The Amalfi Coast and Rome Highlights

Okay, so here are a few highlights from my recent trip to Italy. It was so nice to be able to spend a few days traveling around after the conference was over. And of course it was fantastic to see my good friend Bridget and meet her fun roommate Caley!

This is from our boat ride around the Island of Capri. So fun! (Sarah, Bridget, Caley)


This is a view of Positano, a small town tucked away along the Amalfi Coast. The road was quite windy and I got car sick. However, we rode there with Greg and Marleena, a couple from our B&B, and they were so sweet and it all turned out okay.

Lemon groves are all over the Amalfi Coast so these fun aprons ended up to be a great souvineer. And the pictures to go with it are a fun memory. (Sarah, Marleena, Caley, Bridget)

Pompeii was absolutely amazing! Those three statues you might recognize :-)
This is just a fun self portrait of Caley, Sarah, and Bridget on the Spanish Steps. It is odd because they were funded by the French, designed by Italians, and called Spanish . . . but I guess that is because they are near the Spanish Embassy.



Caley, Sarah, and Bridget in front of the Trevi Fountain. It took us FOREVER to find this little treasure. Rome is confusing and we got turned around quite a bit but most times were able to find what we were looking for. This fountain on the other hand always seemed SO CLOSE and yet we almost didn't find it. But we did and we all through coins in to ensure that we will return to Rome one day.

Bridget, Caley, and Sarah in front of the Pantheon. It was raining and yes it rained right through the 9m hole in the dome! We all really liked this building and found it far more impressive than the Vatican. Honestly the Pantheon is literally 50 times older!!!


Sarah, Caley, and Bridget all visiting the Mamertime Prison where Paul wrote many of his letters. This was a site we couldn't locate on the map and was called something different in my book so we literally stumbled upon it one day! And whats left of it is quite small.

Bridget, Caley, Sarah in Piazza della Repubblica. So pretty at night huh?

Ahhhh - last but certainly not least. The Colesseum! Spectacular in design and custruction but also quite sad to know that so many Christian Martyrs died there while Roman citizens thirsted for blood as entertainment.

So overall the trip was a blast and we all got along great. We appreciated traveling in Winter to avoid crowds and were only soaked to the skin from rain 1 day. We missed out on seeing the Catacombs where the early Christian church met in hiding. I was sad but we also didn't want to get sick from being so cold and wet.