I remember overhearing a conversation between two men at the post office when we first moved to Byron. One man was telling the other about an upcoming family holiday — the first holiday for their family in seven years! I remember how casual the other guy’s response was, ‘when you live in paradise, you don’t really need a holiday’. With travel such an important part of our lives up to this point, I was struck by the concept of staying still for seven years. But on the other hand, how nice to love where you live so much you don’t ever want to leave.
When we moved to Byron, we hoped we would make it back to Europe every year, or at least every other year for a family holiday. But, like those guys in the post office, we settled into life here and didn’t really have the desire to leave, especially knowing how far we’d have to travel and how expensive it would be. Of course, we knew Australia was far away from almost everywhere else when we moved here, but I don’t think we realised just HOW FAR away it is. Add to that the prospect of 25+ hours travelling with a busy toddler in tow and it was easy to put our desires on hold for another year.
It had been three years since our family had been back to Europe and everyone was excited to return. In planning our time there, we knew we wanted to spend at least a week in London — to see friends and visit favourite places. We also knew we wanted to spend time in Positano, a special spot for our family. So, we were left with a few remaining days at the end of our trip before making the long trek back home. We decided to spend our final days in Rome, to give the kids a bit of culture and a history lesson in this beautiful, old city.
I’ve had lots of people ask me to share our tips from our time in Rome, so I thought I would jot them down here for you. We weren’t able to explore as extensively as we had hoped because a heat wave sucked the life out of us during the days. But here are a few tips worth mentioning:
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Love all these tips and I need to be more adventurous with our kids! I travel with them but sometimes worry the expense will not be worth it if it is exhausting. But then we
Stay in the same
Place forever 😔. Thanks for sharing x
I can almost feel the warmth of Rome through your photos…glad you countered the heat with copious amounts of gelato. ❤️👌🏽