For an entire month my family and I lived, traveled and ate our way through Italy. We picked herbs from our garden, painted watercolors during the hot afternoons, swam in the pristine lake, ate endless amounts of fresh pasta and gelato, and drove all over the country in a quest to open up our daughters’ [...]
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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 [...]
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