My first Lie

 After many false promises on the last plane home from India, that there would be no more planes till at least January. I soon learned I had infact told my first lie, as we were off again. 

Luckily I have been blessed with a child that loves to fly and to travel. It took us 12 hours from Dublin to Naples and Alessia appeared to enjoy the ride. She Literally couldn't be better.

But I have learned that if I am relaxed and not stressed. Constantly engaging with her explaining what is going on and ensuring her two most important needs are met, food and sleep. Alessia is happy and I am inturn happy.

 

Arriving in Rome was like heaven, the sun beating down and the warm air, oh summer we had missed you. Unfortunately, I appear never to learn from my mistakes and forgot the ordeal and the length of time it takes for the bus to come and then bring us to the train station so we quickly realized we were going to miss our train. With 15 minutes to go we decided to try and change tickets online, we tried And failed three times and were just about to give up when we realized it was in fact the settings on my phone who were to blame. With minutes to spare, we changed our tickets And saved ourselves 120 euro. All the time staying relaxed and not worrying and enjoying the ride. We then ate a terrible Italian lunch while waiting for our train and vowed never to eat by termini station again. 

Our last time in Naples was to say our fair wells to alessias great grand mother so it wasn't the happiest of visits. As the train approach Salerno I could see the Christmas lights that tourists came in the thousands every year to visit. And Alessia had been the dream child. 

Arriving in Cava was not like before, the house was dark and there wasn't a smell of cooking.  It was evident that the house and those that lived in it had, had a hard year and Alessia's grand mother's presence was greatly missed. 

Alessia has spotted some carnival rides, so I took her to visit them. The streets are only for pedestrian and full of shops so Alessia was in her element running up and down into every shop to explore. I loved Italy the feel the smells the people. And Christmas here was so romantic.  It looked like Alessia loved it too.

It was also the first of many things for Alessia she was so delighted going on this little train in the center of the town and she came across the little rides you put money in. Needless to say we couldn't walk in that part of town without being tormented.

But her favorite thing of all was riding the shopping trolley around the supermarket and putting the groceries in the cart. She ate her first arancini, and had her first seven course tasting menu. When we went in I was asked what she she would eat. I said she eats all that I do, of course, meaning she will share mine. But Instead, each course, four plates arrived carefully presented. Like octopus and prawn Crudo, though she fell asleep after the 5th course. Our trip was not intended to be a holiday but going anywhere with Alessia turned out that way.

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