DiNolfis do Italy

Hello Family and Greetings from Italy!

We are having so much fun and just finished our 3rd day.

Day 1 was obviously a travel day and although we did not arrive to our Airbnb until about 10 PM, we decided to grab an authentic pasta and wine dinner. (When in Rome...!). J further suggested we may want to try and eat gelato every day we're in Italy, so luckily we found one open past midnight. (picture 1 below)

Day 2 consisted of a great lunch learning fun Italian phrases from our waiter .  We are really trying to educate ourselves in the language/culture and Nani has taken a commanding lead!  We then walked to Trevi Fountain and strolled  around the ruins near the Forum including the Colosseum and a  couple of  churches. (pictures 2 and 3 below) I personally was awestruck  by the beautiful architecture. The weather was very hot and humid for these dry heat Arizonans, so we spent some of the late afternoon in a wonderful café and  waited  for it to cool off a bit. We ate our gelato on our 1.5 mile walk back to our place.  After a rest and maybe another glass of wine, 😉 we walked to another restaurant and had another late pasta dinner and some great tiramisu and cheesecake for dessert.

Today, we checked out of our Airbnb and took a train to Florence.  Our first stop was lunch in  hotel overlooking the city.  (picture 4-not pictured, J and our beautiful view 😊). We then checked into a 3 bedroom apartment near the Santa Maria Novella Square. We all took a much needed rest and afterwards walked downtown along the Arno river. We got some gelato and headed back.  This brings me to present moment as we sit here reliving the day and sharing our pictures.

We are enjoying our family time together as we always do.

Hope the rest of you are well and happy.
More later,
Kathleen