- Other Photos

Here are some random photos from our trip:

Greenland on the flight home
(icebergs being created)

Venice

Airport time

Cailin's telescope picture looking over the Adriatic Sea

Vienna

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Slovenian Warning Sign

Venice Art Museum Wall

Self Reflection

Goofing around at lunch in Ljubjliana

Dinner in the Dolomites

Finale Ligure

In Dubrovnik

In Dubrovnik

In Dubrovnik

Vatican Guards

- Vienna

Fountain

Our trip was nearing its end. We arrived in Vienna on July 24, thirty-nine days after our trip began in Turin Italy on June 16th. I was looking forward to Vienna as another change of pace. One thing for sure, this town was easy to get around. There were so many public transit options. They have a system called "city bike" that provides free bike use throughout town with over 80 stations for pick up and drop off.

- Game of Thrones

The walled city of Dubrovnik

We left Rome and jumped on a plane for Dubrovnik where we would spend three days. This time we flew Vueling Air, a Spanish airline that left us with a funny story to tell. But, first let me say that the Rome airport is mess. I found it to be difficult to navigate, it contained very poor signage and we encountered angry airline employees throughout. This is not

- Rome

Early morning shot

Rome turned out to be a great stop for us. We rented an apartment in the Trastevere district on the west bank of the Tiber, a neighborhood we knew nothing about until we arrived. Once in Rome we found Trastevere to have an abundance of restaurants, markets, ready access to a river walk, and lots of great people watching. All of this coupled with

- Umbria

"The Falconer" tower containing our apartment

Margarita, one of the two ponies on the grounds

We spent a week in Umbria in an apartment in the Spoleto hills. It was a nice place with a beautiful saltwater pool. All of Italy has been under a heatwave and we spent just about every day in the pool. We also caught up on the basics like laundry.  It was a good week of downtime. Beatrice, our host, also had two ponies and about 8 cats that lived on the property and the girls immediately befriended

- Spilamberto and Bologna

Spilamberto in Emilia Romagna is a sleepy little town between Modena (Moh-dah-nah) and Bologna. However, like so many other Italian towns it wakes up at festival time. On our last night in town there was a craft beer festival scheduled. All of a sudden this sleepy town was wall-to-wall people, full of cool music and great craft beer. Funny how many people at this festival knew where Portland Oregon was too. As we introduced ourselves to the vendors at the

Spilamberto town clock before the festival

- Enzo's workshop

Also while in Spilamberto we visited the Ferrari museum. The girls enjoyed this more than I expected. Learning about the family history and seeing all the cars spanning so many years was intriguing. Part of the museum included Enzo's fathers workshop on the original property that they now use to showcase Ferrari engines. This was a fun way to spend a couple of hours. Each car on display had a brief description of its history, its technology and so