Italy Trip 2009

Chad and I got to go to Italy back in September on his company. It was a wonderful trip with so many beautiful sights, delicious food, and great times. Here are some pictures from our vacation. Unfortunately, they aren't in sequential order because it takes forever to shift them all around once you download them. So, bear with me!

St. Peter's Cathedral...so beautiful!

Hard Rock Rome

Another view of St. Peter's

The pulpit inside St. Peter's where the Pope gives Mass....

Walking into St. Peter's...

One of the many gorgeous paintings inside the Vatican

Another painting...all hand painted by Rafael and Michaelangelo

An ornate hallway...

Tilework on the floors of the Vatican...

One of hundreds of huge doors at the Vatican

More tilework...all hand placed, unbelieveable

A handpainted ceiling

The Trevi Fountain at night with Kristen, Angie, and Kristin

The boys at the Trevi - Chip, Tom, Chad, and Jon

The beautiful Trevi

Me and Chad at one of the many group dinners

The Spanish Steps

More gorgeous artwork

One of thousands of beautiful churches

Ruins

Breath taking scenery

The group at the Colliseum

The arch outside of the Colliseum

A view of as much of the Colliseum I could get in the frame...it is absolutely enormous

The tourists at the Colliseum

More Colliseum

Amazing first glimpse of the Colliseum

Me and Chad being silly at dinner with some friends

Me at the top of the tower at a winery - the view was spectacular!

Me being silly

The view from the top of the tower

Antinori's private wine reserve

The grapes drying

One of the two tables at dinner

The view from the mansion at one of the vineyards

Wine caves - we saw a lot of these

Gorgeous view of one of the vineyards

An artsy pic - this is actually my favorite pic from the entire trip

Barbara demonstrating that these Italians like their meat - it should be the size of her fist...nope - three times the size - ridiculous!

Me and Chad at a rooftop bar after dinner

At dinner

The Ste Michelle and Republic crew

Grapes just about ready for harvest

The first picture we snapped (I told you these were out of order) on our trip. We stopped for a snack and Veuve. None for me! More on that later...

It was a wonderful trip - we had a great time, but were SO glad to see Carson when we got home. A week is a LONG time to be away from your baby!

-Jaymie and Chad-