Europe travel tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-06-19:/blog/?domain=JBradeen 2007-07-24T08:47:40Z JJBradeen img/travel-blog-feed.png Rome tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-07-24:/blog/?domain=JBradeen&thisblog_entryid=7&entryid=72701 2007-07-24T08:47:40Z 2007-07-24T08:47:40Z Howdy, We will be leaving Rome today to head back to Paris (which has much cooler, nicer weather!!). We have enjoyed our stay here a lot. We FINALLY got a hotel with air conditioning!!! We were soooo excited. Yesterday we went to Vatican City and went in St Peters Basilica, which was amazing. The day before, we walked around the ruins and the Colleseum, and then got a walking tour of the city. Today we ... Howdy,

We will be leaving Rome today to head back to Paris (which has much cooler, nicer weather!!). We have enjoyed our stay here a lot. We FINALLY got a hotel with air conditioning!!! We were soooo excited. Yesterday we went to Vatican City and went in St Peters Basilica, which was amazing. The day before, we walked around the ruins and the Colleseum, and then got a walking tour of the city. Today we are checking out a few sites that we missed. Losing our travel books has been rough, because we sometimes dont really know what we are looking at.
I bought the new Harry Potter book yesterday and have already starting reading it! Yipee! It will be nice to have it on the plane ride home.

love, Jenny and James

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]]> Florence tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-07-21:/blog/?domain=JBradeen&thisblog_entryid=6&entryid=72335 2007-07-21T16:13:12Z 2007-07-21T16:13:12Z Hello Everyone! We have been in Florence for 2 days now, and tomorrow we will leave for Rome. Today we rented mountain bikes and rode out into the Tuscan hillsides outside of the city. Our whole trip was 22 miles, and we are SO tired now...it was worth it though. We got up into the hills where they make wine and olive oil, it was very cool to see. Florence is a great city, lots of shopping here. ... Hello Everyone!

We have been in Florence for 2 days now, and tomorrow we will leave for Rome. Today we rented mountain bikes and rode out into the Tuscan hillsides outside of the city. Our whole trip was 22 miles, and we are SO tired now...it was worth it though. We got up into the hills where they make wine and olive oil, it was very cool to see.
Florence is a great city, lots of shopping here. It is still very hot, but not humid like Venice. We are really starting to look forward to the cooler weather at home. Hopefully we will be able to write again from Rome. See you all soon!

love, Jenny and James

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]]> Change of plans! tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-07-19:/blog/?domain=JBradeen&thisblog_entryid=5&entryid=71954 2007-07-19T15:32:46Z 2007-07-19T15:32:46Z Hello everyone. So we decided to cut Aosta out of our trip(to much travel and stress involved). So we are now in Florence, we arrived this afternoon. We will be in Florence until Sunday and then on to Rome through Tuesday. Yesterday was our last day in Venice and we explored the surronding islands and went to the beach. James was excited to wear his speedo. We thought Venice was very beautiful and enjoyed ... Hello everyone. So we decided to cut Aosta out of our trip(to much travel and stress involved). So we are now in Florence, we arrived this afternoon. We will be in Florence until Sunday and then on to Rome through Tuesday. Yesterday was our last day in Venice and we explored the surronding islands and went to the beach. James was excited to wear his speedo. We thought Venice was very beautiful and enjoyed it very much. We are taking lots of pictures and are excited to show you all. We have decided not to send postcards because our address book was aboard the lost backpack.

To answer some questions........

Yes, Heather we are getting you a present.
Yes, we are able to shower....it was so hot in Venice that we took a few showers each day....no AC is pretty brutal.
The temperature in Florence today is about 100 degrees.

We'll write again soon, it's much cheaper to use internet here!

love,
Jen and James

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]]> Venice tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-07-16:/blog/?domain=JBradeen&thisblog_entryid=4&entryid=71421 2007-07-16T13:47:18Z 2007-07-16T13:47:18Z We arrived this morning in Venice. We took the train last night and it took 13 hours from Paris. Because this is a busy time of year, we were only able to reserve a 2nd class cabin. It was close quarters.....sharing with 4 other people, but we had a tiny bed and actually got a little sleep. Venice is beautiful, and we both agree that it is the coolest place we have ever been. No cars here, ... We arrived this morning in Venice. We took the train last night and it took 13 hours from Paris. Because this is a busy time of year, we were only able to reserve a 2nd class cabin. It was close quarters.....sharing with 4 other people, but we had a tiny bed and actually got a little sleep.
Venice is beautiful, and we both agree that it is the coolest place we have ever been. No cars here, only boats to get aroud. It is HOT, it feels like we are back in Florida.....except no strip malls...just beautiful scenery.

Thanks for all the messages youve been sending us!

love, Jen & James

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]]> July 14 tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-07-14:/blog/?domain=JBradeen&thisblog_entryid=3&entryid=71119 2007-07-14T08:13:52Z 2007-07-14T08:13:52Z Hello Everyone! Yesterday we went on an all day trip to Normandy and it was amazing! We stopped at many different important sites: Pegusus Bridge, Omaha Beach Memorial, and Pont du Hoc. The whole trip was a really great experience. Today is Bastille Day; and we plan to go to the Louvre; and also see some other sites. This keyboard is difficult to type on because all the letters are in different places! love, jen and james ... Hello Everyone!

Yesterday we went on an all day trip to Normandy and it was amazing! We stopped at many different important sites: Pegusus Bridge, Omaha Beach Memorial, and Pont du Hoc. The whole trip was a really great experience. Today is Bastille Day; and we plan to go to the Louvre; and also see some other sites. This keyboard is difficult to type on because all the letters are in different places!

love, jen and james

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]]> bonjour tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-07-12:/blog/?domain=JBradeen&thisblog_entryid=2&entryid=70897 2007-07-12T19:46:16Z 2007-07-12T19:46:16Z Well, our trip got off to a baaaad start. We dont have much time to explain, but basically, we accidentally left our carry on backpack on a train and it is gone. Luckily it was only material things that were lost, and we still have everything we need for our trip. The part of Paris we are staying in is AWESOME and we love it here so far. Normandy is tomorrow, we will write again soon. love, Jenny and James ... Well, our trip got off to a baaaad start. We dont have much time to explain, but basically, we accidentally left our carry on backpack on a train and it is gone. Luckily it was only material things that were lost, and we still have everything we need for our trip.
The part of Paris we are staying in is AWESOME and we love it here so far.

Normandy is tomorrow, we will write again soon.

love, Jenny and James

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]]> Welcome tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-06-19:/blog/?domain=JBradeen&thisblog_entryid=1&entryid=67226 2007-06-19T15:13:59Z 2007-06-19T15:13:59Z James and I created this website so that you will be able to read about what we're doing on our trip and also keep track of where we are. We will try to update it as much as possible! love, Jenny ... James and I created this website so that you will be able to read about what we're doing on our trip and also keep track of where we are. We will try to update it as much as possible!

love, Jenny

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