4 days in Puglia with kids

4 days in Puglia with kids:

Alberobello, ZooSafari, Itria Valley, Polignano a Mare & Bari

Hello! It's been a while. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed, but it turned out quite a lot of things have been happening in the world lately. You'll [...]
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3 Days in Florence with Kids

3 days in Florence with kids (and my in-laws!)

Ah, Florence. It seems like I hear more love for this city than just about any other in Italy, but up until last week I'd only spent a couple tumultuous hours there as an 18-year-old (that's a story for another day, I think!). This past [...]
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Visiting Venice with kids: the details

Planning to go to Venice? Good for you! We had a great time on our trip and found that things went pretty smoothly for us because we'd done the research ahead of time on how to get to where we wanted to go. Now, I'd love to help you do the same! I already touched on the fun stuff we did in Venice in this post, but i [...]
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Enjoying Venice with kids: Top 7 things to do

Venice may have a reputation for romance, but Venice with kids can be its own kind of fun. Our kids had a blast exploring Venice's canals, Burano's colorful houses and Murano's glass-blowing factories. Now, we are sharing our advice for what to do in Venice with kids -- with recommendations straight from the kids t [...]

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A Roman Holiday

And Naples, too. We took our first off-the-island trip to celebrate both Thanksgiving and Chris' birthday and we ended up having an absolute blast. I did learn, however, that I need to revisit baby-wearing. Like now. I had given up on my Ergo pretty quickly after Fiona learned to walk because she'd throw a fit ever [...]
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A weekend away — Modica

The scene: The four of us are driving along, enjoying the scenery as we traveled south and discussing whether the extensive stacked-stone fences we saw might have been built with rubble from old buildings. And then our car got literally showered with golf ball-sized rocks. And we yelled.
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