And yet another blog I forgot to post! And it's from another trip to Slovenia! I think when we went to these places, I was focusing way too much on getting perfect travel photos and comparing myself to other travel photographers. I thought all of my photos were garbage compared to theirs and I felt embarrassed that I couldn't do what they could do. It's all so silly because these are OUR memories. They don't need to be perfect! So here I am, sharing them now! And as I loo

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

The last week of April, my grandparents came to Italy to visit us! We absolutely love having visitors and were so excited to spend some time with them! We showed them all around where we live and on the weekend we decided to travel somewhere new! Pula, Croatia! It was only about 3 hours from where we live so we drove on a Saturday morning and checked in! We stayed at a Resort that looked out on a beautiful Marina (pictured above). ON Sunday morning we woke up and headed

For Leighlyn's third birthday we decided that we wanted to take a trip! As a family, we've decided that we'd rather make memories than buy toys and it was so awesome! Genoa has the largest aquarium in Europe and we thought Leighlyn would really enjoy going and seeing all of the sea life! On Sunday March 4th after church we started our drive. It was about 5.5 hours away and once we got there it was dark so we checked into our hotel and settled in for the night. The next mor

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