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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

In fair Verona...

Part deux of our weekend getaway leads us to all of the touristy things we were able to do in Verona!!

Beautiful Verona

You can't go to Italy and not have pizza!...three times...

The Gardino Giusti were absolutely stunning. They were a mass expanse of various greenery (shrubs and trees), with stone paths, fountains and lemon trees. There were originally designed as the backdrop for the Giusti palace at the end of the 15th Century.

Giardino Giusti- view from the entrance

Giardino Giusti- Lemon Tree

Turtles in one of the fountains

Hard not to be happy in a place like this!

Walking up to the belvedere

Partial view of Verona from the belvedere

View of Verona from Castel San Pietro

Basilica San Zeno- inner gardens on a rainy day

Bellisimo Italian sunset

I would so recommend Verona to anyone travelling anywhere near Europe. A true Italian feel and isn't so touristy that you feel stressed out by everyone's presence.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Innsbruck

Been a while since I updated you guys because nothing of interest has happened...until this past weekend! The trip that's been planned since my first couple of weeks here- Verona and Innsbruck- has finally happened! I'll only post on Innsbruck tonight, but over the next couple of days I will post for Verona!

At the base of Nordkette, smiling down on Innsbruck!

Halfway up on Nordkette. Hiking trails turned ski trails in the winter!

Jilly Beans

My girls! We'll be recreating this pose in a couple months in Barcelona!

View from the top of Nordkette

"When we learn what it is the soul needs to learn, the path presents itself."- Cecilia Ahern

Hardly home but always reppin.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

The hills are alive!

We went to Salzburg! A two and a half hour train ride away, it's one of the most surreal cities I've visited. It genuinely felt like we were in the middle of a movie set. There is no way people could just live their lives there, it is far too perfect! We had good weather and a great time, a solid 24 hours was spent there!

Mozart's Birthplace

Mirabell Gardens

Mom- this one's for you!!

Market outside St. Andrew Church

Coloured eggs at the market outside St. Andrew Church

Leopoldskroner Weiher (Pond) with Schloss Leopoldskron in the background

A couple geese families at Leopoldskroner Weiher!

Schloss Leopoldskron

Schloss Hellbrunn

For all of The Sound of Music fans...I am 16 going on 17...

I know that I'm naive!

Looking down on Salzburg from the fortress

Salzburg, like Budapest, couldn't be captured in my photos. The mountains were so much more clear, and it was absolutely stunning. Wish you all could be here!

budapest & bratislava

So I will preface this by saying this is probably one of my favourite cities I have travelled to. There's this vibe that it has to it that I haven't experienced. It very well could have been the fact that the sun was actually shining- but I think there was a lot more to it. My photos, in no way, do the city the justice it deserves.

Statue in front of the Hungarian National Museum

Hungarian National Museum

We found a market!

Side streets

On our walk up to the Citadella

Part of the staircase up to the Citadella

Jake said "Let's race!"

Halfway up to the Citadella- looking into Pest

From the top, overlooking Pest

Chain Bridge

Funicular up to the castle, with a tunnel underneath

Chain bridge at night- way prettier in person

Castle at night

Heroes Square

We found a park!

We drank fresh lemonade in the park!

View of the Chain bridge from the Castle

Jake tried his hand at archery

I, too, tried my hand at archery

Kürtős kalács- a cylindrical sweet cake rolled in cinnamon and sugar!

On the chain bridge

We only did a day trip to Bratislava, and it was freezing and raining, so there aren't many pictures. So I'll throw them in here, too! It was a nice city, I'm sure. There isn't a whole lot to do on a sunny day, so being there with the weather that we got wasn't exactly the greatest experience of it.

Bratislava

We had Slovakian beer!