On Fathers Day weekend we decided to take a little day trip to one of Venice's beautiful islands, Burano! It was kind of a long trek to get there, but worth it. We drove to the Sacile train station, took the train to Venice, and then got on a boat taxi to Murano (another island of Venice that is known for it's blown glass) and then had to switch boats to finally arrive in Burano! All together it probably took about 2.5-3 hours to actually get to the island. Once we were t

A few weekends ago we decided to finally go to Venice! It's kind of one of those places that you end up going to a lot when you get stationed here because it's so close and it's always where you take visitors! Plus, it's Venice, I mean how could you not go there?! We figured that for the first time, and because we were with the kids, we would head into the city with no plan. This is way out of my character. I like to have a set schedule for everything, but honestly, doing

Today we drove about an hour and 45 minutes to Trieste, Italy. Our first stop was Castello di Duino. To start, we went to the old castle ruins which was really cool. We had to walk a few minutes down the road to get to the ruins as a group and then everyone was allowed to roam at their own pace which was nice since we had Leighlyn walking (and I think we can all agree how slow toddlers can be haha). Once we were done there we made our way back to the main castle and toure