tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212366294887536966.post4104478594670259896..comments2016-12-31T18:25:49.355-08:00Comments on European Travels: Day 5 - Dec. 23rdWindshield Time #2http://www.blogger.com/profile/09108943557498413954noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212366294887536966.post-75659157947221275382016-12-29T12:35:11.345-08:002016-12-29T12:35:11.345-08:00I can not tell you how often I thought of you duri...I can not tell you how often I thought of you during our 7 1/2 years of living in Germany (Bamberg), because you inspired my love of history and well as you know it's literally in every step that you take in Europe! <br />I truly laughed out loud about driving in Rome. We never made it to Rome, we went to Venice and Pisa and surrounding towns and beaches. (Venice we went over Martin Luther King weekend in 2008, over the 4 day weekend) and I took our at the time 3 kids down to Pisa area to go to the beach for a week, during the last month of Chad's 14 month deployment, to help us get through that last month (it worked...a week on a beach and the beauty of Italy can make everything better!!) <br />Italians are CRAZY drivers. They weren't bad over by Venice, we actually stayed on post in Vecinia, and took the train down to Venice (just a quick 30-45 minute train ride since we took the fast train). <br />When I drove down to Pisa, I got a small taste of the insanity that is Italian drivers! We were warned though to not drive to Rome. Our plan had been to drive to Pisa and then take the train to Rome, but life happened, Chad was injured and Rome was cancelled. Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932007213063890925noreply@blogger.com