We finished up Spain in barcelona and now are touring Italy. We landed in Milan, then took a train to 5 terre, five little cliff side villages along Italy's west coast- beautiful. We did some hiking there before taking a train to Pissa, where we saw the leaning tower- smaller than in pictures. We then trained it to Florence where we had some trouble finding a Hotel that wasn't booked but we got one. Now we are seeing the sights of florence with tommy, esther, eleanore, katherine, amarissa, and I before heading to venice tomorrow.

pictures soon maybe

I´ve been having a great time in Spain. So far we´ve explored a cave in Sevilla, seen the palace from that one Star Wars movie, and are now in Granada checking things out.

I'm leaving for Europe on Sat. Check this page for updates on our trip and an occasional photo or two. I'll try to update the blog every few days or so (no promises), so stay posted.
Here is a rough running itinerary:
TC to Chicago to Rome on May 19th
Rome to Madrid to Granada
Granada to Seville whenever
Seville to Milan 23rd—via ryan air
Milan to Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre to Florence whenever
Florence to Venice on May 31stish
Venice to Austria on June 2ndish
(Austria to Austria
Austria to Switzerland
Switzerland to Switzerland) wherever and whenever
Switzerland to Milan on June12th
Milan to Athens on June 12th
Athens to Greek Islands via sail boat until June 24th
Athens to Chicago to Traverse City on June 25th