Here are a few photos from our honeymoon. We visited Paris, Rome, and Venice.
PARIS:
We arrived at 6am and since our room was not ready yet, we dropped off our luggage and wondered around like vagabonds. Once we were able to get checked in, we hit the town refreshed and ready to go. The hardest part about Paris was the food. Most of the menus were exclusively in French (which is to be expected), but it made it hard to know what to eat. Luckily, we are not picky and it all turned out fine. The best place we ate, which I highly recommend is Peperoni (83, Avenue Wagram , 75017 Paris)
We did a whole lot of walking, but once we conquered the metro…. it made life ALOT easier. We also took the train out to the Palace of Versailles. That place was amazing, but such an obscene proclamation of wealth. It was unreal.
There was tons of shopping on Champs Elysees… and of course the Eiffel Tower, and Arche de Triomphe were just beautiful.
ROME:
We took the night train to Rome, and that was HORRIBLE. The sleeping car was itty-bitty and not what we had in mind. We were scheduled to have dinner at 9:30 in the dining car, but that was delayed until 11:00pm. By then, they were almost out of food, so we didn’t get our entire meal and it was cold, and we still had to pay full price for it (which was about 80 euros). To top it off, we were 4 hours late arriving!!!
Once we got to Rome, we checked in, ate lunch and hit the town. Rome was much easier to navigate for food as many Italians also speak English. The coliseum, roman ruins, Vatican City, etc.. were awesome. The most fun was the scooter tour with Annie of Scooteroma. We scootered all over Rome like a local.
If anyone is visiting Rome, I would definitely recommend her. She is from the US, but lives in Italy. She can show you all the sites, or recommend/ set-up other tours, and she even recommended restaurants in Rome and Venice for us to eat at….. and they all were wonderful.
Scooteroma on facebook : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=93099935989&ref=ts
VENICE:
The train ride to Venice was MUCH nicer. We arrived in Venice and just got lost in the city. It was a great way to wrap up the trip. We just wandered around looking at every thing and it was a much slower paced environment. There were no cars, only boats that brought everything in to the town (including us).
We got to feed the pigeons in St. Marks Square…. until we were reprimanded by the local police, who informed only us (not the other dozen people doing the same thing) that it was illegal and it was a 50euro fine. They didn’t make us pay, but we did stop. GRRR…. it was fun though!
Anyhow, The trip was a blast… though confusing at first, but we managed to get around just fine. It was the perfect honeymoon.
~Angie
