So begins the recap of our most awesome family vacation! Warning: Lots and lots of (beautiful) pictures ahead!
Day 1 - Travel and Vernazza, Lake Como
Making our way through the International Terminal at JFK at 9pm. The kids are natural travelers, and Solana was excited to have the responsibility of keeping track of her brother.
Yes, natural travelers, who slept for most of the 8 hour flight to Italy, which took off at 11pm and landed around noon the next day in Italy. It was as easy as a flight with two little kids can get!
Travel-weary crew, trying to keep it together while waiting for our rental car. Adam didn't sleep at all that night, so he is doing an especially good job. We had a little drama at the rental counter - like a scene from a movie, they tried to stick us all in a tiny compact even though Adam had reserved a much larger family car. We ended up settling for a small minivan, and it turned out great.
So excited to be driving in Italy! Or maybe just excited to be driving!
Just like that - 12 hours of planes, trains and automobiles and boom - we are on the shore of Lake Como, one of the most beautiful places we've ever seen.
Our first evening in Italy was spent jet-lagged and spell-bound as we wandered the old-world beauty of the Gardens of Villa Monastero.
We staying in Varenna, a gem of a town that comes highly-recommended by our favorite travel buddy, Rick Steves. As usual, Rick was right, and Varenna was captivatingly charming. These little walkways are everywhere in the town leading down to the water, and we instantly wanted to stay forever.
Months of planning went into this trip, and it paid off with awesome set ups like our comfortable and affordable flat with an outrageous view!
Yeah, Adam felt like he was in his element.
Collecting flowers was an activity that ran through the entire trip. Always fun to stop and smell (and pick) the roses.
Waiting for our first meal in Italy! Honestly, this was a rough one. We were all super tired and jet-lagged, and the kids just weren't accustomed to sitting still for the long Italian dinners. BUT, by the end of the trip, our family was dominating long dinners like it was second nature!
Every corner in Varenna felt perfect for a picture.
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