Trip to Italy – A Photo Essay

Happy Hump Day, everyone! Today, I don’t have a recipe for you, but instead, a ton of photos from my trip to Italy earlier this month. Actually, I say “ton” but this is a very small percentage of the photos I took. To give you a brief overview, my family and I first stayed in Rome for 4 days and enjoyed taking some tours, then headed out to the Italian countryside for a week in Preggio, Perugia and a few other cities within driving distance.

It was actually in Preggio and Assisi that I suffered from a serious panic attack due to freelance work emails and being overwhelmed with how much work needed to be done once I returned home. Talk about infringing on a great vacation. Now that I’m back home it’s gotten better but anxiety is now something that I struggle with more seriously. If there was one thing this trip taught me, it’s to not stretch yourself too thin because it will catch up with you in a huge way.

On a lighter note, I really loved Rome and walking around the city amongst buildings that held so much history. Overall it was a tremendous experience.

The Forum

Our amazing tour guide Antony

The House of Vestal Virgins

The Colosseum

The first of many fancy churches

Rome, Italy

Here is what I would show servers and chefs when I went out to eat with my family (yes, I know vegana is the feminine version, google translate didn’t know that I was female! 😉 ). It was SUPER helpful!

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Il Margutta Ristorarte – a vegetarian restaurant with many delicious vegan options; not to mention, walking distance from my hotel!

Vatican Museum

St. Peter’s Basilica (those letters at the top are 5′ tall, to give you a sense of scale)

Villa Torlonia – Mussolini’s Villa

Mausoleum of Constanzia

St. Agnese Basilica

Pantheon

Preggio, Italy – complete with some of the many swallows always flying around

Tiny Preggio on the hill top

My Sister and I at Ristorante La Castagna Di Piccioli Luca – Preggio, Italy

Agriturismo Bellona – Down a tiny dirt road I had one of the best meals of my trip.

Preggio, Italy – A view from the farmhouse in which I stayed.

Castiglione del Lago:

Preggio, Italy

Assisi, Italy:

A final farewell to Italy

If you have any questions about any of the photos or my trip to italy, just leave a comment below! 🙂