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Made it home!

(Matt and Amy at the Duomo in Florence)

We made it home last night! Safe and sound, except my luggage didn't make it here till almost 11. Our plane arrived at 8:30pm. Just started sorting photos and hope to post some this evening. Holy cow did I take some photos. I would have had nicer photos if I would have had a chance to stop and breath for a minute but most of the trip was rush, rush, rush!



Ahh..... sleep was nice.

Last night in Europe

We took the train back from Florence today to Munich. That was our anniversary... sitting on a train. It was fantastic! :) We finally got to rest. :)
Once back to Munich we started to get our systems back to order by eating at the Hard Rock Cafe! It was so nice to have some nachos. The food we have eaten lately has been wonderful, but it will be very nice to get back to US food.
After that we went to the Hofbrauhaus so Matt could have an authentic beer and some fun. Now it's off to bed so we can get on the early train tomorrow am.

See you all back in the USA tomorrow!!!!

Happy Anniversary to us!

Italian time: 12:46am (September 9th)
We made it to level 2!

TV in Florence, Italy

As we were re-arranging our suit cases this morning we turned on TV. The one station that is in English is CNN. It just so happened that Michael Moore was on TV talking about Obama from Traverse City! I could care less about who or what they were talking about, I was just excited to see Traverse City on the TV while we were in Florence, Italy!!! I took a photo of course! :)

Photos!

Photo catch up....



Here is all of us at the fancy dinner after the partner meeting (Matt taking the photo). What a great time had by all!


This is me dancing at the fancy dinner after the partner meeting with some guy from somewhere.... He kept asking me to dance so I kept saying "Yes, as long as my husband is ok with it."

After that, Martin Zingerle wanted to dance. Who would I be if I turned down Martin for a dance?




This was the view from our Hotel room in Brixen. Matt and I must have had the best room in the house! Our room was huge and we had our own balcony. Our shower was state of the art and even had a seperate room for the toilette and of course, the bidet. I have some more photos of our view, but not any worth posting. :)



Here is another photo of the Dolomites. This was on our cable car trip up the mountain. You can see the cars down below for perspective..



Another photo of the dolomites... It was unbelievably beautiful! Thanks Mom for talking me into upgrading my camera!

Little home sick....

So I got a little homesick today. :(
We were talking about places to eat and I said it was too bad they don't have China Fair here or Outback. I know, I'm in a beautiful place with wonderful food (so I've heard); but gluten doesn't disappear. I made cards up before I left that explains my celiac disease in German and Italian so they have been VERY handy to have. Anyway, I called home this evening and got to talk with Mom. One euro gets you about two minutes of phone call to the USA, but it was worth it and I think made it a lot easier. We've had a wonderful time so far, lots of little shops and I've taken over 500 photos. Don't worry, I won't make you look at all of them. :)
I think I'm ready to go home now. Just one more day of shopping in Florence then it's back on a train to Munich for our anniversary (2 years!!). We'll be back on Wednesday and see most of you shortly after.

This is a photo from our train ride from Munich to Brixen that I love.

This is Matt and I as we climbed the Dolomites in Italy. We are higher than the clouds that are in the background!

Sleeper Train... VERY sleepy.

So a little background... yesterday was the excursion to the Italian Dolomites. We climbed, we hiked, we ate (well, they ate), we were very sleepy. Once we got on the sleeper train we were very excited to take a nice long nap. I should have known that wouldn't have happened. We were in a car next to two men who slept with their mouths open, drooled and snored. Needless to say, Matt and I have been up for 30 hours straight. We JUST got the keys into our hotel room (BEAUTIFUL) and need to take a shower (PU) before we take a nap. This morning we had to walk around till our room was available so we saw the Duomo and a bunch of other churches along with some light shopping and a lot of sitting on the side of the road to rest. Liz was able to get some sleep so she is still out running around, perfectly fine. I think we will all sleep VERY well tonight. So far, Brixen is my favorite of the cities that we have visited but I may just be cranky from lack of sleep. Off to take a nap now....

Florence

Well, the last few nights have been very busy for us and full of wonderful parties and made lots of new friends from around the globe. At 0030 this morning we boarded the sleeper train for Florence and just got in. The hotel has our reservations and we are all set to go. This afternoon we will be visiting the Uffizi gallery and from there who knows! Brixen was beautiful though. Florence seems nice so far. :]

Ahh.... Munich

So the bags arrived at 2am this morning! Last night everyone went to the Hofbräuhaus for dinner and some giant beer. Matt and I were pretty tired and scared of gluten so we went to burger king for dinner and came back to watch some German tv. I know, exciting right? It was nice to sit and relax thought. Very nice to get off my ankle which is doing fine still. Burger King was interesting. They don't have grilled chicken here so I had a hamburger (first one in years!) with double pickles only. :) Also, all of the drinks are just below room temperature with no ice available anywhere. Anywho, everything was gluten free and delicious! Today is rainy in Munich but I packed an umbrella so it's alright. Breakfast this morning in the hotel was also delicious. I had some salami and cheese with a cup of coffee. They also had granola, bagles and other gluten assortment for everyone else. Now on to explore..


Ta ta!

We made it!

We just checked into our hotel in Munich for tonight. The plane rides were fun. I think we all slept the whole way over the ocean. Our bags are still in Frankfurt, Germany but "should" arrive here tonight around 8pm. Now it's off to find some dinner and take some photos!

Auf Wiedersehen!