Rome is an amazing city and I am so blessed to be able to be here. Jeff and I arrived early Friday morning. We spent most of Friday as a zombie after an 18 hour day of travel and almost 30 hours of no sleep, but we are still enjoying every minute. We have been so blessed by our stay. We have an amazing hotel in the Aventino area with an incredible view of the city just a block away, the food has been wonderful and we are enjoying our time getting lost as we explore the alleys and hidden streets of Rome. We spent most of today in the Palantino and Roman Forum. I love the ruins but even more I am enjoying learning about the culture. The churches are amazing. Tomorrow we are heading to Virtebo a small town north of Rome to get out of the city and hopefully see some Roman baths.

Here are a few pictures of the day

One of my favorite pics of the day.

The view from our hotel

I had so much fun photographing Ben and Colleen. As normal they both felt a little awkarwd in the beginning but at the end of the shoot Ben told me had a great time and even though he did not believe me when I said that we would have fun he admitted he did. Ben and Colleen grew up in Morgan Hill so they took me to a favorite hang out spot when they were in high school. The resivior was beautiful but what got me most excited was the lupen and spring flowers that were in bloom. Check out some of the pictures.

I am really looking forward to Josh and Lisa’s wedding this September. Not only do we have a lot in common they chose a wonderful location in Napa. Josh and Lisa live in southern California, so it was really special that they got to come up here for an engagement shoot.