11 more days..

til Europe! After a year of planning, I can't believe it is almost here! :) Although we are going to be vacation poor once we get back, I don't care. I know this will probably be our last big "hoorah" before settling down and expanding the Mastronardo clan. No, that doesn't mean I'm going to try and get knocked up when we get back lol but that we are going to buckle down and start saving money for the "future".

I can't even tell you which city I am most looking forward to. Since I have a feeling I won't blog again before we leave, here is an idea of what us 3 stooges will be getting ourselves into!
London-we're only here a day so we are focusing on doing the hop on/hop off bus tour and hitting up a pub and getting some authentic fish and chips (and hopefully Derek can drink his Tennents) After taking the chunnel the next morning we will be in..

Paris-3 nights in the city of lights. I guess if I really thought about it, I am probably most excited about Paris. It is the fashion capital of the world and I plan on drinking lots of champagne and eating bread and cheese until I puke! haha not really, but we will be going to all of the major sights (Eiffel Tower, Louvre, etc) and we are also taking a day trip to Versailles. We are also going to Moulin Rouge one night. After another train ride we will go to..

Amsterdam-the tour includes a bike tour to a cheese and clogmaking shop but beyond that our only plans are to partake in the local culture ;)

Berlin-historical walking tour which includes all of the major sites. I hear that they have some good punk rock nightclubs so we are going to try and find one of those so I can fulfill my international dancing quota. And of course, beer and pretzels.

Prague-beer, beer, beer, beer! And then.. more beer, beer, beer!

Rome-Colosseum, Forum, Vatican, Spanish steps, you name it, we're doing it! We are also going on the Necropolis tour underneath the Basilica (where St Peter is supposedly buried). We'll be celebrating my 26th bday in Rome so I plan to eat 26 gelatos in the 4 days we're there (hah! well maybe between the 3 of us!) and drink lots and lots of lambrusco. Oh, I really hope we can find the wine we had last time. Best sparkling red wine in the world peeps!

Don't worry, we're taking 2 cameras (3 if you count Gweed's) so we will have more than enough pictures to last us a lifetime!

Anyways.. I think we are going to have a SMALL get together for the fireworks on Sunday.. and I'm on the 5th book of Harry Potter. I think that's it :)

Until next time.. CIAO!

Shoots

so I know I said awhile back that I would be doing some photoshoots.. so here I thought I would share my top favorite shot from each photographer. (Alexis, I finally got all of the ones from Andy so I will have to email some more to you) Overall, I have been having a lot of fun with this and have found that it's helping me regain my confidence in myself as well as motivate me to remain healthy and stay on track with getting into shape. I can't believe it is less than a month away to Europe!!!!! These are from newest to oldest (still haven't fully mastered this whole Blogger picture upload crap) If you want to see more, I can email them. I don't think I'm going to add any to Facebook just yet. (My confidence isn't fully back people!)

Photographer: Imagination Complex

Photographer: TheAnj (Thanks again to Alexis for being my "escort" to this one! ;)

Photographer: CandyDrop Photography

Until next time.. Ciao!