So as we travel we try to cross out some of the wonders of the world. So I think it’s only fair that we see and save the leaning tower of pisa while in Italy. 

Here are a few poses of our trip.. But before that let me give you an idea how easy it is to travel to this site. 

From rome you can take the train for about €22 per person one way or less depending on the time and day you get your ticket. When you arrive at the train station in pisa.. Right out front of the train station is the pisa bus… For €2 per person you will be dropped right in front of the site… And there you are in 3 hours from rome to pisa you will be able to take a picture with this beautiful site… 

Now enjoy the pictures… 

Our family have totally enjoyed this beautiful city… What do I personally love about firenze? Well it’s those small alley ways and… Just the artsy lifestyle. 

And the people are so friendly as well as the transportation system is so easy to enjoy. 

I think am starting to fall in love with cities that have built their city around some form of water. And firenze is just one of them. 

I hope to return back to firenze city one day in the future… 

Here are a few picks of our families last days in firenze 

Milan’s layout, with streets either radiating from the Duomo or circling it, reveals that the Duomo occupies what was the most central site in Roman Mediolanum, that of the public basilica facing theforum. The first cathedral, the “new basilica” (basilica nova) dedicated to St Thecla, was completed by 355. It seems to share, on a slightly smaller scale, the plan of the contemporaneous church recently rediscovered beneath Tower Hill in London.^[5] An adjoining basilica was erected in 836. The old octagonal baptistery, the Battistero Paleocristiano, dates to 335 and still can be visited under the Milan Cathedral. When a fire damaged the cathedral and basilica in 1075, they were rebuilt as the Duomo.^[6]

Construction beginsEdit

In 1386, Archbishop Antonio da Saluzzo began construction of the cathedral.^[7] Start of the construction coincided with the ascension to power in Milan of the archbishop’s cousin Gian Galeazzo Visconti, and was meant as a reward to the noble and working classes, who had suffered under his tyrannical Visconti predecessor Barnabò. Before actual work began, three main buildings were demolished: the palace of the Archbishop, the Ordinari Palace and the Baptistry of St. Stephen at the Spring, while the old church of Sta. Maria Maggiore was exploited as a stone quarry. Enthusiasm for the immense new building soon spread among the population, and the shrewd Gian Galeazzo, together with his cousin the archbishop, collected large donations for the work-in-progress. The construction program was strictly regulated under the “Fabbrica del Duomo”, which had 300 employees led by first chief engineer Simone da Orsenigo. Orsenigo initially planned to build the cathedral from brick in Lombard Gothic style. 

We had the opportunity to stroll around and shop for hours around this beautiful building. 

Now if you decide to go there better reserve your entry in the duomo ticket online or you will spend at least 2 hours in a line waiting to get inside. 

But if you decide to visit outside which is as magnificent as the inside… You can do that with bird feeding and some pictures. 

And after that you can  spend days shopping around that area… So enjoy and make sure to bring sun screen and some mosquito repellent for the night walking. 

We are so blessed to have amazing LLFs across the globe. 

They picked us up and drove us in their car to lake cómo and I must say it might be the most beautiful lake we have had the opportunity to swim in and totally enjoyed to the max. 

Here are a few pictures of our lake cómo experience thanks to our LLFs. 

The castle was built in the late 11th-early 12th century and was restored several times in the following centuries. In the late 19th century and in 1956 remains of tombs from the Iron age, as well as weapons and armors were found in the area.

The Castle also had dungeons built during the first World War as part of the so-called linea Cadorna. It currently houses gardens and a group of birds of prey , raised by a local falconer. 

It became open to the public in 1999. The tower houses a permanent exhibition dedicated toLariosaurus, an extinct sea reptile from the Middle Triassic period, which takes its name from the lake after its discover in Perledo in 1830.

So now that we have shared a little history about this beautiful castle let’s get to the fun part. 

We visited Milan and as we always end with with super amazing LLFs all around the globe. It was a day we will surely remember for a long time. Spending the day with David an his wife Marni. It was just magnificent. 

It’s cost £4 for adults and £3 for kids. And you walk in the castello and they give you paper that tells you all about the castle. 

The walk through the castle took about 20min… We took lots of pictures. Here are a few of our day at the castle. 

We are so blessed and have such amazing love ones. Our Godson family came to spend some time with us in Roma. Such an amazing experience as we decided to make it a suprise for the boys. Mj and sena have not seen each other for over a year. And in Roma mj has yet to make friends that speak English so it really was such a pleasure getting to host the Adzei family. 

Here are a few pictures of our exploration… Beach day in Nettuno and the tours in Roma… 

Life away from my comfort zone.. My country can have such great benefit even with me missing my comfort zone.. Place that I understand the language… Know my people and can relate… In charge of my situation. 

Now coming from Ghana… Raised in a typical Ghanaian home.. Washing machine and dryer is more like your hands and the sun.. 

With each travels most apartments we have our own washing machine and dryer… But since I try to venture out and learn how people without this technology called washer and dryer and can’t use your hands like we can from Ghana do it. So once in a while I will take all our large towels to the laundry mart… This might probably be my 5th time… But all of them seem different in each country. Here in rome the machines are heavy duty and I love the way it’s set up. I don’t need to bring my soap. It’s automatic dose of soap and fabric softener in the machine. And the machines are labeled with numbers and the weight you can wash in them. 

Like if you have cloths that are 14kg you will put them in the 14kg washer with a designated number on there and you will then go to a separate pay machine.. Choose the machine number and pay with coins or paper money.. And in this case it’s €7 which is about $7.83.

And you can also choose the 8kg machine which will cost you €6 or $6.83
Once its done which takes about 41min to wash… 
Then you will move it to the dryer… Which you pay €2 which is about $1.83 and that’s for 10min drying time. And with tables and baskets there you can then fold you items neatly and walk on home. 
So today my son and u had our mommy date at the laundry mart… Make fun out of every day… 
Such an accomplished day… Gym, deep house cleaning, healthy eating, homeschool kids, date with my son at the laundry mart.. Yeap.. It. All happened and it’s only 2pm.

I honestly believe what makes a great travel is the people you meet along the way. 

And what makes it even more special and memorable is when they welcome you into their home and family. Such a beautiful journey for us. 

One evening marcus and I are coming from our date night and at the train station.. Marcus saw this lady with beautiful braids.. So he just said “you have beautiful braids” but the lady did not speak any English only speaks Spanish and Italian… But with all great friendships… Smiles is all it takes. 

Even though we don’t speak each other’s language we still exchange contacts for whatsapp (super grateful for that app). She invited me for breakfast 3 days later.. With Google translate we where able to make conversation. At breakfast I met her daughter and her mom… Such beautiful family. She has a 15yr daughter and an 8yr old son… So already we both have something in common. 

1 week later we spent the whole Sunday at their home.. Where they cooked us a feast… I mean seriously felt us till we could not eat or drink anymore… Our kids played together with other cousins around. It was a magnificent Sunday. 

We danced… We ate… And all this with just Google translator since no one there speaks or understand an ounce of English… And my Spanish is just single words. But like most fun times… Music and food and fellowship is all that matters. 

Am so grateful for moments like this… That’s my most cherished moments of our travels for the past 3 yrs. 

Here are a few pictures of our fun day 

So it’s almost a whole month since we arrived in Roma… And I must say we are loving the day light savings and enjoying it all with new friends. 

We made new friends near out apartment. And they have a 15yr old daughter and an 8yr old son. 

So now my son says he has an Italian brother. They took us to the park near by and we got to spend some time just playing and talking through Google translator. Yeap they don’t speak any English… But with whatsapp and Google translate we are able to communicate and somehow the kids do well playing together even with the language barrier. 

Today I sent my kids to the grocey store and here they decide to do some photo shoot on the street side. 

We are absolutely enjoying this life in rome… With naps from. 2pm to 4pm and fresh mozzarella with freshly made pasta… 

As we travel making friends has surly been our main excitement in all the countries we visit. 

And in rome we have started making friends. Our friend Joe and his family invited us over to spend the weekend with his family in Nettuno which is 1 hour train ride from rome. 

Such a welcoming and beautiful family. Am so grateful for friends like him making each moment a special one in rome. 

Also date night is rome is so romantic as marcus and I explore the Vatican town and all the beautiful buildings around the city center. So breath taking views and picture taking moments. 

Ohh and in rome when at the movies they take a break for 20min… So the movie will be playing and all of sudden it will stop and you get to stand up and go use the bathroom. Or talk but you have 20min before the movie resume playing. So interesting as we did not know while watching wonder woman we thought the movie was done… Lol

So we are enjoying roma as they call it… When in rome do what the Romans do… 

Rome Exploration Continues….