Week 1 of our adventures: walking, walking, walking!!

This past week has been wonderful! It's passing way too fast. We started our journey to Europe with a stop in Boston, MA where we spent a few days sightseeing and spending time with family (as mentioned in previous post). Here are a few photos of our time there. Oh and just a little fun fact...maybe not so fun...Boston (except for the airport) doesnt do toilet seat covers. I found that odd.

Madrid, Spain

Madrid, Spain

After Boston we flew to Madrid, Spain where we had a 12 hour layover. Even though we only had about an hour or so of sleep each and the weather was nasty, we decided to take advantage of the time we had there after the guy at the info booth told us how easy it was to get to the city and back.(run on?) We're really happy we did! Madrid is a very beautiful city, really busy. All the sidewalks are stone...uneven stone. It was really hard on the feet! I find that with every city we explore and with every pair of shoes I try.:) I dont know what i was thinking, but i definitely need another pair of shoes...comfy, walking shoes.

Milano, Italy

Milano, Italy

From Madrid we flew into Genoa, Italy where we are currently staying. The weather was so bad when we were flying that the plane landed in another city and we had to take a bus ride over to Genoa. We then found out that a river in the city flowed over its banks which caused a national emergency due to the floods. We heard that 6 or 7 people died due to the flood but where we are staying we could not notice any damage.

Today, which is Sunday here, we took a train to Milan, Italy to do some more sightseeing. Milan is definitely the city to go to if you're into shopping! It's sun so aside from the very crowded main strip most of the stores were closed. Not just stores, everything it seems. From the time we got out of the train station to the time we got back to the train station my eyes were peeled for a cute place to sit and get coffee...but no luck.:( The weather was a little rough with all the rain but overall the stop was worth it. They have a huge castle we got to go through and also a massive cathedral that you can see in the pictures. Now we're back in Genoa for our last night here before we get on the cruise ship tomorrow. Internet has been hard to come by, hopefully we will have a chance to post again once we get off the cruise in Rome, if not you'll be hearing from us when we've arrived at our first home base: Sofia, Bulgaria. Keep checking in:) Mike and Alla