A Lot Like Life: Tanti Auguri Sissy!

If you know my sister then you know that she loves the beach. So for her birthday in April we decided to get some Mediterranean Sun and head to a beach near Rome. We did a little research and found out that Santa Marinella is a short train ride away and has great sandy beaches.

It was beautiful! We got there and found a great stretch of beach that had a few people but was definitely not crowded and soaked up some sun.

I had some fun writing Erin some birthday messages in the sand and luckily snapped this picture right before the wave came in!

2 seconds later it was gone

Sand, sea, and sun. And a close encounters mountain.

At the end of the little beach that we were at were some rocks that we of course had to go climb on :)

We hung out there for a little while and had a little picnic with the snacks we brought.

After heading back to Rome Erin picked some Chinese food for dinner at a cute restaurant around the corner from our apartment.

And we grabbed some gelato on the way home. Usually when we got gelato there a small got us two, maybe three flavors, but apparently the guy scooping on this day was generous because we each got 6 flavor cones. He didn't even let me pick my own flavors, I started to tell him and he shook his head and said, "no, I'll choose for you" and proceeded to make these flower like masterpiece gelato cones for us!