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| Piazzale Michelangelo |
Ciao fans!
We're HIGH on Florence! What a beautiful city. See the dome of the Duomo behind us? Our peoples really know how to pick great views!
We admire great art just as much as food. Although this is a replica of Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture, we marvel at the artistry!
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| Michelangelo’s “David” |
Wow! This tower in Pisa really does lean! When our peoples told us about a lean tower we thought it was just skinny!
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| Leaning Tower of Pisa |
Sometimes we just can't eat another pizza or pasta. We ate at an American style 50's diner for a nice change. It was fun and we especially loved our banana split. 😋
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| Banana Split |
We stopped for some Bubble Tea and made friends with this panda. Now that's a GIANT PANDA! 🐼
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| Panda friend |
Grrrr. Check-out this big lion on the grand staircase at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. He's really OLD, probably sculpted early in the 2nd century AD.
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| National Archaeological Museum in Naples |
While in Naples we HAD to try some of the local traditional sweets. The Rum Baba was our favorite. Could be because it was soaked in rum! Woohoo!
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| Rum Baba & other goodies |
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| Drunk Penelope |
Wow! We LOVED Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast! We're glad that Mt. Vesuvius wasn't erupting during our visit. 🌋
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| Sorrento & Mt. Vesuvius |
We stayed in a pretty Airbnb in the historic area. We had a photo shoot on the outside steps of our Airbnb apartment. These flowers definitely are our best color!
Check out this view of Positano behind us! AMAZING!
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| Positano (Amalfi Coast) |
We walked so much that we needed a spa day. This jacuzzi tub with Lavender and Lemon Bath Salts fit the bill. AHHHH!
We chilled in Sicily. Our peoples visited lots of cool sites but forgot to take us! So now we say arrivederci to Italy!
We flew from Palermo, Sicily to Milan and then to Malta! Malta is very close to Sicily but we didn't want to swim.
We really admired this beautiful fountain in the square at the entrance of Valletta. Our peoples took a walking tour while we relaxed here.
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| Triton Fountain |
We visited the medieval town of Mdina in Malta. We met this Knight in the Order of St. John. He was quite friendly and didn’t mind having his picture taken with us! As a panda bear, I (Penelope) love his uniform. I wonder if I can become a knight? 🤔
We really didn’t want to leave Malta. Everyone was so nice to us. But we had to stay with our peoples, so off to London we went. Our Airbnb was really close to pubs and a tea house. We could have hung out there every day. We did join our peoples on a Thames River boat ride to Greenwich. We learned a lot about the need for maritime navigational methods to determine time using longitude and astronomy. Did you know that Captain James Cook was able to successfully test the astronomical method of finding longitude at sea during his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1768-71)? During his voyages he saw some unusual animals like these:
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| Wallabies and wombats |
We made another friend. Isn't this just ducky!
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| "Just Ducky" |
Holiday decorations and lights were already up in London, in mid-November! Look at this beary cute nutcracker at Hamleys toy store! We have a thing for bears in uniform!
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| Nutcracker at Hamleys Toy Store |
We are now in the holiday spirit!
We're such lucky bears to be able to travel. Hopefully you have enjoyed our perspective during this adventure. We have visited 8 countries this year (not counting airport layovers):
Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Malta
and England (twice)
We better get busy helping our peoples plan our next adventures!
Wendy 🐻
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Penelope 🐼
