One of my favorite cities in Italy is Florence. Everything about it is quintessentially Italian: the restaurants line the streets at night, the city is filled with museums + galleries,  the house work is hundreds of years old, you can find the flagship stores of most Italian designers,  there’s always live music playing in the street, and the people are carefree + friendly.

Whenever I find myself in Italy, I always try to make my way to Florence… even if just for a couple of days.

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Last week we kicked off our European vacation with a stop in Venice, Italy. This was my third time visiting this magical city, but my husband really wanted to introduce this special place to the kids and was really adamant that they got to see it…even if ever so briefly!

We flew in late the night before our visit and took the train out to Florence early one morning, so we really only spent one full day there.

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Babe + I just booked our first European trip in over a year. Because we’re fully vaccinated and itching for a little adventure, we’ve planned to leave the country at the end of July (just in time for me to beat third-trimester flying restrictions).

To say I’m excited would be an understatement. Before 2020 we were blessed enough to take a family vacation to Europe every summer, but back in 2019 we actually crossed the pond a couple of times.

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