Forget picturesque villages. Theo is in this trip for the fountains and water pumps.
A Mob of Ducks
No matter how often I tried to explain the dietary habits of ducks, Theo kept throwing rocks and sticks into the water yelling “eat this, eat this.” I feel fortunate that we weren’t pecked to death after the ducks became sick of being fooled.
Yet Another Playground
Lost in Venice
We’re spending about two weeks in Italy between our month-long homes in L’Ilse-sur-la-Sorgue (France) and Zagreb (Croatia). Our first stop in Italy was Venice, which always surprises me with it’s capacity to be simultaneously overrun with tourists and still highly charming.
Working In Transit
Moving from place to place in quick succession with a toddler is much harder than staying in place for a while, especially since we’re both trying to work part-time.
Missed Stops and a Tuscan Farmhouse
For our first three nights in Tuscany, we stayed in a renovated farmhouse about 15 km outside of Florence.
Due to some distracting, on-train toddler shenanigans, we missed the stop where our host was planning to collect us. Thus far in the trip, we’ve resisted getting sim cards for our phones, which is generally fine. Occasionally, though, we end up in situations where a working cell phone would be immensely useful, such as when we find ourselves at a rural Italian train station with no way to reach the person who was expecting us at a different rural Italian train station.
Art. It’s Hilarious.
Hanging Out with Street Musicians in Zagreb
Theo and I are practicing the concept of turns to decide what we’ll do next. Both of “his turns” today involved stopping to listen to street musicians.
Theo was pretty enchanted, so we stayed for several rounds of songs at each stop.
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Coffee in Zagreb
I officially declare the coffee in Zagreb fantastic. Probably my favorite since the amazing lattes out of the back of a truck in Ireland.
(Also, this cafe’s wi-fi password was clinteastwood.)
Playing After Dark
The sun sets around 4 pm in Zagreb in December. That doesn’t really matter, because it’s amazing here at night. There are Christmas markets everywhere with mulled wine (always), roasted chestnuts (generally), live music (sometimes), and ice skating rinks (okay, only one of those, but a really lovely one).