we’ve been here for just over 24 hours and it’s so wonderful to be back. these smells–the air (this isn’t one of those travel exaggerations, i promise) actually smells like jasmine because there’s so much of it blooming in town, the way the stroller bumps along the cobblestone, the loud buzzing of the motorcycles going past, the crunchy chocolate pieces in my (favorite) straciatella gelato, the “un cappuccino per favore!” and then it comes in a pretty little foam topped cup. these things are my favorite things and it’s so nice to be here again.
the flight over went remarkably well. anders managed to touch everything within his square foot of plane space allowance, but finally sat down for take off. the woman sitting next to us was remarkably kind for a person who’s come upon the potentially unfortunate discovery of a seat next to a two-year old for an overnight flight. parker fell asleep pretty much as soon as we were in the air and then woke only to watch about one hour of moana before landing. his simplicity was astounding. i looked over, and his eyes were closed. that’s it. he’d lean one way, lean on me, move his legs a bit. anders was a bit more challenging but really not too bad either. he was so energized by all! the! buttons! (plus plane plus overtired!) that it took him a bit to relax and i was ever aware that it was closing in on midnight our time by the time he finally began to settle. but then he did, and cried only once in the middle of the night at some point for about a minute. once in rome, we got through customs quickly, all of our bags accounted for, and met steve and our friend sylvia just beyond baggage claim. hugs, kisses, a happy reunion and we were heading north to orvieto.
i’ll be updating as much as possible, and in the meantime check out ig and ig stories (@itsahuntlife) where i’m uploading daily. i love watching other people’s travels that way, so i’ll be sure to keep up with it.
ciao!
p.s. my dress above is from free people and it’s a great breezy travel dress!
I was just watching your stories ( again) and thinking how nice it is to feel transported to Italy for a few moments! So glad to hear the flight went well, gives me hope for ours next week! Keep the stories and pics coming, love love love living vicariously through you. P.S straciatella was my fave when I was in Italy too, the best!
love love love that dress- and following along in IG! It all looks so amazing!
Xo, brittany
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Great that the flight went well – that’s always the hardest part!
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We’ve been in Rome for the past five days and found your food recommendations invaluable! I had the best cappuccino of our trip at Bar San Teo this morning. So glad you’re back in Italy!
that makes me the happiest!!!! love that place!!!
enjoy!!! i love reading and living vicariously through you….amazing traveling like that with two littles. you’re amazing!
I noticed you did not put parker into kindergarten last year even though he met the age requirement. My sons was born one month after parker in august. I was curious how come you decided not to put him in until this coming year?
No judgement, I’m really curious since my son has been home schooled this far. Thanks!
i felt pretty strongly (in agreement with his teachers) that he’d totally benefit from another year of prek – mostly for confidence and security purposes! and with that late summer birthday, you can go both ways. i have picked many mom’s brains about it since, and – especially moms of boys w/ the late summer birthday – not ONE has ever said they regretted doing the same! (plus, selfishly, i get him for one more year before he goes to college!!)
Thanks for the reply! My son has been a bit slow on the speech side and I’ve always gone back and forth on the right thing to do! He doesn’t speak poorly, just not super clear and he needs to think about what he wants to say before he blurts it out all the time since it can come out quite jumbled!
I just spent my first trip to Rome and Florence. It’s totally wonderful to get to follow your trip now that I’m back. I’m obsessed!