Our last days in Italy were a combination of sight seeing and relaxation. We decided to fit in one last day trip, this time close by in Tarquinia. There is a wonderful small museum dedicated to the Etruscan civilization and then a necropolis with tombs to explore outside of the historical town. We drove to [...]
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Days 29 and 30 – Packing Up is Hard to Do
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged etruscan, family travel, Italy, necropolis, tarquinia on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 28 – Tuscania Where Else Can We Eat?
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged family travel, italian desserts, italian food, Italy, lake bolsena on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With only a couple of days left we realized that there are still some restaurants that the owner’s of our villa recommended. I don’t know if I mentioned the amazing book that they left us filled with notes on towns worth visiting, cards from the best restaurants all over, maps of cities and parking tips [...]
Days 26 and 27 – Tuscania Do We Really Have to Go Home?
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged family travel, Italy, panna cotta, pizza, summer, Tuscania on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The last couple of days have been a paradigm of summer laziness. We’ve done nothing but hang out at the pool, eat, drink, read and for the girls, paint in the garden. This is it, our final week in Italy and so we seem to living it as low key as possible. Plus, the girls [...]
Day 25 Au Revoir Paris! Finally Isabel gets to the Park
Posted in food, Italy, kids, paris, Travel, tagged air france, family travel, France, french cheese, French cuisine, Italy, jardin du luxembourg, luxumbourg gardens, paris, Tuscania on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our last day in Paris was just as chock full as the first three. We had to check out our apartment early because the next family was arriving by 10. Actually, they arrived while we were still there, and poor them we made them wait outside until we were ready and the owner had arrived. [...]
Day 24 – Paris By Train, Bus and Boat
Posted in Italy, paris, tagged batobus, eiffel tower, Italy, marais, paris, paris bus, paris metro, picnic in paris, pompidou, trocadero on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to a couple of great ipod applications we were able to add the public bus to our modes of transportation. The bus is my preferred mode of transport at home since I love being above ground and feeling like it’s a safe cheap way to get anywhere in the city at any time. Of [...]
Day 23 – Paris (Bread, Chocolate and The Ferris Wheel)
Posted in Italy, paris, Travel, tagged family travel, ferris wheel, french food, Italy, louvre, macaroons, metro, monoprix, paris, paris shopping, tuileries on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our first full day in Paris was an experiment in family travel – specifically how to squeeze in what the adults want to do yet placate the kids. We hit a pretty good balance. We started out on the Metro with our 3-day passes and headed for the Louvre. Unfortunately the weather was unseasonably cool [...]
Day 22 Bonjour Paris! (The ultimate side trip)
Posted in Italy, paris, Travel, tagged air france, family travel, french food, french pastries, Italy, jardin du luxembourg, paris, vrbo, wine on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When we initially started planning our trip we thought we would go to London, Paris and then Italy for a week. As things shaped up and we were offered the villa in Tuscania we reworked our plan to just fly in and out of Rome and do driving trips around Italy. But, we couldn’t shake [...]
Day 21- Tuscania, Taking Time to Smell the Sunflowers
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged family travel, Italy, lake bolsena, new york city, parenting, Tuscania on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we did our usual day of rest following the insanely packed day at the Vatican. We walked through Tuscania, still with map in hand, to find some new stores and routes that we hadn’t yet explored. We then hit Lake Bolsena again for some serious downtime and relaxation. The nice thing about being here [...]
Day 20 Rome and The Vatican (so that’s where all the marble went)
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged Italy, pieta, Rome, rome restaurants, travel with kids, Vatican on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the one thing I refuse to do on a trip to Italy with kids – wait in line. So far we have been incredibly lucky. We have made advance reservations whenever we could, we encountered no lines anywhere else like the Duomo in Florence and the Palazzo Ducale in Venice because we went late [...]
Day 19 – Tuscania and a Day of Rest (with incredible views)
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged italian food, Italy, lake bolsena, miralago, montefiascone on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After exhausting ourselves in Rome and getting home very late we slept in on Sunday and decided to have a relaxing local day by Lake Bolsena. We called ahead to make a reservation at Da Paolino al Miralago restaurant in Montefiascone a city perched high above the lake on verdant cliffs. We have learned our [...]
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