Today Erica and I took the two girls out in the stroller for a walk and to find a nice place for some authentic Italian cuisine.
We found one place, a bakery (as best we could tell) that had some really delicious looking food. However, there was no seating and we just wanted to find something more relaxing than a ’standing meal’ with the two girls.
We eventually found a place in what seemed to be Varese’s downtown and it turned out that it was very close to where Erica’s mom was having a Bible study, so she was able to walk over and join us for lunch!
We ended up having a great lunch of panini sandwiches and lasagna - as well as some great bread and peach iced tea! We managed to order using a combo of our special skills in ‘English for non-English speakers’ as well as a modest amount of pointing and charades. After we ordered, Erica’s mom showed up and ordered her food in about a tenth of the time it took us to order ours!
However, I’m sure the girl’s favorite part was the chocolate gilato that they had as a desert! In this photo, things had not gotten real messy yet - thank goodness for the trusty ’stain stick’!
Elizabeth actually made quick work of her ‘mini cone’ (which was actually what they use to give samples) and then started to beg for mom’s chocolate and mint gelato. Mom was NOT feeling generous…
There was also a bit of play time around the fountain, Anna pondered taking a swim, but we convinced her to stay on dry land - all-in-all, a successful trip!
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Forgot to mention, we were NOT successful keeping her dry on our trip to Lake Maggiore two days ago when she went head first into the garden fountain!
Thankfully it was only a few inches deep and mom was standing right there!
Did you get a picture of Anna in the fountain? That would be a great shot…