Florence with Kids We love Italy. We've rented villas in Cortona and on Lake Como. We've hiked and cycled in the Dolomites. We had a family reunion in Rome, centered around my niece's baptism at the Vatican. We've taken a cruise from Sicily to La Spezia. And we've visited Naples twice for the sole purpose of buying umbrellas (a story I'll tell … Read More
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