Pescara

So I have started to upload some pictures on both Facebook and Myspace.. most of you are friends with me on there so you can view them there. The only ones I have up so far are from Pescara. The Rome pics and Amsterdam pics will be up by the end of the week. So this first blog will be all about our first 4 days which was in Pescara, Italy.

We got on the plane in Cincinnati around 7:30 pm Wednesday and arrived into Rome's aiport around 10:45 am their time (it would have only been 4:45 am EST) Already exhausted from the flight, we had to take this train called the Leonardo Express to the big Rome train station called Roma Termini. Well, our train to Pescara didn't leave until 4:25 so we had roughly 5 hours to do nothing but wait!!!! It sucked really, really bad. After we got on the train we had 4 hours until we actually reached Pescara around 8:30 on Thursday night. So the first day was pretty much wasted on travelling, on no sleep or food, and with no AC. My grandparents were not happy campers. I felt extreme jet lag that first night and was even talking about going home!!!

But the next morning I felt better rested and was ready to go. Friday, we had the rehearsal lunch. We had to drive an hour up in the hills to this restaurant. It was beautiful! It took 3 hours to eat.. we had 6 courses!!!!!!! I had tried things I never thought I would (zucchini flower with riccota and anchovies; barley; eggplant; wine!) They served us 4 different types of wine! As many of you should know, I can't stand wine! But I figured I'm in Italy its worth a shot. Well I like spumante (which is pretty much champagne but they can't call it that bc its not from France); they also gave us a cherry wine, a rosetta and this nasty ass sicilian wine that tasted more like whiskey or rum than wine. So anyways, we get back to the hotel around 6 and me and Derek decided to check out the beach. It was beautiful! Nothing spectacular but it was fun nonetheless. We also hit up this cute little pizza place right on the beach and had to put our Italian to the test. We both passed successfully :)

Saturday was Charlie's big day. You could tell he was so nervous! The wedding was about an hour away and we had to ride this uncomfortable bus that would send you about 3 ft up out of your seat every time it hit a bump. Terrible. But then we arrive at the church. The pictures cannot fully capture the beauty of this old church. It was built in 500 AD and rennovated in 1200 AD It was simply breathtaking. It overlooked the Adriatic and we got some great pictures of that. The inside of the church was just as beautiful. The only drawback was again no AC. The ceremony was almost 2 hours long (all said in Italian). Charlie even said his vows in Italian. It was so moving. I had to fight from crying. My grandpa lost it a few times. So after the ceremony we head to this glorious castle where their reception (I don't even wanna know how much this wedding cost!!!!!) We had another 6 course meal under the stars. The only thing was that there was no dancing, no real music, no fun. It was beautiful and elegant and classy. But I prefer American weddings where you can get jiggy wit it ;) all in all we didn't get back to the hotel til 3 am!!! It was a 12 hour ordeal!!!!

Needless to say we slept in the next day and had a nice relaxing day on the beach. Charlie and Dani met us that night and said goodbye before heading off to Greece for the honeymoon. (it must be nice to live in france, get married in italy and take your honeymoon in Greece! lol). That night we packed for Rome which was only another 4 hour train ride away..

which I will tell you about next time. I've written a book already haha. There is so much more that I could say but I'm saving both of our times and giving you the highlights. Trust me, there are so many little jokes and stories that pretty much made the trip so much more memorable. Anywho, I'll write about Rome tomorrow or Thursday.

Ciao! Ciao!

ps. I don't really proofread this shit so I apologize ahead of time for bad grammar