5 planes and six cities over two days we finally are headed home. I will give a final synopsis of the trip tomorrow. About to take to the sky.

Saying goodbye to Italy and on our way back to Ireland. Rome was worth the trip as far as seeing historical wonders. Its worth two days. Getting out of Rome to the small villages and the countryside is where the real Italy is. I still would like to come back and see Milan, Florence, and Venice, but thats for another time. We enjoyed what we got to see in Italy and now its time to say goodbye. One more night in Ireland then back to the states and the real worl...

Ok catching up on the train ride back to Rome. We head back to Dublin tomorrow morning then back home Sunday. We finished our tour through the villages visiting the small but beautiful village of Manorola. We ate lunch and enjoyed some shopping and Gelato before heading to the last village where we were staying the night. Riomaggiore is a cool little village thats on the Rocky coast but quickly rises up the cliff. It has obe main street that seems to go straight...

Ok I got to get caught up on the last two days of events. Yesterday had a rough start to our adventure to the Cinque de Terre. We decided to take the 9:40 AM train instead of the 6 AM train so we could get some extra sleep. That was a mistake. The train started out delayed an hour and a half before we even got on it. Then what was to be a four hour train ride turned into almost a seven hour train ride. Kade did well, but Kate was about at her wits end as we pu...

It was a beautiful day in Rome for us to see the Coloseum and the Roman Forum. The Coloseum is worth coming to Rome by itself. It was amazing to stand inside and think that at one time gladiators fought here. Kade really enjoyed this part of the trip. He loves Roman and Greek history so it was perfect for him. We ended the day at a nice Restaurant sitting outside enjoying pasta and a great glass of red wine. Tomorrow its time to hop a train on to the Cinque terr...