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THE SISTERS ABROAD


GIORNO DELLA SPIAGGIA
It is the strangest feeling to not be in the U.S. for the Fourth of July. Even with all of our traveling, this is the first time I’ve...

Hannah McDonald
Jul 3, 20173 min read
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4th of July on the Beach
We kicked off our Italian 4th of July with some patriotic sleeping in and stealing the book Hannah brought after finishing mine. After...

Joelle McDonald
Jul 3, 20174 min read
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The Path of the Gods
This morning started bright and early with an unhappy 6:30 wake up call to get in the basics of teeth brushed, hair up, change into...

Joelle McDonald
Jul 3, 20176 min read
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UN GIORNO SULLA MONTAGNA
This morning, the alarms went off bright and early. It’s hiking day. We got ready, packed a backpack, and grabbed a bar for breakfast...

Hannah McDonald
Jul 2, 20175 min read
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L'ISOLA DI CAPRI
Joey and Dad outshone us this morning by waking up nice and early for a run. A few hours later, we were packed and ready for our day at...

Hannah McDonald
Jul 1, 20174 min read
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Chill Beach Day
Since we didn’t really have a plan for today, we all slept in a bit. My mom definitely needed her sleep, as she has been feeling sick and...

Joelle McDonald
Jun 30, 20173 min read
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UN GIORNO PER RILASSARSI
Exhausted from traveling for four weeks, we decided we needed a day to just relax. We slept in until we woke up, then went down to the...

Hannah McDonald
Jun 30, 20173 min read
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Travel Day to Nerano
This morning involved some needed sleeping in before we packed up and left our apartment behind. We dropped our bags off at the main part...

Joelle McDonald
Jun 30, 20174 min read
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GIORNO DI VIAGGIO
Today is a travel day. We are leaving Rome and going down to Marina del Cantone. Our train wasn’t until just before noon, so we got to...

Hannah McDonald
Jun 29, 20173 min read
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Rome in a Day
Today was insanely busy as we tried to tackle all of Rome’s highlights in one day. We discovered Vatican City was closed today for a...

Joelle McDonald
Jun 29, 20175 min read
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QUANDO IN ROMA
St. Peter and Paul: A Christian holiday only celebrated in Rome. This is why we couldn’t get tickets for Vatican City. It was closed....

Hannah McDonald
Jun 28, 20176 min read
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Hello Again Italy
This morning started in a flurry with a whirlwind of packing and shoving some hotel buffet into our stomachs before just making our...

Joelle McDonald
Jun 28, 20174 min read
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ARRICANDO IN ROMA
Already leaving Barcelona, our bags were packed and we hopped on the airport shuttle. The Barcelona Airport is much bigger than the San...

Hannah McDonald
Jun 27, 20174 min read
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The Market and Basilica
After my first night in the cupboard the three of us got ready for the day and headed out to the famous Café Florian. I is in the shadow...

Joelle McDonald
Jun 22, 20174 min read
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Palaces and Paintings
This morning started out with a little bit of sleeping in and a hotel breakfast. Then my dad headed out to his last confirmed meeting of...

Joelle McDonald
Jun 20, 20173 min read
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Buonjiorno Italia
This morning I woke up in Turkey, where our layover was, which was a weird feeling because three years ago my family actually travelled...

Joelle McDonald
Jun 19, 20173 min read
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