Venice - 18th June

Arrived in Venice after a quick train trip from Florence.

Stayed in a campground just outside of Venice itself.






Spent two days exploring the canals and winding streets with time of course for a gondola ride!

Pisa - 16th June

Took a day trip today from Florence to Pisa to climb the famous Leaning Tower

A bit scary climbing the winding staircases and leaning out over flimsy looking balustrades...

 But the view from the top was well worth it!!!

Finished the day trip to Pisa with pizza!

Florence - 15th June

Arrived safely in Florence after catching our Eurostar train from Rome. Spent the afternoon wandering Florence and seeing the sights. Plenty of cool shops - just as well the kids kept dragging Tarsha away...

The boys had their picture drawn by a street cartoonist in the Piazza - amazingly they sat still for long enough!

Rome - 14th June

Today we visited the catacombs of San Sebastian to explore the underground tombs of the Christians from the times of Roman persecution.




As today was our final day in Rome we also just had to have another gelati from our favorite shop...

Trying very hard to miss the winter back home!








Tomorrow we head to Florence and Pisa!

Rome - 13th June

A bit more of a rest day for us today with a visit to the Villa Borghese park and Rome Zoo.

Saw plenty of cool animals...

Tested the boys power of co-operation in a row boat....

& we all visited the Trevi Fountain to toss in a coin to ensure another future visit to Rome!

Rome - 12th June

Harry better today - still sore but up for a big day of exploring Rome.


- Visited the Colosseum

                          The Roman Forum -




- The Piazza Navona

 
     
   
    The Bocca de Verita (Mouth of Truth) -



- & the cat sanctuary amongst the ruins in the site where Julius Caesar was assassinated.

Rome - 11th June

First injury of the holiday today with Harry twisting his ankle badly...

Good news for the rest of us though as now we can keep up with him. As a result we changed our plans for today from visiting the Colosseum and Roman Forum to going to the Time Elevator - a 4D cinema journey through the history of Rome.




The boys also managed some souvenir shopping and there was time to visit the Pantheon and Victor Emmanuel monument. We avoided walking as much as possible and Harry's ankle was better by the end of the day but not 100%.