Thursday, July 9, 2009

Honeymoon Pictures!

Nathaniel and I had a great time on our honeymoon. We were able to fly to Rome and spent three days touring around Rome until our cruise started! It was amazing to visit the colosseum, the Pantheon, the Trivi Fountain, and the MANY Piazza's they have in Rome, also we were able to visit the Vatican City, but because it was Sunday we did not get to see the Sistine Chapel because it is closed on Sunday, but we were able to visit St. Peter's Basilica's and the crypt's of the pope's! It was amazing to be able to visit so many sites while in Rome!
On our Cruise we went to Lucca/Pisa, where we visited the ancient city of Lucca and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. We then went to Monte Carlo, which was definently the cleanest city we visited while on our honeymoon, it was beautiful and very well taken care of. After Monte Carlo we went to Barcelona, Spain (sorry no pictures, our camera had died and we forgot to charge the battery!), but we were able to walk all around Barcelona and at the end of the day we made our way to the Mediterranean and sat on the beach!!! We then went to Palma (an Island in the mediterranean) and went on a bike tour of the city! The streets were cobblestone and beautiful! It was armed Forces day in Palma so we were able to see many parades that day! After Palma we headed down to Africa!!! Tunis was a great place to visit, Nathaniel and I both agree our tour guide in Tunis was our favorite! We visited the ancient site in Carthage and ancient Roman baths...the Romans were quite serious about there bathing....it was a all day social event!!!
We then made our way up to Sicily! while there we visited the city's crypt, where they have mummified bodies hanging up on the wall...some even still had hair....ewwww....but Nathaniel thought it was really cool :)
After Sicily we went to Naples, it was amazing to visit the ruins of pomei, the ruins are in such good condition, it was easy to imagine the inhabitants life on a day to day bases, then seeing mount versuvius rising behind the city you can imagine the fear of the people on the day it erupted and killed the 30,000 inhabitants!
And then we made it back to the port we started at in Italy! We spent 5 more days in Italy trying to catch a Space A flight back to the states, it was actually great because we spent another day in downtown Naples and spend time with our friend Barrett's family, who is stationed in Italy! We then made it back to the states, it is definently always great to be home again, especially when you have great memories to remember your trip by!

3 comments:

Chelsea said...

So Cool guys. It sounds like you had a really fun time.

The White's said...

I will agree with you about the mummified bodies, YUCK! Anyhow, it sounds like you too really enjoyed yourselves, I am glad it was able to be so memorable and a great trip. You only get one Honeymoon, I am glad you had fun!

The White's said...

Wow, just looked through all the pictures Monte Carlo was breathtaking! What great pictures you got.