Over Spring Break we traveled to Italy, San Marino, and Monaco. In Italy we went to many different cities such as Florence, Pisa, where we saw the famous leaning tower, Parma, Genoa, Bologna, and Cinque Terre.

We started off in Bologna which is famous for several tall leaning houses. The most famous Two Towers were closed so they can stabilize them but we went to the top of the second tallest one in the city. It was a hike! We climbed up 12 floors of wooden ladders to get to the top.

When we went to Parma, we spent a full day visiting many farms and taking cheese tours. We loved the end product and brought a bunch back to Portugal. My favorite cheese was Parmigiano-Reggiano 24 months old.

Later we went to Cinque Terre which is a bunch of little fishing villages on the coast with hilly mountains. That is one of the places where we saw the most tourists. Each town was really cute and small, and the views were amazing!

Next we went to Genoa which we thought was a small town without much to do, but it ended up being a pretty big city with lots of great food and things to do! In Genoa, we found short red cookies which were delicious.

In the middle of our trip to Italy we went to San Marino on the east side and Monaco on the west side. I thought that San Marino was a coastal city but it was actually a walled city at the top of a mountain. We climbed to the top of the old city towers for amazing views. In Monaco, it was very expensive and there were a lot of fancy cars driving around. We had milkshakes at the Steak N’ Shake there.