Our flight departed at 5pm the day of our wedding. We flew from Washington DC to Rome, Italy. It was a pleasant flight and we were able to have some brief periods of shut-eye. After making it through customs and collecting our luggage, we navigated ourselves to the rental car desk and picked up our little chariot; a small Lancia Ypsilon. And boy was it fun to drive in Italy!
The first 3 days of our honeymoon were spent in a marble apartment within site of the Vatican. This was my fist time in Italy, but Kendra has been all over the boot several times. She even speaks fluent Italian. We opted for a relaxed honeymoon, sleeping and lounging during the days, while making expeditions at night to sample the local fair and drive by historic sites. Driving the little go-kart Lancia Ypsilon through the old cobble streets of Rome at night was one of the highlights of the trip for sure.
After taking in the sites at Rome we made our way into Tuscany for the remainder of our sojourn. Luca, a beautiful medium sized town famous for its bell towers (one even has trees growing on top), became our base camp. We stayed at a quaint bed and breakfast owned by a wonderful couple and an old friend of Kendra's. From the small home in the countryside we made day trips all across Tuscany, sampling food, taking in gorgeous vistas and walking through medieval and renaissance history.