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Happy New Year! We've been meaning to post a final blog here for quite some time- a little wrap-up to our phenomenal around the world adventure. We thought some pictures from our first big snow at home and us shoeshoeing around the slopes of Mt.Greylock would be fitting and fun. It has been great to be home, and lately we have been reminiscing about where we were in the world and what we were doing at this time last year...

It's not possible to sum up seven amazing months traveling around the globe in a couple of crafty sentences, but we don't have to because this here blog does a great job of telling our tale! If you're yearning for more, we have over a thousand pictures that didn't make the blog just give us a call and a 5+ hour slide show is all yours =). We wanted to thank everyone for all their love and encouragement as we traveled abroad, it was sunshine to receive all your sweet notes and excited interest.

This journey was a dream come true for both of us, and a sweeter experience than we ever could have imagined flying out that cool Saturday morning in September. You'll see us on the road again some day I'm sure, but for now we're enjoying the wonderful memories from the best honeymoon these two newlyweds could have ever asked for!

France

Paris. What else is there to say about Paris that hasn't been said by better writers than me? I will say this: We woke each morning and exercised for a couple of hours under the Eiffel Tower. Then we would eat a light breakfast of incomparable French pastry, and then wander the city the rest of the day, eating lunch in whatever wonderful cafe happened to be near. In the evenings, we would hang out with Meghan and Rick, and my sister Nora, who was vacationing in Paris and Morocco. It's a pretty great life.

Italy

After leaving Berlin, we hooked up with my sister Meghan and her husband Rick, who live in Paris. We rented a car and drove down to Rome. Along the way, we spent a few days in Cinque Terra along the Italian coast, just south of Genoa. It was amazing, the pictures don't do it justice. Walking along the coast, drinking hot chocolate in cafes during the day and good wine at night are really as fantastic as you might think it would be.

Rome was amazing as well. We spent a bunch of time with my mom's cousins, Alvaro Mino and his sister Pierra. They are awesome. The stories were great, as was the food and the wine and the little tours that Pierra would give spontaneously. If you have any relatives at all in Italy, I suggest you visit them.