A year ago this week we moved to London.

As they say, time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

We went to (the) Vatican City on Monday, April 23. Despite getting there around 9AM, the line to get in was still all the way around St. Peter's Square. It moved surprisingly quickly, and we eventually figured out why. First of all, there is no entrance fee to the basilica or to the papal tombs, so there's no lag there. But the big reason was ( Read more... )

Well. It's been a bit delayed around here. We've been back and forth between family and friends, between Louisville and Lexington, between decent health and illness. But I'm going to try to finish this Italy section of the journal as soon as possible. I'll continue on for this bit with Rome ( Read more... )

Day 3, We leave Florence bright and early to catch a train to Certaldo. The train is late. This will be the norm. But this train ride is only about an hour so it doesn't affect our day too much. Certaldo is a small town located in Tuscany, somewhere in the middle of the triangle created by Florence, Pisa, and Siena. There's not much there, ( Read more... )

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We went on a 4 day trip to Amsterdam with the BUNAC people. Starting bright and early on Friday morning we coached it down to the coast and caught a ferry to Calais, France. After a couple of more hours on the bus we stopped in Brussels for the afternoon. It was during this time that we learned about Belgium's ATMs and how they don't accept ( Read more... )

Tower Guard

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Giraffe.

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We’re really counting down the days now… After today there are only 6 more days at our respective jobs, 12 more days before we move out of our flat and head down to Italy, and less than 30 days before we’re back in Kentucky. It’s hard to articulate the passage of time in a normal situation, but it’s especially difficult now. Sometimes it feels ( Read more... )

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