England 2014: Manchester

Rome: The Honeymooners

Our honeymoon was so much fun.  I strongly encourage everyone to take some sort of "honeymoon" after their wedding.  It is such a big relief after the craziness that is wedding planning.  I can't believe it was almost two years ago now!  I absolutely loved spending all day with my best friend while exploring the gorgeous country of Italy.

It is unbelievable how well we get along.  I am very quiet and reserved with most people, so they wouldn't realize how silly I am on a day to day basis.

We drank wine for lunch AND dinner and ate like royalty.  It was a lot of fun to be free from any obligations.

We threw coins into the Fountain of Trevi, so you know we will be back.  I already keep asking Jesse to take me back to Florence and this time do more exploring in Tuscany.

We saw a lot and walked even more.  While I do love walking, our favorite days were the more leisurely ones.

Sitting in enotecas on the street were some of my favorite moments.

Basically, this man makes me the happiest and luckiest woman in the world.  Even on a regular old Thursday when we just get a few hours together after work (for us both) and Pilates (for me) where we eat dinner, talk about our days, and snuggle on the couch watching tv.



P.S. Let me also say, that I strongly recommend bringing a hair tie on a vacation.  I accidentally forgot and had a knot of hair for 85% of the trip!

Honeymoon Posts
Venice
Florence
Naples
Positano
Pompei
Amalfi and Ravello
Rome: The Sights
Rome: The Food

Rome: The Food

One of the main reasons I love to travel is to eat and drink.  It is a great glimpse into the culture of a place, plus it is delicious.  Before we left on our honeymoon, I had a few requests to take a lot of pictures of the food we ate.  Luckily that isn't a problem for me; I love taking pictures of food.  Check out my Instagram if you don't believe me.  While we ate great everywhere, I thought since we were in Rome the longest I would make a post on just the delicious food we ate there.  The food in Rome can be a bit hit or miss.  Since there are so many touristy places, it can be difficult at times to find a good one.  The ones listed below were awesome and I highly recommend them!

Where We Ate:
Enoteca Cul De Sac
Da Buffeto
Fridgidarium
Ristorante Mario's
Osteria dell'Ingegno
La Sacrestia Ristorante

Fun story about Ristorante Mario's.  I went to Italy with my family in 2000 and we ate at this really good restaurant near the Roman Forum.  On our third day in Rome, we had plans to go to the Roman Forum and Colosseum.  The night before I emailed my mom and asked her if she had any crazy memory of what that restaurant was called.  I woke up in the morning with an email from her that had pin-pointed the location of the restaurant!  She didn't remember the name, but she did remember the roads we had taken to get there and followed them on the map and knew that this must be the right place.  And as soon as we walked up to it, I knew it was the right one!  It was just as good as it was 13 years ago.  Thanks Mom!