Mamma Mia! I Went to Italy

CIAO, welcome to my I went to Italy travel diary! As some of you may know, two yeas ago, my parents purposely planned a three week vacation to Italy without my sister and I. If you don’t recall this, please reference the Neitzel Christmas letters years 2014 and 2013. I know it was like a second honeymoon for them and they didn’t have to take us but….

Clearly they don’t understand Ohana.

Whatever. Two years later I could finally have my revenge… Going to Italy without THEM! Take that SUCKASSSS. (Sorry Amanda)

Now that you have a little background, I can tell you all about my travels. I took a lot a pictures so prepare yourself.

Florence, Italy Travel Diary:

My friend Caro and I decided to leave a couple days early to go to Florence before meeting up with the rest of our group in Rome.

We took a metro, a bus, a train, a plane, another bus and another train until we successfully arrived in Florence.

Florence, Italy Day 1:

I don’t even remember what mode of transportation this was taken on

Our hostel! Clearly we had the honeymoon suite lol

Florence, Italy Day 2:

The most gorg building I have ever seen. Santa Maria del Fiore

The most gorg building I have ever seen plus gelato

Hiked up 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stairs to see this

But, it was worth it because this was probably the only thing I studied in Architecture class that I remembered

We didn’t pay 23 euro to go look at the statue of David. But we saw a copy of it…

Florence, Italy Day 3:

Seriously so amazing and my new computer desktop background

A bottle of Tuscany wine overlooking the city. My favorite night of the trip

My favorite meal from the entire trip. Best wine, best bread.

Big shout out to Allison Proud for her contribution to this trip. I made her type out everything we should do, eat and see while we were there. I did just about everything she suggested and had a fantastic time. SO THANK YOU ALLI.

Also, I would also like to apologize to Allison Proud for sending her pictures and snapchats of all the things she told me to do, eat and see while I was there. I sent her a picture of just about everything she suggested and rubbed it in her face. SO MY BAD ALLI.

Italy Travel Diary Rome, Day 4:

After 2.5 days in Florence, Caro and I said goodbye to our honeymoon suite and headed to Rome. A couple of our friends from school were meeting us there. Now this is where all the real Lizzie McGuire magic happened.

Just imagine gladiator fights RIGHT HERE

The original bronze doors on the original hinges. 2,000 year old doors!

My favorite part of all basilicas is the ceiling

Because it usually is the most decorative and untouched

Hi yes, I would like to rent a scooter and a hot Italian boy to drive me around?

Pantheon: Not going to lie, I confused the Parthenon with the Pantheon so I was confused when I walked in.

My friends from back home all took super artistic photos here. So I had to too.

I needed to see what they were looking at.

Rome, Italy Day 5:

Kissing babies and blessing people. Being all awesome.

Torso. One thing I actually remembered from Art History class

Pieta by Michelangelo. The only other thing I remember from Art History

You would need a good week to see everything in here

Hey Marissa, did you get to throw a coin in and wish for a life of happiness, true love and good health at the Trevi Fountain?

Rome, Italy Day 6:

Oh wait I remembered this from Art History too.

THE BRITISH ARE COMING!! Wait, that might be wrong.

Catacombs. Sadly there were no bones and skulls

And the food you may ask? It wasn’t as delicious as Florence but it was still great. I posted my two favorite meals below.

All the Food in Italy

We may or may not have had gelato twice a day.

Last Evening in Rome, End of Italy Travel Diary

Sunset over the Roman Forum. I loved it.

And then we walked over to the Coliseum and it looked so magical at night

Wow, I had such an awesome trip and I am so glad I got to spend 7 days there. I know I will go back because there is soooo much of Italy I didn’t get to see, do and eat. One day, I would love to take my sister back there. Although I had fun making memories and traveling with new people, I do really miss traveling with my sister. Mostly because no one gets my jokes but her. I can’t wait for her to visit! Overall, it was a great trip and I got to see all the places Lizzie saw. Disappointed I didn’t see Paolo though…

I can’t wait to go back, but next time I’m staying here….

-Ciaooooo

Thanks for reading my I went to Italy travel diary! Feel free to check out my other travel diary on Barcelona, Iceland or Prague!