Aix marks the spot

HELLO!!!!!!

Ok, I know I have slacked big time on the blog, we really had horrible internet connection and I have not been able to get on and blog. The internet that was available was for 15 euro cents a minute!!!! YIKES! I am really sorry for the lack of posting and will try to post everyday to make up for it!!!

Ok, so I left off on my birthday in Venice. Italy was FABULOUS. Definitely somewhere I want to go back too, not even a question. The food-out of this world, more details on that to come. The people-fantastic. The scenery-unbelievable. Pictures do not it justice.

So from Venice off to Rome where we stayed at the COOLEST B&B outside of Rome in a little town called Zagarolo. Ivano and his wife Tehri were the best and we stayed on an olive farm and ate dinner family style with Ivano and our new friends from Australia. It was amazing. Good company, great food, and yes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do....and eat as much gelato as possible!!!! We decided to spend one full day in Rome see the ruins, vatican, st. peter's basilica and many other fabulous things. The next day we visited Tivoli, a town near Zagarolo that has three beautiful villas.
I really have trouble expressing how much we saw and how I found myself staring up at the coliseum and thinking to myself, am I really here? I mean, pinch yourself Grace, are you looking at the Roman coliseum!!!!! AHHHHHH!

So I will write more about each city but for now I will leave you with that but we have safely arrived in Aix-en-Provence (Claire's home for the last 10 months) and are living it up. Only a week left but it is so good to be back in Aix. I love it here and can see why Claire has fallen in love with it too! We were reunited with a great friend and fellow world traveler today, the one and only JJ Vandette!!!!!!

We are so excited that he is here and with us and that we could meet up halfway around the world and enjoy some time together after not seeing each other for 6 months. Off to market in the morning to enjoy a fresh croissant and pain au chocolate-we just can't seem to get enough.

Love from Aix,

Grace and Joe and Claire and JJ