Venezia with the Parents

Making my way over to Venice wasn't exactly a piece of cake. I left Tuesday morning at 5:00am from Granada to start my long journey to Italy. I took a 5 hour bus ride from Granada to Madrid then hopped on a plane to Rome. I had a 12 hour layover in Rome before my next flight to Venice. I spent the night in the airport and at first I thought I was going to be the only staying there. It turned out I was one of many. They closed the departure section of the airport because they were remolding in the middle of the night so they kicked us to the arrivals section where there was no heat and disgustingly dirty. I couldn't sleep longer than an hour. Once it was time for me to check into my last flight I was told my luggage was over weight and I had to throw out two bottles of Portuguese Green Wine I was having my parents take back as gifts for people at home. I got on the 45 minute flight to Venice and the weather conditions were really bad so we couldn't land at the airport. They flew us to the next closest airport with reasonable weather and there we sat. We waited a little over an hour before they arranged a bus to take us back to the Venice airport. The bus ride back to the airport took 3.5 hours only to find out that I had to take another hour bus ride from the Venice airport into the city of Venice. The whole trip took 28 hours but seeing my parents for the first time in 5 months was priceless.

Here we are getting ready to have our first dinner together.

My mom and I in San Marco Square.

My dad and I in San Marco Square.

A Gondola ride.

The other Gondola had a musical entertainment...luckily we were right next to them the entire ride.

Group picture on the Gondola.

Our first dinner and my dad had a HUGE beer compared to my mom.

Walking back to the Hotel after dinner we stopped for a quick picture.

My dad and I being silly as usual.

Waiting for our Hotel stop on a water taxi.

Probably the best picture of all time! hahahaha

Having midnight pizza and beer...we had a lot of fun this night.

Getting pampered by my mom in the hotel room.

Playing some cards during the Italian siesta time.

Venice was short but sweet and I miss my parents so much! Arrivederci!

A Beautiful Day in Ronda

Ronda was normal city with amazing views. The entire city is surrounded by mountains and open land. It was a little chilly but the sun was shinning and everything looked beautiful. We only stayed in the city for the day and then headed back into Granada.

A view from one point in the city, but everywhere you look there is a view similar to this one.

The main park.

In the park.

The view from an old homeless shelter. They told us that everyone wanted to stay in this house...I wonder why? To this day it's only a museum.

The town.

The bull ring.

Goofing off in the bull ring!

Amsterdam

Amsterdam was the most beautiful city I've been to. I expect the city to be dirty with all the talk about drugs and the red light district but it was anything but. We had really bad weather while we were there so we didn't take very many pictures. My favorite part about Amsterdam was the Anne Frank house. It was amazing and a little creepy walking through everything. We only had half of one day with sun and that's the day we rented bikes and rode around the center of the city. On the last day I ended up getting a tatto with 2 other girls. I love it! The whole trip was a little long and wore all of us out but well worth it.

The Famous I Amsterdam sign on the only day we had sun.

We went to the Van Gogh Museum and had an automated tour. It was nice to see but not my style of art.

The city center.

All the homes were built along the channels that ran through the whole city. They have some of the coolest homes.

Dutch is the weirdest language. this sign was on the local bus.

Having a Heinekin on our last day.