“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” - Bill Bryson

Venezia - Part One

I got a chance to go to Venice this weekend with my lovely friends Julie and Lyndsay. Even though I remembered certain parts of Venice from my trip in 2005,  I was still able to explore and find new things to admire. It was much foggier than expected but I was still able to take in the beauty of Venice. I will definitely have to go back when it's warmer. Here are some pictures I took. Again, not the best pictures because of the fog but I hope you enjoy them. Miss you all! - Mia

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

PISA!!!

Today I went to Pisa with my friend Julie. I must admit, the leaning tower was smaller than I expected it to be. Don't get me wrong, it's still incredible. I have no idea how this tower is still standing! Overall, this was a lovely trip. I feel so lucky to have actually seen the leaning tower after hearing so much about it. :)

“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese