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