Positano, Italy (Amalfi Coast= amazing!!!)

Oh how I loved Positano. We got a recommendation from my cousin Calli that Positano was amazing. It was so pretty. We took a train from Rome to the Amalfi Coast, Salerno and then had hoped to get on a ferry, but missed it, so we took a bus. It made us sick but we were so blown away with the steep cliffs down to the Mediterranean and the near misses as the cars passed by the bus. When we arrived, we soon discovered what a gem we had found.

Rome

Rome was fantastic! Especially after being in Morocco where things are just a little bit CRAZY! I had been to Italy before, doing Florence and Beloved Venice, but for some reason, Rome had never hit the list! But, someone recommended Rome to me and I absolutely loved it. It was just mind boggling to me to see all those ancient ruins in such glory. They are massive, well restored and everywhere. I couldn't believe we were just on a bus from the airport to the the subway and passed by ruins next to apartment buildings. You'd be walking down a street and see a site in the ground that they'd stopped building on because it was full of ruins when they went to develop it. The only thing I regret about Rome was that we didn't get there sooner or have one more day. There was just so much to see and do and I was blown away. Bry and I did these night walks both nights by all the old squares with old churches and fun fountains. We found this great gelato place and were "in love" with it. We stayed w/ a host apartment here and it was awesome. We only paid like $50 a night and it was super cute apartment, had breakfast and she was super nice. We didn't see her much, but she was generous and polite. Anyway we missed the Pantheon by an hour, I was so bummed and then we were there on a Sunday so we spent a couple hours finding the LDS church and going to it. That was cool, and then went toe the Colosseum which blew us away. Rome is one of my top picks for Europe-- Love it. I also have to say going in October was superb as I hear it gets way hot in the summer.

Fes, Morocco

We took an early flight on Easy Jet (budget European airline) from Paris to Fes, Morocco. I was so scared! Bry had talked me into coming to this strange place and was so excited to check off Africa from the list of Continents he has visited. Fes is the oldest Muslim city in the world. Many have heard of Marakesh, Fes is less known but very impressive! I was a little out of my element, but really did enjoy staying in an old palace type home buried deep within the narrow walls of the medina. (the ancient city) The medina is a maze of narrow alleyways, no cars are permitted (too narrow) only donkeys! The markets are throughout as we walked around-- and we stood out like crazy! Most of the people wear the traditional clothing and most women are covered up. I loved hearing the call for prayer 5 times daily as it echoed through their alleyways on big speakers. There are mosques on every corner, and although we were not allowed to enter, we could peak in and see the kneeling, chanting men. We took a side trip our second day to another town and some of the best preserved ruins in the world, Volubulus. This was a lot of fun to have our own driver for the day and I also really enjoyed going to a holy city, called Meknes on their good friday type day and saw hundreds of people coming to pray in their traditional mosque. My only complaint w/ Fes was that I felt that everyone wanted a piece of our money, which we aren't big spenders, so this got a little tiring.