sperlonga, italy

we needed some new prints to hang in the bathroom so i decided to pull up some of our italy photos from our trip this summer. i'm not going to lie, getting to this sleepy little beach town in italy was probably the most frustrating part of our trip but it was so incredibly worth it.

we traveled from our flat in rome by bus to the train station. 

we missed the train to sperlonga by 2 minutes. therefore, we waited at the train station for two hours for the next train.

once we got to sperlonga we missed the bus to the beach by 10 minutes, therefore we waited at the train station for 1.5 hours for the next bus. 

once we got to sperlonga, we realized we didn't have beach towels so we went on the hunt to purchase some towels.

we quickly realized that all the shops closed from 1-3 pm for nap time. 

at this point we felt insanely defeated so we dragged ourselves into a hotel and begged the hotel staff to let us borrow some beach towels. since we weren't guests of the hotel they kindly offered a beach towel rental rate of 2 euros a person. DEAL!

so nearly 5 hours after leaving our flat in rome, we finally sunk our toes in the sand and enjoyed the beaches of italy where the romans frolicked to escape the city heat (even without modern transportation i'm sure the romans figured out a way to get to this beach in less than 5 hours). 

europe in two weeks and two days

i've never been to europe. and it's pretty clear that i've been dying to go. so the mr. and i are finally going to make it across the pond. and this is all happening:

3 days in Paris

1 day in Venice

1 day in Lake Como 

4 days in Rome 

i honestly couldn't tell you which leg of the trip i'm anticipating the most. perhaps it's the chocolate croissants in paris or maybe the gelato in italy....but more than likely it will be the vatican in rome or the van gogh pieces in venice. the more i think about it the more anxious i become. so for now, the plan is to just get on that plane with an empty stomach and eyes wide open.