Italy Summary and Major News ! ;)

So that was our tour of Italy. I hope to say that it was not a once in a lifetime experience, because we certainly would love to go back. We got to see quite a bit, and now I'm sure it was worth taking the time that it took to plan it because we were able to squeeze in experiences that are less likely to happen on a whim. Italy is a beautiful place and it was great to feel a part of it again.

As for my experiment, blogging it all using my Iphone, I had a great time doing it. I had comments about when I found time to write it all. Really that was the beauty of riding rail. When you have two hours to kill, it's a good way to capture a memory. Like writing a journal, but sharing it with others. And not to plug the Iphone, but it was a great tool to have with me on this trip.

Major News:

Well little did we know when planning the trip that it would not only be the two of us visiting Italy. In fact, we found out about 4 days in that Grace was pregnant ! It was in Siena, our first morning there. Grace came running and screaming into the bedroom from the bathroom at around 7 a.m. I was still sleeping and thought we were getting kicked out of the hotel :) SHe had brought a pregnancy tester cuz she "had a feeling".

We were thrilled, excited and nervous all at the same time. We didn't know how to change up the trip but we decided to go ahead with it all and just tune it down during the crazy periods. Which meant ixnay on our half a day Milan stop and half a day San Marino stop .Nonetheless, Grace did quite a bit of walking :)

I won't go into the details of the long and arduous pregnancy that Grace experienced, but in the end, our little fighter was born a Happy, Healthy, Bouncing Baby Girl of 8 pounds and 1 ounce. We named her Myka Maria. We couldn't be happier !

Maybe, one day we'll bring her back to see all of Italy from outside Grace's tummy :)