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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 [...]

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Day 18 – When in Rome (Let Your Inner Tourist Shine Through)

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged colosseum, driving in Italy, forum, Italy, pantheon, Rome, Tour bus, trevi fountain on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Here is my philosophy on being a tourist: You will not fit in. You will not pass as a local. You are a tourist. Grab your camera, spread out your map and get on with it. Living in Manhattan makes you privy to all sorts of bad tourist behavior from all ends of the earth. [...]

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Day 17 Staying Cool in Tuscania

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged italian food, Italy, pizza, Rome, Tour bus, Tuscania, Vatican on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We spent the the day in Tuscania going to the market and trying to stay cool on the hottest day so far. I spent most of the day planning our field trip to Rome the next day when the heat was supposed to break. I’m big on planning. I don’t believe in just winging it [...]

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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 [...]

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