First Day in London: 04-30-08

Well I can honestly say London lived up to the classic view of what one thinks weather would be like in England; wet, blustery, and generally awful. However we persevered with two children, a stroller with no rain cover, while navigating the tube with it's many stairs and obstacles. The girls were great and we made it to the National Museum:











We once again met up with the Fords at the London Eye. The weather, being horrible, allowed us to share a pod together on the world's largest ferris wheel:
















And here is Tamara and Trish fawning over 007:



We then parted with the Fords and had a reasonable dinner at a Noodle House near the Eye. Amara quite enjoyed her meal:





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Eleventh Day in Italy: 04-29-08

This was our last morning in Venice. We thought that we had given ourselves plenty of time to get out of our apartment but the cleaning lady was waiting for us to leave. Thankfully we had plenty of time to get to the airport. No pictures on this day.

Tenth Day in Italy: 04-28-08

Our second day in Venice was wonderful. Trish, was again, took some fantastic photos. Below is one of my favourites:



Here are a few more more for good measure:





We spent the day walking with the intention of stopping by Kevin and Tamara's hotel to greet them when they arrived. Here is the sign to their hotel:



We then went to the Peggy Guggenhiem Museum and then we headed back to their hotel to meet the Fords:



We had them over for dinner at our apartment that evening...it was fantasic to hook up with them again even though we had only been apart for less than 48 hrs!



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Ninth Day in Italy: 04-27-08

Venice...what can I say...it is an amazing city. The weather was absolutely amazing...I believe it got up to 26 degrees. Rather than bore you with stories I will let Trish's amazing photos tell the story:











Here are some great pictures of India and Amara playing with the pigeons in San Marco's square:







Here is a wonderful shot of Trish and Amara:



And one of Amara on her own:



A rare family shot:



And some pictures of our apartment:





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Eighth Day in Italy: 04-26-08

The town of Chioggia was very interesting for us. When Trish found it before we left it was described as Venice for the everyday Italian. It had some canals and was affordable. It pretty well lived up to its reputation. It certainly was not grand like Venice but it did have alot of character.



The day turned out to be beautiful...we walked around and Trish, once again, took some amazing photos. Below are some of my favourites:














We also captured some great shots of the girls:







All in all I am glad we stayed in this town.

Seventh Day in Italy: 04-25-08

There are no pictures from this day because we were busy travelling from Borgo Sicello to Chioggia which is just south of Venice....will have to wait for our 8th day.

Fifth Day in Italy: 4-23-08

Ahhh Sienna...

What an amazing town. We had beautiful weather and all the girls seemed to be in excellent moods. Besides numerous streets of dazzling architecture, this town is well known for its twice annual horserace called the Palio. This race takes place in the town's largest piazza. Here are a few pictures we took of the square:





I found a video on YouTube which shows the race...watch it below...it is amazing:



Here is a picture of a beautiful church we just happened to walk by:



Here we are having lunch:



A picture of the family in front of the church:



Later on in the evening we stopped the town near our villa called San Donato and Amara and I were walking up the street and a lady came up and grabbed Amara's hand and walked with us. She didn't speak a word of English but like all Italians they just love children:



Here is a great photo that Trish took of an older lady looking out a window:



And here is a great shot of London and India:



We found this great door decoration of a scary face...see below:



We then asked the girls to make faces like the one on the door:



Trish took an awesome photo of a small fruit stand outside a store. The colours are so vibrant:



This was a fantastic day! See below for a screen show of all the pictures from that day:

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Fourth Day in Italy: 04-22-08

Florence

Our fourth day in Italy was spent in beautiful Florence. Our landlord at our villa explained for us a way to park for free and take the bus into the heart of old Florence. What an amazing city!!



It is hard to imagine a time when cities were built with this kind of attention to details and majesty.



This was by far our worst day of weather in Italy....we got fairly wet early on in this day. However this was no deterrent for our girls (and the Ford girls)!



Here is a great picture of Trish in one of the piazza's:



Also in this piazza was a beautiful merry go round which India in promptly got on.




The day, unfortunately, did not lead to many great photos but there are a few gems in the collection. Click below to view.

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