We are resurrecting the old Jasper on the Road blog to document our trip to Italy. It has been a long time since we have used this blog, and a long time since we have travelled.
It was a nearly 24 hour long journey by minivan, shuttle bus, plane and train to get to Rome but we made it! On our flight from Toronto- Lisbon, I was seated in the middle seat with Penny, away from the rest of the family. Despite not being able to move or eat for the whole flight, it didn't go as badly as I expected. My seat neighbours may tell a different story, especially since Penny's brace made her very hard to to contain within the borders of the seat.
Luckily, there was a great little kids play area in the airport.
The next flight was uneventful, and we landed in time to catch the train into Rome and grab a quick bite before heading to our hostel.
We are staying at a movie-themed German hostel near the main train station in Rome. The kids were excited to pick their own foods (including Nutella) at the breakfast buffet.
After breakfast we went for a walk down to the Forum and Coliseum. We didn't go inside today, but will probably do a tour when we are back in Rome in three weeks. Today was for getting our bearings in the city, and resting off some jet lag.
Our hostel doesn't have a kitchen, so we ate lunch and dinner out. The kids were starving at lunch- eating 5 pieces of pizza each (for reference the adults sharing with them only got 3), and were very well behaved.
After an afternoon rest, we went to get gelato right around the corner from our hostel. Oscar has been looking forward to gelato since we told him that we were going to Italy.
Gelato was also the highlight of the other kids' day.
Dinner time was a bit rougher, with tiredness kicking in and the novelty of eating our wearing out. In the future, I think we'll try to stick to one meal out or less a day.
Everyone was sleepy by the end of the day, and hopefully by tomorrow we'll be able to be more on Italian time, as we head by train to Lucca.
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