Seeing as yesterday was our wedding anniversary, I thought I’d share with you some of our honeymoon pictures. My husband and I went to Italy for our honeymoon, and I’ve been meaning to post some of my favorite pictures for you all to enjoy. Here’s a glimpse of our honeymoon:
We arrived in Rome at about 9am local time, and we had just enough time to drop off our bags at our rental apartment and crossed one of the many bridges over the Tiber River and into Vatican City. Lo and behold, Pope Benedict was there giving a public address in St. Peter’s Square.
My favorite part of St. Peter’s was the duomo. Our tour guides told me that you can stand two Statues of Liberty on top of each other and fit them under the dome. Also…I learned that the tiny little letters inside the gold ring are 10 feet in height, whereas the ones on the outer ring are six feet in height. Goes to show you how high this duomo actually is. Absolutely breathtaking!
View of Colosseum from the Roman Forum
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| These were in bloom everywhere in Venice! |
When we went to Venice, we took a small water taxi over to Murano Island. That’s where the famed mouth-blow glass is made. I was so smitten by these hand-painted little goldfish inside glass that an employee gave me one.
The ruins of Pompeii were out of this world. There was still black ash blowing around, even after all these centuries after the devastating eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Can you believe these murals?
My husband had a little too much fun in the ruins of Pompeii. I don’t even know if this was allowed.
The Trevi Fountain was one of my favorite spots of Rome.
The golden doors of the Baptistery in Florence were pieces of art I studied in AP Art History. I came to find out only recently that these are replicas, as the originals were undergoing extensive restoration.
Last but not least, my favorite place of all in Italy: Cinque Terre. We stayed in Monterosso al Mare. The waters of the Italian Riviera were just breath taking!
I hope you enjoyed this little taste of Italy. I felt like I was at home there. I will share more of our treasures of each city in the weeks to come!
