HBA Nutcracker Performances

 

October dates

Corban and Daddy went to the Symphony of the Americas performance of Holst - The Planets!

Mommy took Abigail to her picture day with HBA!

Hadassah and Mommy had a Starbucks date after sailing one afternoon.

Asher helped Daddy build the Sukkah and then they slept in it a few nights together!

September dates

Corban and Mommy went to the Old Florida Bookshop and to get coffee!

Abigail and Mommy went shopping together for homecoming dresses.  She tried on several dresses at a few stores but decided she wanted to wear a dress she had (with new shoes and her bag from Florence!)

Hadassah went with Daddy into his office, they went to the bank together to set up her own account and then to lunch!

Asher and Daddy stayed at a hotel overnight and had a fun beach day together!

Italy to back home

We had gelato at least once every day and tried so many flavors!

Asher had cheese pizza every day!

quick bite in the lounge before our flight

the flight home felt much longer because it was all daylight - but we were served food several times and had many movies/music/games to choose from (just not much sleep!)

Pantheon

The Pantheon is famous for its dome with a hole in the center.  It was originally a Roman temple, but became a Catholic Church (Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in 609 AD, which is why it was allowed to be preserved so well (while other pagan temples were destroyed)
We were not planning to tour, but when we walked by one day Hadassah excitedly pointed to it and said, "The Pantheon, I wrote a paper on it this year!" and so we went back on our last day in Rome and did a self-guided, audio tour.