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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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 »
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 16 – Pitigliano It’s So Not (Jewish) Ghetto
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged anti-semitism, family travel, ghetto, italian food, Italy, jews of italy, pitigliano on July 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There is something about being outside of New York that always makes me feel more Jewish. I don’t know exactly what that means, but when I lived in London being Jewish was actually something people asked me about. As if it were somewhat foreign or exotic. Neither of which I consider it to be. In [...]
Days 14 and 15 – The Arrival of Granny and a Day in Orvieto
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged caves, duomo, family travel, funicular, handmade dolls, italian desserts, italian food, Italy, orvieto, porcelain dolls 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 [...]
Day 13 – Viterbo and The Italian Wal-Mart
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged eating in Italy, family travel, italian food, Italian wine, Italy, viterbo on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We finally decided that Sophia’s cough was going to linger no matter what we did so we figured an easy day of lunch in the old town of Viterbo followed by a pilgrimage to the Iper Coop “shopping experience” would make for a good first venture out into the world for her. (And me!) We [...]
Days 11 and 12 – Groundhog Day – Italian Style
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged board games, family travel, gelato, Italy, terme dei papi, thermal springs, Tom and Jerry, viterbo on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Same day, twice. With Sophia still sick we decided to take it easy and let her rest in the house. That meant that Corey took Isabel to the market, to lunch and to the pool. At one point they also attempted to go to the farm at Casa Caponetti but they missed the turn and [...]
Day 9 – Siena – (All About La Famiglia)
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged antibiotics, david sedaris, duomo, family travel, gelato, GPS, Italy, Siena 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 [...]
Day 8 – Florence (Too much Jesus for one 7 year-old to handle)
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged carousel, David, duomo, family travel, florence, Gilli, Italy, Ponte Vecchio, Uffizi 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 [...]
Day Three – Tuscania and Lake Bolsena (whining sounds the same in Italy)
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged etruscan, family travel, flea market, gelato, Italy, lake bolsena, Tuscania on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So we were prepared for the disaster that would be our daughters this morning. They fell asleep around midnight and woke up hyper and nutty at 7:30. So much for that red eye flight making the jet lag thing easy. Friday is market day in Tuscania so we headed out to load up on fresh [...]
Day One – Arrive Rome, Drive to Tuscania!
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged airport, car lease, family travel, gelato, Italy, plane travel, rental car, Rome, travel with kids, Tuscania, villa on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had a really good flight all things considered. It was the first time my daughters flew on an overnight flight and I have to say I’m a fan of that 10pm flight. Its late enough that they conked out, and long enough that they got about 7 hours of sleep. (thanks to some preflight [...]
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