Train

 Trains are fun!

Wait, we're going BACKWARD?

Scones

What else do I love about Galway? SCONES AND CREAM!

Galway 2

 What do I think of Galway?  I LOVE IT!

And Irish castles?  LOVE THEM!

And my sand snail?  LOVE IT! 

My GOODNESS, this place is great!

GALWAY!

So, we've been rather backed up with posts of Italy (more coming, wildly out of sequence!), but it is high time to say WE'RE IN GALWAY!

Ravenna Dinner

Just me, smiling, and some nice mineral water.

Buffalo!

Italian Buffalo!  Run away! Run away!  (Ok, they are sculptures, but they fooled Dad from a distance...)

Photographer

Check out these photographer moves in Sant'Apollinare in Classe.

Not bad, huh?

The Duomo

The Duomo!

I think I'll make a drawing of it!

Bologna Arches

The whole city of Bologna is filled with these lovely arcades!

Florence Baptistry

Nice place you found, Dad.

 People here are a bit odd looking, though.

Double Cone!

My gelato cone across from Sant'Apollinare in Classe came with a gelato cone!

YUM.

Wall of Chocolate

No, really, they have a wall of chocolate here.  And chocolate that runs out of the taps.  It is like living in Willy Wonka's factory.

Crepe me!

Snorkeling Graffiti

 All over Florence, we found these funny graffitis of snorkeling art! There's Venus.

 And David.

And everyone's fave, Federico da Montefeltro!

Museo Arcivescovile 2

Oh, and there are wolves in the Museo Arcivescovile.

 Yes, I said wolves.

Museo Arcivescovile

 The Archiepiscopal Museum in Ravenna was my favorite museum in Italy!  It was REALLY weird!  Half the place was empty, and the other half was full of totally random stuff!

And Arms and Armor!

Fusball

Out by Theodoric's Tomb, we found an outdoor foosball table!

I played Dad twice! 

BAM!

Jump!

BOING! 

Asinelli Tower

 OK, LAST Italian tower climb post, I promise!

 Asinelli Tower in Bologna, 498 steps to the top!!

 THIS IS THE TOWER!

And I made Dad go ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP!

Climbing the Campanile

Down from the Duomo, now let's go up THIS!

I'll just JUMP TO THE TOP!

Made it!

ACK!  NOW WHAT?

Climbing the Duomo

We're goin' UP!

AND UP!!!

WHEW! Made it! 

And it's worth the view! (Hey mom! Can we climb that tower over there, too?)

Venice

From one ice cream cone to another, Ithaca to Venice!  Gelato time!

Refreshments

After all that PROJECTING, we went to the Farmer's Market for some food!

And then on to Purity for YUMMMMMYYYYY ice cream!  Thank you Namma and Papa! I love you!

THE PROJECT

Ok, backing up a few weeks! Before we even began our European Adventure, I went up to visit Namma and Papa! We had TONS of fun, mostly working on THE PROJECT.  Here we are, gathering supplies!

 And here we are, making THE PROJECT!  Namma!  Wake up!  Is it time to do THE PROJECT!!!