My Wife, Courtney!

I had a last minute, fabulous visit from my girlfriend Courtney in February!  Courtney and I were co-counselors together for many summers at camp and my travel partner to Chicago!  She had two weeks to fill between her birthright tour to Israel and her travels in India for a wedding and she asked if she could come stay with me!  How great is that!?  She's already spent quite a bit of time in Italy so her visit was all about relaxing, visiting, drinking wine, and being my stay at home wife for two weeks, it was wonderful!

We visited Lake Barcis.  I love that place, it is beautiful in every season!

 That's beauty right there!

We took a trip to Verona, home of Romeo and Juliet.  Neither of us had been there so we went to visit for the weekend and we both LOVED it.  It was such a quaint city that was perfect for people watching.

This is a main piazza in Verona taken from the top of the Colosseum in the city.

 This is the restaurant where we sat for a few hours for lunch.  As we were sitting soaking up the sunlight children began to gather in the piazza dressed in their costumes for Carnevale.  We were enjoying people watching as more and more began to gather.  We then figured something must be going on down there for the celebration.  About 30 minutes later there is a huge crowd of people and there is a MASSIVE Carnevale parade going through the center with costumes, bands, floats, confetti, silly string, music, and dancers!  It was great!

Juliet's balcony...Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo?

 This is the entrance to Juliet's house (courtyard).  Everyone writes on the wall for their love.  So we had to join in the tourist tradition and add our loves to the wall as well!

Standing on the top of the Colosseum in Verona.

Playing in the piazza.  Apparently not much happens at 1am on a Thursday...but we didn't need people to stay entertained!

 Celebrating Carnevale in Venice with our painted faces, confetti, and of course, gelato!

We were attempting to have the confetti raining down on us for the picture, after multiple attempts, this was as good as we could get!  

We had a fabulous visit and it was so wonderful having Court come stay!  She was the perfect house guest, doing dishes, washing clothes, even helping me put on a baby shower for my friend Kika!  Court- if you have an interest in Florida, I'll be there in 2 months...I'm just saying :)