I still can’t believe that in this stage of life, we are able to hop on a train to Portofino for a quick day trip. This beautiful piece of the world is only 2 hours away by train! On Monday morning, we woke up early and left Milan towards Santa Margherita Ligure train station. We arrived at 10:00 and took a 20 minute, crowded, bumpy bus ride down to Portofino. It was gorgeous and so tiny! We walked along those colorful buildings in about five minutes. We ate pizza next to the water, bought some water bottles and started our hike UP the mountain. Oh my goodness, it was such an uphill climb for the first mile. We stopped every few minutes to admire the view. The water was so blue and sparkly in the sunshine. Our hike from Portofino to San Fruttuoso was about two hours. We really love hiking and this was an incredible experience. San Fruttuoso is a tiny village with a huge, gorgeous monastery that was built in the mid-tenth century by Greek monks. Now, it has been converted into a museum with a very popular beach and restaurants. Later in the afternoon, we took a ferry over to gorgeous Camogli. We enjoyed the beach, we ate delicious focaccia, and soaked up the sunshine. Everything about the day was perfect until our train ride home which was 30 minutes delayed and insanely crowded. No seats for us. I think all of Italy decided to go back to Milan on Monday evening. 🙂
Europe Travel: French Riviera – Monaco and Nice, France
The longer we are in Europe, the more I realize how beautiful and how BIG our world is. There are so so many towns, cities, villages, countries in this world, each with their own culture and history. I love it. Milan is definitely a city. Cars, trains, people, banks, businesses everywhere. We had the opportunity last weekend to take a little trip outside of the city to visit the French Riviera. I’m in love. We took an early train on Saturday morning to Ventimiglia, the last stop in Italy. Then, took a connecting train to Monte Carlo, Monaco. On this train ride, I watched the movie Grace of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman on the iPad. What a lovely movie and great introduction to Monaco. We arrived in this beautiful, wealthy, tiny country around noon, wandered our way to Hotel Ambassador, checked in early and then started exploring…
Erica – Verona, Italy Senior Portraits
My sweet friend Liz and I have been friends for over a decade. She has three younger sisters and truly loves her family. Liz’s sister, Erica, is a senior at Timber Creek High School in Orlando (Go Wolves!) and just spent two weeks in Verona, Italy with an exchange program. She first hosted an Italian teenager in her Florida home and then in exchange, Erica was able to come to Verona to experience the Italian life. Last week, I had the opportunity to hop on a 90 minute train from Milan to Verona to see Erica and take her senior photos. I am so happy that I was able to spend time with this smart, sweet, articulate lady. She will be attending UCF (Go Knights!!) in the fall and will be on the rowing team! I am so excited for her future. Thank you, Erica, for spending an afternoon in Italy with me! I hope you love these pictures and that they will always remind you of your wonderful experience abroad.
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Married: Ashley and Josh – Anniversary
Happy ONE year Anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Plata! I went to college with Ashley and loved hearing about her relationship with Josh. These two are perfect together. So supportive, fun, and sweet together. Their wedding at Palma Sola Botanical Park in Bradenton was set and ready for their gorgeous outdoor ceremony when Florida skies let loose and flooded their wedding day. “No biggie, we are still getting married today!” said the sweet couple. And it was such a beautiful day!! To celebrate their first year anniversary, Ashley and Josh looked through their wedding photos and found a few that are most meaningful to them. Loved Ashley’s initial response: “Is 9 too many? bahahahaha. How do you pick your favorite wedding pictures? I feel like every picture tells its own story about our special day and I can honestly say I love every single one. BUT, if we were to choose they are as follows :)”
(Left) “First kiss as husband and wife. How could this not be one of our favorites. Plus you get a little sneak peak of our FABULOUS guests who huddled inside the house behind us to support us since we had no where for them to sit due to the weather.”
(Right) “This is MY (Ashley) absolutely favorite
Married: Christina and Ruben – Anniversary
One year ago, Christina and Ruben became husband and wife at Tanner Hall in Orlando. Their ceremony was filled with love, support, and perfect Florida weather. Their reception was such a fun party! We loved documenting their beautiful day. To celebrate their one year anniversary, I asked the happy couple (AND expecting parents!!) to look back on their wedding photos and to pick a few that are most meaningful to them.
(Left) “Ruben and I LOVE this picture! Taken immediately after the ceremony, it was just the two of us and while I was nervous and anxious about the reception, he brought me back down to earth by taking my mind off of it with laughter. This is one of the many reasons why I fell in love with him and this photograph is a reminder of that moment.”
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