Florence

Staying in Florence was a bit of a last minute decision but I’m very glad that we got to see this beautiful city!

Arno River that flows through Florence at sunset.Motorbike madness!Florence is all about art and craftsmanship. There’s so many fantastic little shops selling all sorts of creative goods.The Duomo.Florentine leather.The colourful streets of Florence.The fruit in Italy was unbelievably good.So many varieties of pumpkin!Ponte VecchioAndrew’s new shoes.We stayed with the most wonderful couple in Florence, Marco and Cristiana. They made us feel so welcome and had the most gorgeous apartment.Best Air BnB breakfast ever!Their cute cat, Micromilla.There really are motorbikes EVERYWHERE in Italy.View of Florence at sunset.They certainly love their bikes and their dogs in Florence.
Hmmm…don’t know what this was about!Funny table…An abandoned building with US $1 bills stuck all over it.One of the fake David’s.The fake handbag selling crew.Farewell Florence…it’s been great xx

Nov 5

Pompeii

We also did a day trip to Pompeii while staying in Salerno. It was really interesting to see how well preserved everything is. The site is much bigger than I thought. We spent about 4 hours walking around and still didn’t get to see everything we wanted to. It was definitely worth the trip!

Nov 3

Amalfi

During our stay in Salerno we did a day trip to Amalfi, the town the coast derives its name from. Amalfi is only about 24km from Salerno but the coastal road is so windy that the bus ride takes an hour and a half. It’s so worth it though to see the coast. I only wish I could have got out to take more pictures!

One of the quaint little streets.I don’t think a photo can fully convey how massive these lemons are!Chillies and garlic…two of the most essential and delicious ingredients. Duomo di Amalfi.A great place for lunch overlooking the water.Gelato became a daily habit for Andrew…Andrew’s gelato….and Kirsty’s gelato 😉
The lemon groves of Amalfi.Vespa & Fiat – two Italian favourites.What a gorgeous coastline…

Nov 3

Salerno

We took the train from Rome down to the southern part of the Amalfi Coast to stay in Salerno. While we were there we did a few day trips (pics to come in the next posts) and ate copious amounts of seafood.

The view from our balcony.

Salerno’s harbour. Vespa’s buzzing around everywhere. There’s a lovely promenade along the water. Some of the aforementioned seafood. It’s all fresh off the boats in Salerno. Sunset from our balcony.

Nov 3

Rome

Our first stop in Italy was Rome. It was amazing to see this famous city in person. It definitely deserves it’s reputation.

The Colosseum was fantastic!We sat down to look at our map to work out how to get back to our place and we were sitting exactly where the photo on the map was taken from.Lots of wonderful cafes everywhere.Sunset from our apartment.There seemed to be ruins every corner we turned!Mmm…lunch.I’ve never seen so many Smart Cars!
Pantheon.Trevi Fountain (I know you can’t see any of the water from the fountain but there were people crawling over the whole area in front of it).