Pasta, Pizza and Gelato



Taken from a fortress in Florence

In case you didn't figure out where I was by this title it was Italy! Of course I have been neglecting my blog lately so I was there like forever ago however it was an unforgettable experience. I traveled from Barcelona to Firenze! Which if you didn't know is Florence which was rather nice. I had my first taste of ah-mazing gelato and one of the girls from my hostel and I went out to dinner and got 100% freshly made and organic pizza which was truly unforgettable, I still dream of it. Florence was super pretty and had this one cathedral, the name escapes me now but it was literally breathtaking. It was so beautiful I could have basked under it for hours, which I did! I walked around and along the river and eventually up a fortress where I got a beautiful overview of the whole city and beyond and it was amazing. I loved Florence even if it was pricey!

 

Fresh, organic Italian pizza



My favorite Chocolate Chip
Gelato!



Here is some of the foods I

  sampled throughout Florence aka my favorites aka everything I did eat

more pizza than I have every before.

 I miss gelato so much now

  

 



 

The Coliseum looks amazing!

After Florence I went onwards to Rome which was an experience in itself. I stayed in a lovely hostel nestled in the forest with tons of bamboo and a very friendly staff. I made two friends and the next day we went off to see Rome. Which is cheaper than Florence BTW! I saw the Colosseum which was amazing and it was a honor to be in the vicinity of a piece of architecture that might as well be as old as time. We walked around for hours and saw the Trivi  fountain (if I get names wrong, which I know I am, I will be correcting them when I have access to a real computer and not just my phone when I'm home and I'll also be adding photos), we say the Pantheon too and a few other things I can't remember at the moment but it was all truly great. I loved it to bits and I will go back one day because I couldn't do Rome in just a day and I'm fast paced so if you go, do two days. Unless you have a jet pack or you can fly, that might help you see more. I did have gelato here as well which was equally amazing! While I was in Rome I headed to Vatican City by walking (I walked everywhere and on this day I walked about 25km). I was with two other people who somehow convinced me to go up to the top of St peters? Basilica. It was 550 stairs, never again. I paid like €6 to walk up stairs, the view was nice (see photo) but it was not worth that many stairs and I swear I better have the most beautiful legs ever. I want an award! I was trying to find a trophy emoji and I couldn't. Then to end the day we watched the sun set over Rome from a beautiful hill.

 

Gondola resting in the water in Venice

On my way to Lido Beach
in Venice

When I said ciao to home I headed to Venice which I don't have a popular opinion on. I decided since I don't get to camp often, why not camp in Venice!? So I did and it was an unforgettable experience. I had to take a bus from my hostel to a form of transportation called the people mover, it is actually called that too, I took a photo of the sign and I'll be posting it. After that I would be pretty close to everything in the city. It is pretty but not life changing. I got some great photos which you'll be seeing and the people were nice but there is really not much to do in the city so I headed off to Lido Beach! The beach was great and the fun part was I got to take a boat from Venice to get there, I love boats and water soooo much. The beach was great and it had to many seashells it was great, I collected a decent amount and I have a plan for them when I get back home for work! I'm sure you're wondering why the word pasta is in the title if I haven't had any, well I couldn't find any that I would particularly enjoy so I had more pizza and gelato ;) I had some mind blowing good vanilla gelato when I left the beach and I swear it was life changing.

 

All in all I did enjoy Italy and I look back on it fondly, however it is not my favorite country so far but it was a good experience even if I had to climb 550 stairs!

 

 

 

Florence Cathedral

 

Photo of Rome from the top of St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City, Italy

 

Now I'm off to another city and the name of that is V-