First full day in Rome and we try to be kid friendly

This is the first trip we have taken without a trusty buggy for Teagan. Our travel style is very much of the wandering style, absolutely unsuited to small leg - especially as we do hours of it! For this trip we decided to not 'wander'; we aimed to get to our destination with public transport and then explore the target. This objective was NOT achieved, neither Ross or I could pull ourselves away from the wander and we did it for 10 hours! And yes, Teagan could not manage it!

Our highlights were making it through the Forum and the Colosseum. The immensity was what took me. For Ross was the bringing to life of schoolboy Latin and classics and for Teagan is was the apparent viewing of the Pope and riding the streets of Rome with a long mum cuddle (my Kathmadu jacket turns in a fabulous child carrier if tied on the right way, discovered a couple elf years ago as we walked the Cornish coast in the UK).

As for other points of note; yet again our NZ passports saw us right. Not only are they admired for their security features in many airports, in Rome, they were not admired, touched, opened, inspected at all. As soon as the immigration saw they were NZ we were directed through without even placing them on the counter! And credit were credit is due, the disorganized airport in all ways was our fastest exit ever!

Now I had better sneak back up to the room. Ross and Teagan are still sleeping and my cup of tea is nearly cold.

Location:Rome