Back from a short weekend trip to Italy

We are just back from a short weekend trip to Italy. Jacob's sister, Annelisa, and her husband, Brian, just flew in for some time in mainland Europe and England. We will let them tell more about their days here in Italy, but in a nutshell Jacob took them for a whirlwind tour on Saturday to see lots of beautiful Italian sights. We filled their day with lots of good Italian eating as well. On Sunday morning they were off to Venice, possibly Florence, and then Rome. They will fly in to Geneva Tuesday night to see some of Switzerland!

Here are the weary travelers on their first day in Europe. They looked really great for having traveled so much and they were really troopers to be up and at it all day! Here they are eating their first gelato in Italy after an Italian pasta/pizza lunch at Ada's.And here is just a message for Brieanna, Mason, and Sophia. Your mommy and daddy love you and miss you sooo much! They are in Italy eating gelato (Italian ice cream), pizza, cioccolata calda (Italian hot chocolate), and biscotti (Italian cookies).Brian and Annelisa even joined us for late night pizza and Italian hot chocolate in Jessi's parents' neighboring town of Piazzola Sul Brenta. They both agreed with us that Italian pizza is pretty fabulous.The pasticceria (pastry shop) that we got our hot chocolate at also has all of their Easter (in Italian "Pasqua") pastries and cakes on display and beautifully decorated. They particularly like to decorate with bright orange, bright yellow, and bright green here in Italy for Easter.In other happenings, on Saturday afternoon, Abram helped Grandpa with some yard work. Abram stuck with it for a few minutes and put the dandelion weeds in the plastic bag, but soon he had to supervise from his Wiggles car!
Grandma and Abram reading a new book. He really liked this one.Chloé playing with her daddy. Thanks for the new cute Easter outfit, Grandma Berg.