Browsing Tag

Italy

  • Top 10 Family Travel destinations 2015 part 2

    Tweet So, apologies for being a teeny bit late with the rest of my Top 10 family travel destinations for 2015 – I was slightly waylaid by watching back to back episodes of Breaking…

    January 16, 2015
  • Being a mum makes my heart sing

    Tweet On Sunday I was chatting to No 1 Son about movies; there isn’t anything new about this, we talk about movies, and TV, history and politics a lot of the time. But when we’d finished talking it…

    November 19, 2014
  • 24 hours in Venice

    Tweet           I spent 24 hours in Venice at the end of last week; I was there for work, to visit the spectacular new ship Regal Princess. By the time we…

    June 24, 2014
  • Visiting Pompeii with kids

    Tweet As soon as we knew we’d have the opportunity to visit Pompeii as the last excursion of our Disney cruise, Harriet and I were excited; No 1 Son visited a few years back…

    September 24, 2013
  • Our day trip to Florence and Pisa

    Tweet Both Harriet and I were excited about visiting Florence and Pisa on our Disney cruise. It’s a few years since I’ve been to Florence, I’d never been to Pisa before, and Harriet hadn’t…

    September 9, 2013
  • My top tips for visiting Rome with kids

    Tweet One of the reasons I was so excited about our Disney Cruise itinerary was that it meant the opportunity to show my niece, Harriet, some of my favourite cities in the world: Monte…

    September 3, 2013
  • So we’re off on the Disney Cruise…

    Tweet *Squeeee*. I know, I KNOW I’m like a big kid when it comes to all things Disney, but I’m not even sorry. And to be given the opportunity to experience another Disney cruise…

    August 23, 2013
  • Why Venice is great for kids

    Tweet       Last weekend No 1 Son and I spent a few days in Venice. Apart from the fact that it was FIERCELY hot (even in the evening), and of course, crowded,…

    August 6, 2013
  • 10 reasons to love Italy (and Italians)

    Tweet Although I was only in Genoa for a day and night at the weekend, and it was quite crazy, it reminded me how much I love Italy, and Italians. Here are my favourite…

    March 26, 2013
  • Ancient sky

    Tweet The Colosseum in Rome is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful buildings I’ve ever seen. It’s not just the size, but the colours of the stone seem to change according to the time…

    August 22, 2012