Europe: La troisième partie

So I've been neglecting our blog lately but I wanted to upload the last of our Europe pictures. After Italy we hopped on a plane and headed to Paris for a couple of days. We seriously LOVED Paris. 

Up first was a much anticipated crepe stop. #bananaandnutella

After some difficulty navigating the trains and subway in Paris we made our way to Versailles and had so much fun wandering the Chateau there :).

Just getting in touch with my inner math nerd. Calculus reference anyone?

After Versailles we made our way to the Eiffel tower. I loved hiking up the Eiffel tower and I think it's so cool that as soon as you step out of the subway you see this GIANT tower emerge!

Our last stops in Paris included the Louvre, Notre Dame and my favorite place-- the Love lock bridge! We had planned on going for a long time and it was absolutely ridiculous trying to find a place to squeeze our little lock onto. Our plan is to go back and find our lock someday and unlock it! Fingers crossed it's still there!

We ended our trip back in Switzerland and had perfect weather to head up to Grindelwald and Interlaken. I have honestly never seen anything so green and perfect! And if you can believe it all the cows have bells on their necks! They look so cute and you can hear them the whole time you are hiking in the alps!

 Sam doing some exploring ^^

NBD. Just hiking in the Alps. Life is rough. 

Attempting to play the Alpinian horn. 

Kisses, swiss chocolate, and the Alps. Life can't get any better!

Well folks that is it for our Europe trip! We had THE best time trying new food and seeing all the sights that Switzerland, Italy, and Paris had to offer. Every minute of it was like a dream and we can't wait for the next adventure!!

Europe: Parte due

So that title was my weak attempt at Italian. In reality I'm pretty sure that all the Italian I learned was related to food. Remember when I said not to hate me for all the travel blogs? Well here is take 2, aka the ItAlY highlights :).

So the trip started with a VERY delayed flight so we started playing around with filters on Sam's phone and became obsessed with the black and white filter! Our eyes look so freaky!!

Aaaanwayyysss....let's get to the good stuff. First of all Venice is like a dream! I swear everything looks like a postcard. We had so much fun wandering the streets and "getting lost in Venice." I probably shouldn't put that in quotes because I got sooo lost there! Sam definitely had to be the navigator. 

Bridge of Sighs!! ^^

 

 Our awkward selfie with the gondolier that makes it look like he's a little man on Sam's shoulder!

We had the most delicious Tiramisu in Italy. OMG! We started getting dessert with every dinner and I was in HEAVEN! Sam got his pizza fix while I stuffed my face with lots and lots of pasta. 

  

oh and before I get too carried with food, let me just mention our day trip to Florence.

Anddd we're back to food...sorry but that caprese salad is to DIE for. 

ok i'm done with food (for now).

Umm how cool is that view? We hiked up to this statue of David and saw the BEST view of Florence!

Sam's future palace.

Ok I'm sorry can we just have a moment of silence for THE BEST gelato ever? No joke. We found it. Everything is made with fresh fruit and made right in their little shop. You could taste how fresh it was! 

After our day trip to Florence we ended the trip back in Venice and had so much fun exploring sights near the Rialto bridge.

How cool is the Grand Canal??

 

Looking at all of these pictures is making me hungry all over again and I would give anything to have that Florence gelato again! We LOVED Italy! Sam and I can't stop talking about our trip there (and the gelato)! Oh and we stayed in the cutest hotel in Venice. It was so quaint and so nice and the best part was it was 5 minutes from San Marco so if you're ever planning a trip to Venice let me know!