Family Travel with Points and Miles
We woke up to a cold and overcast day. We slept in a little and managed to make it to the hotel breakfast before it closed. We had a relatively relaxing day planned. Borghese GardensWe took a bus to arrive at the Borghese Gardens. It is a large wild park area in the middle of… Continue reading February 2018: Rome Diary – Day 6
We had to get up especially early this day. We had scheduled a tour at the Vatican which was meeting at 8:00am to be ready to enter just before 9:00. The bus ride would take us about half an hour to get there according to Google Maps. We would be leaving before breakfast was available… Continue reading February 2018: Rome Diary – Day 4
This was our first full day in Rome. We woke up surprisingly rested and without much jet lag. We did have to set our alarms so we didn't oversleep and miss breakfast, though. By the time we got down to the breakfast area, it was fairly crowded, but we found a place to sit. There… Continue reading February 2018: Rome Diary – Day 3
The overnight flight from Boston to Zurich was rough. We hit a fair amount of turbulence. I'm not usually prone to feeling it, but Tomatico and I both had our moments of feeling not-so-great. The rest of the family thankfully barely noticed. None of us slept much. It's always hard sleeping on a plane in… Continue reading February 2018: Rome Diary – Day 2
Our flight was an evening red eye from Boston to Rome via Zurich leaving on a Friday night. After we were done with work we had a quick meal at home before catching a Lyft to the airport. We could have driven, but parking at the airport for the week would have cost much more… Continue reading February 2018: Rome Diary – Day 1
We woke up and found we were back in NYC. Docking was so smooth it didn't even wake us up. We got dressed and headed up to one of the restaurants open this final morning. There were limited options and limited hours due to being disembarkation day. Since we were scheduled to depart in one… Continue reading Christmas 2018 Diary – Day 8
As mentioned before, the kids read every word of the Splash Academy schedule. For this day there was a Splash Academy talent show scheduled for the afternoon with rehearsals in the morning. The kids were very clear they would not be taking part in that so we would be spending our last full day on… Continue reading Christmas 2018 Diary – Day 7
We slept in a little, but not too late. Given that this was a sea day, we needed to be at the Splash Academy by 8:40 to avoid the long checkin line and make sure the kids had a spot in the program. We ate breakfast at one of the the main dining rooms and… Continue reading Christmas 2018 Diary – Day 6
Christmas had arrived! Santa had somehow figured out where the kids were and left them each a present. I’m not sure how he got in our room but he’s been doing this for years and he’s perfected his magic! The ship was decorated for Christmas the whole cruise, but on Christmas morning they had Santa… Continue reading Christmas 2018 Diary – Day 5
Another night of calm seas resulted in another restful night of sleep. This was also the first night the kids were using the bunk beds. They were much less cranky with each other in the morning. Today was the day we would be at Great Stirrup Cay, which is Norwegian's private island in the Bahamas.… Continue reading Christmas 2018 Diary – Day 4
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