Fresh off our Italian Trip with every tiny detail in my mind, I thought I will set it in virtual paper, so it’s helpful if you are planning a trip. If you have that itch to travel but are doubtful about how your kids will do, consider this as the sign from the greater universe asking you to go ahead.
By now, you hopefully know that we have two kids. At the time of our Italian trip, our kids were 2 years 11 months old ( Preschool B) and 9 months old ( Baby G).
Why Italy..? Italy has been always our dream country, mine for the arts, culture and museums and hubbies’ for Venice (mike drop). Fresh off our successful Singapore trip (more on that later), we decided to do Italy and I am glad we decided to take that leap. Our kids had fun and we had loads of fun and made tons and tons of memories that hopefully we can look back upon one day. Can you say no to this …?
Was 14 days enough for Italy? Uh no. I don’t think I got enough of Italy. I felt I just skimmed the surface of everything that this country has to offer. Rich in culture and history, you cannot get enough of it as a tourist. So 14 days were not enough for me but with 14 days you should be able to see a whole lot of places. But at the end of it, I think we wanted to get back home to our normal life and routine with the kids.
Now, not to beat about the bush, here is our itinerary (Detailed posts coming soon in the future; there is a short summary for now) !!
Day 0 - Rest
Day 1, Rome - We visited Vatican museums, Sistine chapel, St. Peter‘s Basilica, and the entire Piazza Navona area
Day 2, Rome - We tackled the colosseum, Roman forum and Palatine Hill
Day 3, Rome & Florence - Villa Borghese, drive to Florence, Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence
Day 4, Florence - Uffizi gallery, Piazza del Signoria, central market, cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, RicardI Medici Place, Ponte Vecchio
Day 5, Florence & Venice - Accademia Gallery, Piazzale Michelangelo, Drive to Venice
Day 6, Venice - Piazza San Marco, St Mark’s Campanile, Saint Mark’s Basilica, Doge’s palace
Day 7, Venice - Basilica is Santa Maria sella Salute, Peggy Guggenheim collection, Gondola Ride, Drive to Massa
Day 8, Cinque Terre - Vernazza!!!!
Day 9, Cinque Terre - Riomaggiore, Monterosso al Mare
Day 10, Lucca and Pisa, Ferry to Olbia
Day 11, Sardinia - Brandinchi Beach
Day 12, Sardinia - Berchida beach
Day 13, Ferry back to Rome
Day 14, Return !!!!
If it were just the two of us, I am pretty sure we would have covered more places, but we wanted to do a somewhat relaxed trip and did not want to stress the baby too much !
My detailed itinerary, reviews and adventures for each place coming soon !!!!