Missing photos

It seems quite pathetic that is has taken me this long to post any photos of our trip to Europe to demonstrate how yummy the adventure was. However, what must be taken into account are the following facts: 1) the moment we touched US soil (in Philadelphia) we were on the phone to car insurance agencies trying to work out our car situation (Ed was rear ended driving my car on 8/28, our anniversary, a day and a half before moving out of our apartment and leaving the country for a month. The car was totaled but he was fine). 2) The house we bought with Ed's brother had not closed the entire month we were gone. Therefore we were homeless for a day after returning. the house closed the following day. 3) We moved into a vacant house that needed a good amount of repairs which we have been working on diligently. Ed has but a TON of work into the new place! 4) I had to get a new car, see fact number one. 5) On top of all of this I had to return to daily work. Okay, my excuses are out there...now for some photos.

After our picnic we posed in front of the Eiffel Tower, from left: our friend Kevin, Ed, me.
Ed and Kevin discuss meeting at the Louvre the next morning while enjoying hot chocolate and a beer and waiting for the rain to pass.Kevin stares at my dessert even though he is eating the same, exact thing. The baked apple tart thing was quite good but for the price we paid for this meal at an ubber fancy place not too far from the Lourve I was disappointed. We found better meals for less money.Speaking of better meals for (a little ) less, this was one of our best meals over all. The restraunt he is sitting in is the restaurant we "stayed above". My pest raviolis filled with pesto that was made right there in the town...OMG! Ed enjoyed his mussels too (i'm allergic so I don't dwell on them. I'm sad I can never have them again). My raviolis were followed by grilled calamari and Ed had a steak as his main course. The meal was finished off by a glass of a sweet raisin wine I can not spell or pronounce. The wine is unique to the region and really quite good, and really quite expensive. luck for us it was on the house because we were staying there!After our all day hike we got some to go food from a delicious cheap place and enjoyed the food and wine on our balcony as we watched the sun set. Gorgeous!In Florence we ate at cafe Zaza on a few recommendations. Everything was delicious but again, for the price was a little disappointed. Our meal the next day in a random hole in the wall place with only locals. The food was cheap and good!Another recommendation was made to us to climb up to the stairs by the bronze David and watch the sunset. We'll who is going to do that and not bring a bottle of wine. Truly only a few groups of people did NOT have beer or wine with them. The sunset wasn't the best but you couldn't beat the view!