Italy•Ireland
2019 May
Take an 8-month-old to the Amalfi coast and Ireland for a couple of weeks. Crazy? I think not. We filled Nolan - and ourselves - with gelato and pizza and pasta and limoncello and more. (OK, Nolan did not have limoncello; but he will someday.)
Riding to O'Hare
Off to Italy
Air travel as it was meant to be
Off to the plane - O'Hare
Settling in for the night
Getting ready for Italy-Ireland
Cute hat
Tethering to mom
Naples airport family rest room
Mac and Italian Pride
TONY'S
Tony working his magic
Tony results
Ahhhh, lunch overlooking the Bay of Naples
Vesuvius from Sorrento
Mac and Emily explore the lanes of Sorrento
Nolan and grandpa enjoying the Sorrento apartment
Prosciutto baby food
Bay of Naples
Amalfi Coastal Village. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.
Amalfi Coastal Village
Positano playground break
Positano beach walk
Gelato break
Breakfast with Uncle Mac
Baby transport
Ordering coffee at the bar
Pizza? Why sure!
Happy dude
Church in Amalfi
Nolan shops Sorrento
Pompeii Poppies
That's Vesuvius over your shoulder folks
Vesuvius victim
Waiting for the train with Uncle Mac
"You want fries ON that?"
Trainspotting
Choo choo. First train ride
Charming the other train passengers
Herculaneum Mosaic
Herculaneum Mosaic
Exiting the apartment
View from the apartment
Everyone gets his drink of choice
Strolling the park overlooking the Bay of Naples
Vesuvius vista
Gilligan, Ginger, The Professor, etc. (You figure out who is who.)
Rolex Cup - Capri 2019
Destination Capri
All hands on deck - even the tiny ones
Damiano - Our guide to Capri
Capri-Where celebrities go to pretend they don't want to be seen. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.
Happy passenger
We're sailing through that?
Blue Grotto traffic jam
Blue Grotto traffic jam
Capri seaside lunch
On duty
Cargo handoff
The dinghy that took us from our yacht to lunch
Tendering to Capri from the restaurant
Capri shopping crowd
Snack break on Capri
Strollering
Noah Valerie Capri
Waiting for our ferry back to the boat
Mac Emily Capri
Mac auditioning for The Lion King
Captain Morgan
Lunch break is over. Let's cruise
Mac with precious cargo
Valerie entertaining
Spray
Limoncello break
Back to the apartment rooftop for some libations
Moonrise over party central
Napoli street scene
Naples Archeological Museum
Naples Archeological Museum
Sampling the tiramisu
Pompeii mosaid
Nolan was more interested in eating pizza-pasta than making it
Sorrento Sunset
Cabanas
Sunset Sorrento
Sorrento main square. Our apartment could not have been in a better location
Beach club
Showing Nolan Italy from above
Neil Editing photos
Stopping to smell the flowers - Sorrento Piazza Tasso
Match. Match
Snacks
Sorrento park
The apartment kitchen
Tethered to mom for takeoff
With Uncle Mac in the front row
In flight entertainment
Sleep mode at 35,000 feet
Many people complain about Ryanair flights. Not this group
"Landing in Ireland? And it's green? How cool is that?
Jill flies a lot but she's never had a seatmate who was this cool
Irish lamb and mashed potatoes
His dinner conversation may not sparkle but we're fine with that
Nolan testing out The Clarence Hotel. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.
Stoutie Jill Neil
Stoutie Noah Valerie. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.
Noah Valerie and their Stoutie
Trinity Library
Trinity Stacks
NoahNolanTrinity
Musical pub crawl. Musicians. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.
Musical pub crawl. Neil and Nolan
Solitary confinement
Jameson whiskey class
John Locke standing guard
Popping up from his bassinet
It takes a village