BABYMOON

22 WEEKS & 4 DAYS
Aploogies for the recent lack of posts. I was away on “babymoon” for a few days. I’ve always hated that term, until it was my turn to have one.

It will probably be our last trip abroad for quite some time so we decided to make the most of it and headed to Rome, which was somewhere we’d always wanted to go.

Since we were only going for 4 nights we decided to just take hand luggage. It was so easy, light and hassle-free that it makes me wonder why we ever checked a bag in before. Unbelievably, even packing the minimum, I still ended up with clothes I didn’t wear.

TYPICAL - I FINALLY LEARN HOW TO TRAVEL LIGHT
ON THE LAST TRIP I'LL EVER BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH PACKING SO LITTLE!

Rome is an incredible city but I did find it a bit overwhelming - there are so many amazing sights all in one spot that it’s hard to fully appreciate them individually.

I thought I’d miss the usual holiday nights out on the tear but not drinking didn’t bother me at all. I had one glass of wine on the trip and didn’t fancy any more. It was a bit quieter than our usual weekends away but getting out of bed early was no problem and it seemed like we had way more time than usual to chill so I feel really relaxed after it.

The food was great. I’m not normally a pasta fan but this pasta was in a different league so I definitely enjoyed it.

OUR TOP RIP-OFF WAS A €12 ICE CREAM
Beware of the fancy cones with chocolate and nut around the edge! I asked for 2 scoops of ice cream in one of those cones and was told it was “special”. What they didn’t tell me was that they were going to stick cream, sprinkles, 10 pieces of wafer and streamers into the top of it and charge me €12. I was too mortified to argue. It’s right up there with the “large” beer we paid €16 for in Paris!

I found myself paying much more attention to people with kids and checking how they seemed to be enjoying their holidays with kids in tow. For the most part they seemed happy and contented so that was reassuring.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT NEXT TIME WE GO AWAY WE'LL HAVE A THIRD PERSON WITH US!

Hopefully it won’t be too long before we’re confident enough to travel with a baby.

The baby kicked for the first time on the trip and hasn’t stopped since so that's pretty exciting.

Rome has A LOT of steps so that was a bit painful and I found myself getting tireder than usual so I decided to give the 500 steps up to the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica a miss this time but I did toss a coin into the Trevi Fountain so I’ll do it on my next visit.