Los Angeles Wedding Photographer | Chelsea Elizabeth Photography | Westlake Village, Santa Barbara

Our last day in Italy was spent in Siena. It’s a beautiful city in an old medieval wall. We had a great lunch in the city center. We had a great walk through the rest of the city on our way back to the train station. Great ending to a fabulous trip!

On Tuesday we headed out for Cinque Terre. It’s a beautiful part of the Italian coast made up of 5 towns. We took the train directly to Monterosso al Mare. We headed out to hike the trail that lead through out the the towns. We hiked about 45 mintues in and then headed back to Monterosso. The hike was amazing and the view made the hard hike worth it. The town in November was pretty deserted to we got to enjoy a lot of it just by ourselves. We chilled out, bought a bottle of wine and just enjoyed the sunset. Afterwards we took a walk on the beach and had the best sunset ever… and I mean EVER!!!! :)

Here’s Pisa on from the train… couldn’t see the leaning tower :(

My engagement sunset :) Sooooo romantic!

Leaving Monterosso… $10 Euro. Leaving Monterosso engaged.. priceless ;)

On Monday we had a fabulous time wine tasting in Tuscany with Tuscan Trails. We drove to the Chianti Ruffina region in a bus with 2 other couples. The countryside is so beautiful. It’s autumn so the trees were changing colors. The vines were empty of grapes after the September harvest. Our first stop was to Castello del Trebbio. The castle was amazing, beautiful and rich with history. The wine was so good. You can come with your own canister and buy jugs of red table wine. We ate lunch down the hill at the family restaurant for an authentic tuscan meal. It was soooo yummy! The wine was good too :) I loved having a real meal! Our second stop was to Fattoria Selvapiana. The winery has been in production for hundreds of years. It was amazing to see wine from the 40s. A true italian wine cellar! It was the best wine tour I’ve been on :)

Day 6 – Florence

We took the Eurostar back from Venice to Florence. We were getting pretty spoiled riding in first class. It was nice! Gave me a chance to edit all my pics on the train :) The countryside was amazing too! I’m so glad we got to see Italy along the way. We got into Florence in the afternoon. Our first trip was to walk up to Michaelanglo Piazza and see all the piazzas along the way. Florence really shuts down early. We didn’t see much open past 6pm. The trip across the city was nice and I was so excited to get to the bridges at sunset. The bridge reflecting on the water and the sunset was amazing. Michaelanglo piazza is at the top of the hill in Florence. The view of all of Florence was beautiful. You could see all the cathedrals all lit up at night. On the way back down the hill we walked through all the shops on the bridge. Now I now where all the people are at night. It was like the 3rd street promanade in Santa Monica. I love Florence. i think it’s my favorite city so far :)

Tuesday night Mark and Jason planned a trash the dress session for the entire group. They gathered 11 brides/grooms for us to photograph. Our group has a news crew with us for the entire shoot covering the event. It was awesome! Our bride was up for anything and tons of fun. She was so beautiful! The event was on the news here and in the newspaper the next morning. I can’t wait to see all the great art that came out of the event.

Go visit the “Trash the Dress” site! It’s not about trashing the dress just to trash it. We love to create beautiful images in a fun environment and just aren’t afraid to get a little dirty in the process.