In between now and our latest visit from Dad, he had to fly home for meetings.
When he asked what the boys wanted him to bring back NoFear replied,
"popcorn and an iPhone6." This is a bit of an inside joke in our family as we
exist in a bit of a paradox. We're not big fans of kids with cell phones at a young age.
We just don't like the link to the world that comes ever so quickly.
Our kids obviously do not agree.
Our kids obviously do not agree.
In fact, NoFear considered it cruel and unusual punishment last year when he
announced he was, "the only kids in 8th grade without a cell phone."
We're also not above bribery and replied, "earn your Eagle and you will have proved
yourself mature enough to handle responsibility of a cell phone."
The drive and passion of NoFear are some of his greatest qualities.
Sure enough, his Eagle was complete by the time we left on our adventure, and while
he couldn't actually use his cell phone much overseas, he loved the fact that he had it.
The other side of the paradox. Dad loves technology....and he misses his kids....
and today he arrived in Florence...with an iPhone 6 for NoFear.
Fortunately, Dad arrived after we had seen a few more sights that day or I'm not sure we
would have gotten NoFear very interested in much else for a few hours.
So let's rewind to the morning.
We spent a few hours doing schoolwork and then headed to the
famous Uffizi Gallery just after lunch.
This is the point in any good blog where we should be effusing enthusiasm for the
great works of art we were seeing. The truth is, we managed enthusiasm for about 20
minutes, and then wound our way through rather quickly. I think everyone was more
focused on the fact that Dad was arriving today.
Outside the Uffizi, we did manage to get excited over one masterpiece.
This famous work is simply titled, The Optimist.
The time finally arrived. We raced to the train station to meet Dad.
With only a few minutes to bask in the glow of a new iPhone, we drug a
jet-lagged papa up the hill to the Piazza Michelango to bask in the glow of the sunset over Florence.
One of the most beautiful cities in the world!
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