well, we're home. back from a 7 day cruise around Italy, Greece, and Turkey. back from 3 glorious days in Rome. back to sunny fall days in Corsica, so life is not that bad.
our trip was truly wonderful and i would love to go into details now. alas, i have a baby and in-laws and supper all calling my name. suffice it to say, i think we may be looking into spending a month this spring in Rome learning Italian. anyone want to join us?
here are a few more pictures in the meantime...
Ayva's first cupcake on her birthday. she really wasn't too interested in it. when she tries new things she likes to do it on her own terms, in her own time. she doesn't like it at all when someone pushes something on her for her to try. tomorrow night we're having her cousin's birthday party and so she'll get to try some more cake. i'm sure it will be a big hit the second go around.
another first: McDonald's french fries in Civitavecchia before we boarded the ship. a much bigger hit than the cupcake. you can see what we call her little vampire teeth poking out in the second picture. she now has four, those two and the two lower center ones.
we celebrated Halloween on the cruise, although i think i only saw two other children dressed up. Ayva was the belle of the ball. people even came over to our dinner table to take her picture!
i loved our time in Rome. we stayed in a wonderful apartment right in the middle of the Trastevere neighborhood. i don't think we could have asked for a better part of town. we walked to everything we wanted to see! i almost liked wandering around the little streets of Trastevere more than seeing the big sites like the Roman Rorum or the Colosseum.
oh my dear lord! i love those pictures! they are so sweet. i'm glad you had a great time! can't wait to hear about it :)
Posted by: hanno | November 10, 2007 at 12:21 AM
oh my dear lord! i love those pictures! they are so sweet. i'm glad you had a great time! can't wait to hear about it :)
Posted by: hanno | November 10, 2007 at 12:22 AM
Sounds like a wonderful trip!! I wouldn't mind staying in Rome for a month, it's an amazing city :) and like you I loved Trastevere and the small hidden resturants.
Posted by: astrid | November 10, 2007 at 09:13 AM
Sounds like you guys had a great time! Love the pics!
And that's so cool that you celebrated Halloween on a ship!
Posted by: Deb | November 16, 2007 at 01:16 AM
Your trip sounds amazing! Great pictures and I love the toothy smile with dad!
Posted by: AndreaC | November 20, 2007 at 10:46 PM
That sounds like so much fun.
Hey, We could always have a little get together when you come?????
What do you think???
Posted by: Debbie | December 09, 2007 at 12:02 AM
Hi! It's been awhile since you posted. Hope everything's ok. Look forward to you blogging again soon!
Posted by: Deb | December 10, 2007 at 12:37 AM
I hope you have enjoyed your stay in Italy
all the best,
Mark
Posted by: Mark Longavita | December 30, 2007 at 11:02 AM
wow you really are becoming a world wide traveler!!
hope you have a safe trip home
Happy New Year!
Posted by: lala | January 07, 2008 at 12:21 AM