Sunday, July 25, 2010

Summer Vacation 2010(the Tuscany part)

On Friday, July 2nd we headed south for Tuscany. I wasn't so sure the boys would enjoy the long drive down but they did pretty good. Max likes to watch videos and Jonas likes to look at books(and eat). I was the navigator for most of the trip so I was busy trying to keep them entertained. We stopped in Munich for the night where we met up with our vacation buddies, Lars and Krestina and their daughter, Kajsa, and then drove the rest on Saturday. We arrived to our destination around 5:30 that evening. The week was filled with being in the pool, being in the pool and being in the pool. The boys love to swim. It was extremely hot(just like Florida) but our promised air conditioner didn't work. Not so fun. But we survived and the last 2 nights we were able to sleep in an empty apartment which had air conditioning. It was a wonderful week and I finally was able to get a tan!!!! Max spent as much time on his "big bike" as he could.

Kajsa also had her bike with so the 2 of them rode around together while Jonas tried to run after them.
One of the great days at the pool.

We had to put tons of sunscreen on the boys and they had their sunhats on most of the time. The sun was so strong-just like Florida in the summer!

Both boys love to play with bubbles.

One of the days we took a trip to Pisa. I have been wanting to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa for a long time. It was crazy hot that day so it was a quick trip.





Fun times in the pool!
Love my Max!
Lars and I have the same birthday so Krestina booked us a Tuscan chef to cook our birthday dinner. It was so tasty! The above picture shows our chef, Graciella. She was so sweet and spoke English really well for being Italian. Needless to say, we ate well that night!
Our last night in Tuscany we had dinner at the restaurant in our apartment building. They gave it to us free for not having air conditioning.