My Favorite Place On Earth

From Paris, we flew to Rome, hopped in a rental car and drove through Tuscany to Florence.

I LOVE Florence.  The moment I stepped into Italy, I was impressed, but when the bottom of my shoe hit the ground in Firenze (as it's known in Italy) I fell in love.

The beauty, history, romance.  Ahhh...what more could a girl want?

Our backpacks barely fit in the tiny European car!

Hannah 

Love this city!

The Duomo, so impressive!

Three girls, in Florence, with Gelato...watch out!

View from the Uffizi

Our leather purchases complete...5 handbags in all, I believe!

So sad to leave, but what a beautiful view on the drive back to Roma!

A Little Bit of Paris

Back in 2008 the two besties and I made a little jaunt across the pond and traveled around Europe for almost 2 weeks.  Our first stop was Paris.  Ok, it wasn't actually our first stop.  First, we landed in London, but then we took a bus to another airport in London where we hopped a plane to Paris...so then, we were in Paris.  Here are a few pics from our trip.  Next week, I'll post pics as our journey continued to Florence!

Our first night in the city we HAD to see the Eiffel Tower!

Getting sassy on the Champs-Elysees

Stained glass at the Notre Dame

Dear Mona Lisa

Venus de Milo

Leaving the Louvre

Van Gogh, The Doctor 

Last night in Paris...