Europe

Pompeii was a Roman city that was completely covered in volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. The city was excavated and can now be toured in its entirety. It’s amazing what still stands today. Mosaic floors and painted walls have been preserved wonderfully in the past 2,000 years. As you walk through…

We didn’t spend much time in Venice, even though it was the airport we flew out of. In fact, we were only there about 5 hours. I’m not sure why we didn’t make it a priority, but I kind of wish we had. We didn’t make any plans for our short time there, and I…

Funny story. We actually went to Trevi Fountain twice while we were in Rome. The first time, we were looking for the Pantheon, and we followed a crowd to the fountain. There were tons of people there, and we couldn’t figure out why. Turns out it was the famous Trevi fountain. Whoops. We didn’t even…

If there isn’t some weird, masonic shiii going on here, I don’t know what is..

We honestly probably wouldn’t have visited Milan but for one of our really good friends here in Dar that happens to be from there, and our mutual friend that still lives there. I’m glad we did. The city is very unique and has a lot to offer. My favorite part about it was the magnificent…

So we didn’t spend much time at all in Slovenia, but we did take a few sightseeing detours and hopped out of the car for pictures. Driving through Slovenia was one of the most beautiful drives I’ve ever been on- definitely on this particular trip. I didn’t notice any signs indicating we had crossed from…

I’ve always been extremely interested in my family history. It’s hard to keep up with sometimes because, like your typical American, they come from soooo may different places. One family line that has always kept their history alive is the Champion, or Campeoni family.   The Champions came from Rovinj, Croatia, which was known as…