Our Amazing Trip to Italy

We just got back from Italy! We had such a great time. Layla did awesome. She loves to travel and the Italians loved her. We started our trip by flying in to Florence via Germany. On the long flight Layla had a little bed that attached to the wall. She slept most of the way and never cried. This is a picture of Layla in her little bed. Dave and I watched movies and tried to sleep.We spent one night in Florence and took a train to Rome. In Rome we saw the Colleseum, the Roman Forums, the Capitoline Museum, Vatican City, the Pantheon, and much, much more. I loved Rome. It was so cool to turn corners and see structures from Roman times through the Renissance that were all unique.

We were in Rome on Monday morning when the earthquake hit but we didn't even know that it had happened. We just slept through the tremors.

From Rome we went to Herculeum and Pompei. These were amazing sites. In Pompei we got to see the casts of bodies. Pompei is so crazy it is huge because it really is a city that was buried by Mt. Vesuvius. I kept on looking at Mt. Vesuvius and I felt a little bit nervous about it. But Pompei was very cool.

Our next stop was a National Park called Cinque Terre. This is a series of five small villages along the coast. You can hike between the villages and it is incredibly beautiful.Finally we ended our trip in Florence. In Florence we stayed with Dave's sister Jess, her husband Drew and their roommate Tyler. They were all so generous in letting us stay with them and we had a great time. They cooked us Italian food and we celebrated Easter with them. In Florence we visited Sienna, went to the Duomo, saw the David and went to Michelangelo Piazza.
Layla did great the whole time. She just bounced up and down in her stroller happily and smiled at all the Italians who came to talk to her. She would even take naps in her stroller. The Italians loved her. I think she suprised many of them because they would exclaim things like "What a big baby!" and "Look at those cheeks!" Drew would translate for us. We loved Italy.