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Pasta, Pasta, Pasta.....

Stop number two of our little European trip was Rome, Italy! I don't know if I'm going to be able to even begin to describe how freakin cool this city is. The food, the people, the history, the buildings, the vibe are just all amazing. Troy had this city dialed in even before we hit the ground running. First morning we got an early start and got our bearings and started some serious site seeing. I feel like even if we spent a month there and went site-seeing every day we still wouldn't see everything there is to see.   One of our first stops was Vatican City (that also happen to be where we picked up our Rome Passes) It was Sunday morning and thousands of people where flocking to the square. I knew this place was popular but didn't think there would be SO many people. Little did I know that all the people flocking to the square were there to see the Pope that was giving his Sunday public address at noon. We didn't see the Pope, we got out of there about an ho...

Europe, Part 1..... Prague

We set off on June 2nd for our little European vacation. First stop, Prague. Of course we got there and most of Prague was under a flood watch from the past week of non-stop-rain. My dad picked us up at the airport and got us to our hotel which was located right on the Charles Bridge right next to the over flowing river. Luckily our hotel stayed open but the Charles Bridge did not. We dropped our bags off and headed right out with my dad for some dinner, site seeing and of course some beer.   Plzenska Pivnice! Probably one of the coolest bars EVER!  Standing next to the Charles Bridge looking up at the Presidencial Palace.   We had some beautiful days full of site seeing, so much to see, so little time.    The John Lennon Wall! Stella loved this place.  Yeah, we really loved this place.   So much picture taking. Between the two of us we took 1000's of pics.   LOVE this city!   Prague seemed to re...