Switzerland

Our last stop was in Switzerland. We stayed in a small town up in the mountains, it was amazing!! We wanted to be up in the Swiss Alps and enjoy the beautiful mountains. We absolutely loved it!! It was our favorite place that we went. We went skiing and enjoyed a day playing in the Swiss Alps!! We even skied down to our town at the end of the day. It was the perfect ending to our trip!!

Vienna

Vienna was beautiful! We went to two palaces, which were amazing!! They were so huge and had tons of treasures inside. We visited the Opera House and I even used the Opera Toilet which played music in the restroom. I was really excited that our Hotel had an ice machine, it was the first place that had ice. That night we left on our first night train. What a horrible experience!! This is a picture of the cart that we shared with 4 other people. We were supposed to sleep like this somehow!! Obviously we didn't get much sleep that night and were glad that we were able to check into our hotel in Switzerland early.

Rome

Rome, of course, was amazing. We spent New Year's Eve here. Unfortunately I got really sick and didn't feel like doing too much, so we just went to a nearby plaza and enjoyed all the fireworks that were going off everywhere. We didn't get to go into the Vatican Museum or the Sistine Chapel because they were closed!! I was so sad, but we still had so much fun and got to see a lot!!

Florence

Florence was beautiful!! We just walked around the streets and enjoyed the beautiful city. While wandering around we just happened to run into Kevin from The Office. It was so random. It was on some back street. He was really nice and took a picture with us. It was the highlight of Michael's trip. We also climbed up Giotto's Tower to overlook the city. The steps were so narrow and tight that it made for a difficult climb. And of course there was gelato everywhere. It was so good!!

Venice

Venice was one of my favorite places we saw. There are no cars whatsoever on the whole island. Everything is transported by boat. There were canals and bridges everywhere. The gondolas were fun to watch, too expensive to ride. The town itself was really expensive, it survives on tourists, but we found some cheap places to eat that weren't too bad. I wish we could have stayed longer.