can't wait to go!!

who's with us?!?

theoriginaljoefisher:

(via dazingdreamer)

we're thinking May 2012

wanderlust

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

italian job, only you, the tourist...

we've been watching every movie set in venicewe can get our paws on...are we missing any.....

whatiwas:

Hello, gorgeous.

I need to say hello to this gorgeous Venetian cafe.

i am bringing all of my fun frocks so i can play dress up

in this beautiful city

greece

 

the lay of the land

so we are getting ready for our trip in July and have decided to see Italy

in our favorite way of travel thus far...rent a car!

Sure we've gotten lost in downtown Costa Rica

and driven through dark Australian roads after midnight

but we LOVE IT.

I have become a decent map reader/navigator

and really it is a fantastic way to make the most of your time in a new country.

We're planning to make a few of these stops in our renal.

Specifically: Venice, Verona, Florence and Pisa.

I'm still trying to finish up our plans but here are the sites I'm most excited about:
Pisa:
- Leaning Tower: created by Bonanno Pisan, who got concerned when three tiers in the tower began to lean badly to the south.  Things go worse at the rate of 1mm a year, but it gave Galileo a chance to throw rocks from the bell tower to test his theory of gravity.  Today it is 4.1m (13.5ft) off the perpendicular.

Florence:
- Michelangelo's "David" in the Accademia
- Uffizi Galleries to witness the Botticelli and Leonardo de Vinci paintings in person.
- Visit one of the Leonardo da Vinci museums to see models of his invention
- Bargello to see Donatello's "David" for a different interpretation from Michelangelo
- Piazza del Duomo
- Pote Vecchio, the oldest bridge in Florence
- Of course we'll make time for some gelato

Venice:
- Ponte Rialto (Bridge of Lovers)
- Basilica San Marco
- Climb the Campanile
- Tour the Palazzo Ducale and Bridge of Sighs

I am sure we'll be taking trains and ferries too
so there will be plenty of this going on

...please give pass along any tips/suggestions/euros that you may have accumulated on your travels...
We're so excited about the trip and do not want to miss out on any "must see" venues!

peru pack

 

likeakinglight:

(via meghanelizabeth)

daydream

check out the poorly translated B&B ad Charlie found

during his search for lodging in Venice:

"we have the pleasure of receiving you in our beautiful house,
to do you sentrire to your ease, fondled and satisfied. with the bus which stops under house is possible reach in very little minutes
(bus n.23 es:Avesa 10.07 city center 10.19)
the old city centre, the railway station, the hospital and the fair."

{via}

***speak the devil, say what???***

now i know how my spanish papers must have read when

i just used Alta Vista for my english to spanish translations

am i ready for italy?

you tell me...

i need this outfit for italy

i wonder what reading material i should bring on the trip

any ideas...

i second that

Here's to Venice
July 2011