When the moon hits your eye....

Hello my sweet blog-friends :) I was in the writing mood this past weekend, and figured that since it had been an entire month (ummmm please tell me where June and July went), I should probably continue blogging our little (ok-huge) journey over the big blue ocean to Italy. Maybe by the time Brent and I actually get married, I will be done blogging about our engagement trip! I mean...just maybe...

Day 2 was our day in the oh-so-gorgeous Venice. Everything you see in the movies? Yep. It's real-life over there. Gondolas, more gelato (of course), pizza (food theme?), and romance galore. 

We stopped in this super cute alley to grab an authentic lunch. That was probably some of the best advice we received in Venice: "Get lost. Find good food." The good food is always off the main walking paths, and they aren't going to charge you crazy touristy prices for it either...win.  Brent and I wandered and walked (no cars allowed in venice!), and came across this super cute pizza place...I mean, a man played his accordion outside of it...come.on.cuteness.overload.

St. Mark's Square is definitely the heart of Venice.  So much history...so much art...I was soaking in every minute of it.

And then...of course...was the gondola ride.  It was perfectly cliché, perfectly romantic, perfectly Venice. I was surprised by how small the canals were, and how perfectly balanced those gondolas have to be to make it around some pretty tight corners. 

 

Of course, the East Coast Main Squeeze and I stopped in a few lots of bakeries. Sparkly macaroons? Don't mind if I do...(shout out to Brent for posing ever so patiently as I took pictures of every single food we ate on this trip....LOVE YOU).

We ended our day with more history/art/beauty/happiness.

And yes...Brent is too tall for selfies...

If you missed our first day of Italy, you can read that post here!

Italy | Day One

I have been putting pictures together for one massive Italy post, and realized that scrolling through hundreds of pictures might be only fun for me...hence, this 'day one' post! :)

We started our trip with a quick stop in Verona, Italy, the home place of Romeo and Juliet (right?!).  It was classic Italy, with cute little shops, colorful buildings, open squares, and oh yea, gelato (you'll probably see a recurring theme with that one). 

The picture of Brent and I below was after taking an overnight flight from NYC...we look oh-so-glam. I look very un-showered (what else is new?), and Brent looks sleepy ;) BUT IT'S ITALY. 

We stopped by Juliet's tower (which, fun fact, was built after Shakespeare wrote their epic story), and got to write #newjerseyboymeetswisconsingirl on the wall of love (thank God I have a tall main squeeze, because there was little to no room to write for us short folks). 

Some cutesy little boutique that sold chocolates and embroidered goods (random, I know...), would embroider the ladies names for free :) 

Of course, we wasted no time, and found gelato right away.  We walked around the Verona square, held hands, people watched, and ate gelato.  It was heavenly. 

More to come later!