board bathroom! We spent the day lying on the beach, eating
yummy mozzarella, tomoto and proscuito sandwiches, and spending lots
if time floating in the sea! The boat ride back to sorrento was
incredible the boat toured the coast line of Capri which was amazing
and Richelle's stomach handled it much better! We spent our last
night at a cute outdoor restaurant eating pizza and drinking our final
bottle of Italian wine, we watched the sunset over the bay of Naples,
enjoyed our final taste of gelato (one new flavor chocolate with
nuts), and meandered through the streets of sorrento one last time!

Today we take a train to Rome to catch a flight to Madrid tonight and
tommorrow we'll fly home! We have had an amazing time and we can't
wait to share our pictures with you and more fun stories!

We can't wait to see you all!
Ciao regazzi!

Love,
Allyn and richelle

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Rome is old and hot...

And we are both ready for her own bathroom and air conditioning.

Rome was very much what we expected. Hot, crowded, and historic. We
did all of the things that we are supposed to do in Rome. We stood in
line at the Vatican, walked through the museum, stood in awe at st.
Peters basillica, were amazed by the colleseum, wandered through the
relics of palatine hill and the patheon. We enjoyed a delicous dinner
and some of the best gelato we've had on our trip!!

We are at long last at our final destination for our trip.....
Sorrento! It's beautiful! After an interesting train ride where we
were escorted off the train due to smoking brakes, shuffled into
another train and an hour later we arrived at our only hostel stay ,
which happens to have air conditioning, it's own bathroom (richelle is
really excited about that) and a spa/pool area.

We are very excited to investigate this beautiful town and end our
trip on the water. Over the next couple of days we plan to take a
trip to Capri and positano (ok Ben you sold us on the restraunt you
wrote about).

We are really excited to get home, we've had the best time on our trip
but it's time to come home!

Gelato flavor update:
We think richelle tried blackberry and
polmegranite

See you all soon!

Love
Allyn and Richelle
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Florence to Cinque Terre

Sorry for the delayed update. We left Florence last week excited to
take our first of many dips in the Mediterranean and forgot to write
up a blog before we left.

Florence was as great as Richelle remembers it. We spent our last day
discovering the ufizzi amazed by the building as well as the art it
contains! We seem to always pick the right day to hit the museums.
there was yet another thunderstorm while we made our way through the
museum. We also climbed to the top of the duomo for an amazing view
of Florence! It was allyns favorite part of Florence besides il latini!

We then hopped on a train and headed for the coast! Our first day was
a little rocky, Allyn had food poisoining and we were hunkered down in
the hotel room because of an ALL day long thunderstorm..... It was
nuts! Luckily for us allyn felt better and the weather finally
cooperted on our second day and we went on our first hike! We hiked
from vernazza to montessero. It was amazing! After about an hour and a
half hike along the coastline we spent the rest of the afternoon lying
on the beach and taking quick dips in the water. A strenuous hike back
and our first day of hiking was completed with pesto minestrone and
walnut ravioli.

After another night of thunder and lightning, our third day had
perfect skies. We woke early, grabbed a chocolate pastry from the
bakery, and headed south along the coastal trail. Our plan was to
hike all the way to the first city (rio maggiore). After a couple
good hours of beautiful hiking we arrived, grabbed some drinks, and
headed for the very rocky beach. We took a dip just because we
thought that we should and decided that laying on the rocks wasn't for
us. We headed back stopping at Corniglia and Manarola to do a quick
walk through and then headed to our favorite (and our home) vernazza.
We got lucky to find one of our favorite rocks free and spent the rest
of the afternoon baking in the sun.

Update on gelato. We added: strawberry with yogurt, blueberry,
caramel.

We are at the train station on our way to rome! We can't believe we
have only ten days left of our trip. Although we are getting more and
more ready to come home, it will be hard to leave this beautiful place.

We miss you all,
Ciao regazzi!
Allyn and richelle

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