We took four kids to the Tuscan coast for a long weekend. It surprised us in every way. Italy has a Republic Day holiday on June 2nd, which, combined with a well-timed school skip on Monday, turned into a four-night weekend. We had loosely floated flying down to Sicily or somewhere in southern Italy, but…
We had a three-day weekend and a plan: a quick family escape somewhere we could actually breathe. Lake Garda is supposedly the family-friendly cousin of Lake Como. Cute towns encircling a huge lake, mountains in the back, playgrounds and gelato everywhere, plus room to roam. Spoiler: we got lake garda, the mountains, the gelato, and…
How a random conversation in Costa Rica led us to pack up four kids and move to Tuscany for three months.
Two nights, four kids, one family bike with questionable braking, and a dinner that kicked us out. Here’s how it went.
Culture shock, playground bars, the world’s best pasta, and learning when to just go home.
Week one is done. Chris and I sat down to talk through what the first week actually felt like. Not the version we’d post on a highlight reel, the real one. What was harder than we expected, what surprised us, what the boys have already figured out that we haven’t, and the moment we looked…
We loaded four boys under six onto an Italian train, hit the Florence carousel, and made it home by nap time. Here’s what worked, what didn’t, and what we’d do differently.
