Welcome to my first blog post. Melody might follow this up (soon?) with a muti-part post. Until then, here is my recap covering the number of days we spent in each place and what impressed me the most and/or least.
London: 4 days, Tower Hill was “brilliant“, filled with fun history and stories, Melody had to tear me away from that place, hiking the 530 steps to the top of the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral on the other hand was a test of will that I think almost crippled our ability to walk with 13 more days to go. Wish we had had another couple of days in London.
Paris: 4 days, the locals were much more helpful than advertised, Versailles was lessened with an unfortunate debut of modern Japanese art that was scattered in different rooms in the palace, amazing views of the city from atop the Arc de Triomphe (Arch of Triumph) and Eiffel tower highlighted our visit, the city could work on improving its smell (seriously).
Venice: 2 days, this place was easily the most fun of all the cities we stayed at, I already miss the gelato and simply wandering around there was better than most of the paid attractions I’ve been to.
Florence: 2 days, we were totally “museumed out” by this point, I must admit that seeing Michelango’s David made the stop worth it though and I am by no means normally impressed by statues, but it really is that good and in a sense overwhelming.
Rome: 3 days, I’ve always wanted to see the Colosseum and the ancient Roman ruins so this was a fulfilled dream, the sights in Rome were my favorite by far and a nice change of pace after seeing so much art in London, Paris and Florence.
