"Wheeeeeeen the Moon Hits Your Eye..."

Oh Italy, I love you! You were everything I thought you would be! Tasty! Relaxing! Romantic! You didn't let me down my dear little Italy. 

Ben and I have been talking about going to Italy since we first came to Belgium because...well... it's ITALY, so when Ben's boss offered to lend us his Pisa apartment for a week we didn't hesitate. It was incredible and amazing and wonderful and perfect. 

Let me break it down for you. Our trip was a week of Italian awesomeness which started in Cinque Terre. The Cinque Terre is a collections of five small towns that literally sit on the rocky coast of the crystal clear Mediterranean Sea. Historically the towns used to be pirating towns and if that isn't cool enough it was also the birthplace of pesto. Pretty cool huh? 

The cove where we took a swim...

The other city we branched out to from Pisa was Florence. Florence is a huge city in the art world. It's like the Renaissance packed into one little, very hot, Italian city. The most famous thing in Florence is Michelangelo's sculpture of the David (the David and Goliath David in case you were wondering) but the most non-famous thing about Florence is that EVERYTHING IS CLOSED ON MONDAY! So we arrived all excited to see David and this small museum which housed works by Michelangelo, Davinci and tons of huge Renaissance artists and it was all closed. So plan B was to wander the streets and go into Cathedrals to cool down which actually worked perfectly because there was a ton of art in the Cathedrals too

And last but certainly not least is Pisa itself. What a cool city! Definitely under-estimated because people think that it only has the leaning tower but it is a wonderful place to stay. Our first full night in Pisa we hit up the leaning tower and let me tell you...IT'S LEANING! I thought "Oh it can't be that bad...It's probably just a little crocked"...oh no! It's like falling over! It was incredible. We went back to the tower four of five times because it was just a cool place to see and it was really fun to watch Brooklyn run up to other tourists and beam her cheesy smile! 

And of course who can go to Pisa and not eat a ton of Pizza? I think the pizza is what Ben looked forward to the most on this trip. OK I'm sure it is. The first thing he did after checking into our hotel the first night (We had to stay the first night in the hotel because his bosses apartment was double booked) Ben went and bought not one but two pizza's even though it was already nine-thirty. My thoughts on Pisa Pizza, dang good. The rest of the trip we ate pasta, pesto, pizza and gelato and it delicious! 

So when it all boils down these are the facts. 1-Italy is cool (but not temperature wise). 2-Pisa, Florence, and Cinque Terre are really awesome places to visit! 3-The food is AMAZING! 

P.S. Every time I make Spaghetti or any sort of Italian food I always sing "That's Amore" hence the title.