What About My Birthday Trip????

Weird, I know. Me, the blogging maniac who normally gets pictures posted the same day has NO pictures up from her trip to Italy and have been home for 2 weeks already. Why? I keep getting asked.

First off, it was impossible to blog from there. It would have taken pictures to long to upload and we were exhausted every night! Face book was just so much faster to post a handful of pictures on daily.

And the main reason, I have these blogs printed every year into a book since I have had to take a scrap booking hiatus for a few years due to lack of time. :) I am getting these trip photos made into a separate photo book and didn't want to duplicate. I have been working on that book all week and now need Sam's help with the final details. I think once I upload it and have it printed, it will be publishable where I can post a link and anyone can look through it. If that is the case, I will post the link here when I get it.

So here are a handful of pictures, mostly my favorites, narrowed down from over 1700 pictures. Not joking, I really did take that many!

Above, my favorite of us, over the town of Manarola in the Cinque Terra, which was the most amazing place!

Below, our first picture in Venice, which was also our favorite!
Florence...
Vatican Museum.. (love this one of Sam)....
Rome..(Arch of Titus)? ...can't remember, see why I need Sam for the details..this might be the Arch of Constantine...
Rome.....
More Rome....we sure had a beautiful sunset our last night and had the best time taking pictures in it....
looks fake...i promise it isn't!
Venice.... :)
My favorite night shot in Venice...
France...
And that it is for now! 236 more in the picture book!
It was a fantastic trip! 14 days through 4 countries. What a way to turn 40!
I am so thankful we moved our dates as originally were supposed to be flying back home about now. That volcano would have made that impossible!
Keep checking back for that book link!