Roadtrip to Italy!!! :-)

What can I say...? I was blessed with a wonderful holiday roadtrip through Europe to Italy! It still seams like a dream, a bit surreal, even now after the trip...


On the 5th of August after my morning shift at work, I finished packing my bags and headed to the airport. I flew to Copenhagen that evening where three Norwegians and a BMW were waiting for me. The travelleres were, my wonderful wonderful friend Anette, her boyfriend Jostein and his friend Oystein (sorry can´t make norwegian Ö)... They came driving down from Norway, and together the four of us continued driving through the night through Germany.
Anette, Oystein and Jostein...

The guys...Oystein and Jostein... The chicks...Jen and Annie...

Early in the morning we came to Austria, were we stopped and had breakfast at a river.

We then continued down to the northern parts of Italy. We came to Chioggia and found a hotel in Sottomarina near the beach. There we stayed two nights, had some beach time, some wonderful Italian food and icecream, and long walks through the city...

Sottomarina...



The following day we spent in Venice. What a wonderful experience! Such an amazing city! So charming!!!

Jostein and Anette in wonderful Venice...



Me in Venice.

We then continued down towards Rome and we drove through San Marino, the little country inside of Italy. Rome was fantastic! I was so blown away by that city actually!!! Soo much to see and amazing buildings!!! We got both some Rome by night and Rome by day! Beautiful, beautiful!

Tourists in Rome.
Colosseum...

Love sweet love...

Rome by night.

Dinner in Rome.

After that we headed for the beach and got some time there before we continued driving further up north...We stopped in a small place called Tarquinia and stayed there at a hotel. It was a charming little city. We had breakfast in the city and walked around in the small streets and shops.

View over Tarquinia.

A charming breakfast.

That day we were supposed to have a beach day, but the weather didnt agree with that plan, so instead we headed up to Pisa and saw the tower. We had a nice time there in the rain. A different rainy touristy experience. Quite charming that as well:-).

Some serious rain clouds...

Pisa!!!

In the rain with sun in our hearts...

From there we drove up to Genova. We checked in at a hotel, had dinner in the city and then enjoyed a nice movie evening at our hotel. :-) The following day was amazing with warm sunny weather, and we had an AMAZING day at the beach!!!:-D So beautiful and nice! As you will see in the pictures...;-)

The BEACH!!! :-D

Anette in Genova.

Beach in Genova.

In the evening we drove further north to Milano, were we found a nice hotel, which only had an available suite-so we took it! :-) Talk about nice hotel...hehe we then enjoyed some delicious Mexican food that evening! Most of the people in the city was actually gone- all Italians were by the coast..hehe, we though for a while that we were the only ones in the city...but then we found plenty of people at the restaurants...

Milano.

The next day we drove on and continued up to Switzerland. Talk about a beautiful country!!! The mountains were just so beautiful! We were acting like some serious papparazis! :-) (you know me...) The wonderful Swiss Alps...

Well, then we also drove through Lichtenstein, up to München, were we spent some hours that evening. München was a nice surprise for me actually. I dont know what I had expected, but it was a nice place...:-) and the restaurant owner really did his job well... :-)

München...

Lichtenstein...

We then drove through the rest of Germany that night, taking a 4 hour stop at a petrol station, were we slept in the car... We then got to Denmark in the morning and drove to Sweden. We had a little beach stop in Denmark though... That evening we arrived in Norway. We were all more or less tired..hehe...

Beach break in Denmark.
A break in Sweden for spirit, soul and body...

I then got about one and a half day in Norway, which was really nice. :-) I felt like a princess the whole journey!!! I just felt soo blessed and I was overwhelmed at God´s goodness and faithfulness. He blessed me so much financially through all these amazing people! And I could not have enjoyed the company more than I did! Guys, you are amazing! Thank you for an unforgettable trip!!! :-D

Anette, Lise and I then flew from Norway to Estonia. I had a few days there at our youth camp and after that I returned to Finland, where I am at the moment. I have a few more days of work and then I head back to Estonia for next years studies... What a blessed and amazing summer it has been!!! Praise God! :-D