Honeymoon Part One - ITALY
Our honeymoon was a dream come true... we traveled to Italy first to see my family who lives there, and then we went through Contiki Tours around the Amalfi Coast to Athens. After the ten day tour we went off on our own to Santorini and Mykonos to relax the rest of the time.
We were in Europe a total of 26 DAYS.
First stop - Cassino ITALY This is where my dad's family is from! My dads sister lives there in the country side so we stayed with her for a few days. She took us all around the major parts of Cassino, showed us where my dad grew up, their childhood home, and took us to a beautiful beach! The mountains are so incredible in Cassino, and there are fountains everywhere you go with fresh water! The churches in Cassino are incredible
WHEN IN ROME - Contiki
Our Contiki tour started in ROME. When we had our first Contiki meeting we were a little overwhelmed as we didn't know what to expect with the tour thing (as we never have gone on one before) and we were also in a new country so things were done differently. We met the group leader and all the people who were in the tour and there was people from all over the world travelling alone, or some in a group. Connor and I were the only ones touring for our "honeymoon" but the people whom we met made the experience unforgettable!
ROME in July is VERY hot so if your ever planning to go around this time make sure you travel with light clothing especially if you are doing tours and day trips around museums and churches.
Any church you go to in Italy you must be covered from your shoulders and knees!
. We spent a good three days exploring Rome. We saw many of the major big site seeing areas, along with going on a LONG beautiful bike ride inVilla Borghese which reminds me a lot like New York CITY Central Park. Another thing we did was of course visit the TREVI FOUNTAIN and of course you must make a wish! We actually learnt the real way to make a wish at the fountain was to have your back against the fountain, coin in your right hand and over your left shoulder! TRAVEL TIP - if you want to get a good picture you must go to the Trevi Fountain at 6:00 am as it starts to get super busy around 7.
AMALFI COAST - The most amazing place to ever visit in Europe
I may be being bias but the Amalfi Coat is really beautiful and mind blowing. Although its a very busy place, and to get to each island you have to take a boat or a windy road ( was not prepared for this so bring gravol/sea bands if you are motion sickness this does the trick) It is totally worth every minute. ONE PLACE you must visit is the Lemon Tour in the AMALFI. The lemons here are so beautiful, big and you can actually eat the SKIN. The tour we went on was “The Amalfi Lemon Experience” the tour was amazing and really let us in on great information about their lemons! After the tour we got to have fresh lemonade, limoncello, and lemon cake!
SOAKIN UP THE CAPRI SUN <3
Capri is the most beautiful place that there is in the Amalfi Coast. We got on a boat and toured the Island ( of course if you get sea sick like me it MAY not be the best decision so make sure you set yourself up with lots of GRAVOL!) We got to see the Blue Grotto and Faraglioni, which is the picture uploaded above ! Legend has it couples who kiss under the Faraglioni will stay together forever.
The boat tour is about 18 euros which we found reasonable for the experience that you get. Along with getting to swim in the sea, and visit the Grotto. They also make it super fun and let you play music, and provided drinks for us.
POSE (ITANO)
ANOTHER beautiful place you must visit when your in the AMALFI the boat ride isn't to bad. The beach there is unbelievable and also unbelievable HOT so make sure you bring shoes and leave them on. I don't recommend even sandals as my feet got burnt from the hot sand.
Our family part of Italy was the city CAPRI. The moment you get off the boat to Capri the scenery is beautiful, the people are so kind and genuine, and the experience we had on our boat cruise was incredible. After we left to go back to our hotel, but husband turns to me and says this is a place he can see visiting again, and staying in a little villa for a couple days because we feel like we just didn't get to see enough of it! We also talked about if we had a daughter one day, Capri would be such a special unique name, and it would be perfect because it was one of our favourite places to visit in Italy, and on our honeymoon.
XO
Stephanie
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