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Days 14 and 15 – The Arrival of Granny and a Day in Orvieto

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My mom (Granny) flew in to stay with us for the week.  We drove an hour and a half to the Rome airport to pick her up and then an hour and a half to bring her back here to Tuscania.  Between all that driving, making lunch, her jet lag and the girls’ excitement over [...]

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Day 9 – Siena – (All About La Famiglia)

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

We packed up the car and drove to Siena to meet Mindy (Corey’s sister) and Mark (her husband) and their family.  The drive was gorgeous, through Chianti and the Tuscan hills.  The girls even abandoned their Leapsters instead tuning into When You’re Engulfed in Flames, the audio book by David Sedaris that we were listening [...]

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Day 8 – Florence (Too much Jesus for one 7 year-old to handle)

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today was a day of necessary splitting up.  Sophia, still feeling crummy and a little warm stayed behind in the hotel with Corey while Isabel and I hit the Uffizi.  Being twins our girls don’t get a lot of one on one time, and they never have.  Today, with this is mind, I basically let [...]

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Day 7 – Arrivederci Venice, Ciao Florence! (And the discovery of Nutella)

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

We ended our stay in Venice with breakfast at the hotel, and the waitress’s delight in plying our daughters with extra containers full of Nutella.  They had never had it before, but I’m sure it will be an instant addition to their European culinary adventures.  We tried to tell them that its just not the [...]

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