{"id":534,"date":"2018-05-11T13:13:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T20:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefundfamily.com\/?p=534"},"modified":"2018-08-03T21:34:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T04:34:30","slug":"fund-family-vacations-italy-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trevorrumsey.com\/thefundfamily\/fund-family-vacations-italy-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Days in Italy with Babies!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ciao! We have recently returned from our wonderful trip in Italy. It flew by faster than we could have imagined, but it was a very memorable trip. There will be other posts to follow this one, but I wanted to give a quick recap of our trip and share some of the awesome pictures we took! You can see how we prepared for this trip in a previous article<\/a> written by Jacob!<\/p>\n

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Eating Pasta!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Flights<\/h3>\n

It took us 3 plane rides to get into Italy, which was far from ideal. It made for a long day and a half of travel that ended with an 8 hour flight into Fiumicino from Newark. We would have preferred to fly direct, but it was the cheapest option.<\/p>\n

How we got around<\/h3>\n

We used public transportation the entire trip. Rome has a pass called the Roma pass that allows you to use the metro and buses for 48 to 72 hours (we did the 72 hour pass) and also allows you to get into two attractions for free. We used our two free attractions on going inside the Colosseum and the Castel Sant Angelo.<\/p>\n

Rome<\/b><\/h1>\n

We started our trip in Rome and spent 3.5 days there. We got into Rome about 1 pm and into our apartment around 4 pm local time. Luckily, we weren\u2019t jet lagged and were able to spend the evening around the Colosseum.<\/p>\n

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Colosseum at Dusk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Colosseum at dusk is beautiful! We walked around in awe of how massive and pretty this structure was. The best part about going to the Colosseum at dusk is that it isn\u2019t as crowded as it normally is.<\/p>\n

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Rhett on the Spanish Steps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our next day in Rome we went to the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon. We planned on spending this day in the middle of the city and because of that, we saw and did a lot. The common theme we had between seeing all of these buildings was that everything seemed so much bigger in person. We just couldn\u2019t believe how big everything was. Pictures don\u2019t do justice to the size of these massive buildings.<\/p>\n

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Trevi Fountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Pantheon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 3 in Rome was spent almost entirely in the Vatican city. We had bought skip-the-line passes to see the Vatican Museum that included the Sistine Chapel. The amount of art and sculpture in these museums is incredible. There were countless times where all we could say was: \u2018wow\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Vatican City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sistine Chapel, unfortunately, wasn\u2019t as enjoyable as the other parts of the museum. We felt rushed to get in and out by the staff and it was so jam packed full of people, we were constantly having to try to stay close to each other. Don\u2019t get me wrong, the art was incredible and is a must-see. Hopefully our experience was just bad and others don\u2019t feel the same way we do.<\/p>\n

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Jacob and Carlee outside of Saint Peter’s Basilica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Inside the Colosseum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next day in Rome was our last full day. We spent the morning going inside the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. The afternoon we went inside the Castel Sant Angelo and tried to make it in time to see the Basilica San Giovanni, but weren\u2019t able to make inside. We also made another night trip to the Trevi Fountain in hope that there would be less crowd (we were wrong).<\/p>\n

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Castel Sant Angelo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Basilica San Giovanni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rome Recap<\/h3>\n

Rome is an incredible city with so much to see. We felt we did a pretty good job of trying to squeeze everything we could into the 3.5 days we had there, but there was still plenty we didn\u2019t see. We felt that we could have spent the entire trip in Rome and still had plenty to do and see at the end of it.<\/p>\n