Three years ago, I took my Mom on a two week vacation to Italy. It’s always been a dream of hers to visit the motherland, so I was happy to be in a position to finally see that her dream was fulfilled. Despite a few tense moments that were to be expected when a mother and her 32 year old son team up to travel, it was a great trip. We visited Rome, toured the Colosseum, saw the Vatican, traveled to Sicily, walked the beaches, drove the countryside, and ate gelato until our hearts were content.
Whether you’ve been to Italy or have only seen photos, I think you’ll find a mother-son take to be a fresh perspective on such a beautiful country. So without further ado, may I present 25 must see photos of Italy like you’ve never seen before.
1. My Mom taking a picture of a flight status board.
2. My Mom taking a picture of tables and chairs.
3. My Mom taking a picture of a leaf.
4. My Mom taking a picture of rigatoni.
5. My Mom taking a picture of a homeless person.
6. A picture of my Mom holding an umbrella.
7. A picture of me holding an umbrella.
8. My Mom taking a picture of the ceiling.
9. My Mom taking a picture of candles.
10. My Mom taking a picture of flower arrangements.
11. My Mom taking a picture of grass.
12. Me taking a picture of grass.
13. My Mom taking a picture of peat moss.
14. My Mom taking a picture of sand.
15. My Mom taking a picture of stucco.
16. My Mom taking a picture of stratus clouds.
17. My Mom taking a picture of rocks.
18. Me taking a picture of rocks.
19. My Mom with two guys that like wearing yellow.
20. My Mom taking a picture of me opening up a water bottle.
21. My Mom taking a picture of restaurant menus.
22. My Mom taking a picture of a fruit bowl.
23. My Mom taking a picture of me pumping gas.
24. My Mom taking a picture of me fed up with her taking pictures of me.
25. A picture of stray cats.
The Dimwit Diary 
Lovely! What a nice thing to do.
Love, Jane x
Thanks, Jane. Yes, I believe taking my mother to Italy absolves me from doing a good deed for the rest of my life ;)
Ha, ha!! x
Oh, my goodness! This has me rolling on the floor laughing! What wonderful memories, and….well, I didn’t realize what a “great?” picture taker I was untill actually seeing this!
Thank you for this post — GREAT, as usual! And, thanks for giving your old mama the trip of a lifetime — my dream-come-true!
Keep up the great work, Chris!
Well, I guess I inherited my great picture taking skills from you. I do enjoy me a good leaf photo. Thanks, Mother.
And a lovely theme to remember your time together. :-)
Thank you, Tina! I don’t know how you came to read one of the older posts, but I’m glad you did. And if you ever do find yourself in the prcesnee of a nanny goat in panties, please do take a photo and send it to me!a0
Oh Chris as usual my cheeks hurt! A whole different perspective on Italy!
Hope those cheeks get feeling better soon! Thanks for reading.
I love this!
Thanks, Hunter. I love you!
This is hilarious. If I ever take a trip with my son (31 years from now), I will be the mom taking pictures of everything :)
Thanks for reading, Cheree. We didn’t have the advantage of taking a million photos of leaves, and rocks, and rigatoni back during the film age. Thank goodness for the invention of digital age ;)
I feel a bit gypped that our trip to Europe didn’t have more documentation of the really important things… instead I just have a bunch of pictures of people on mountain tops, walking across bridges, riding scooters and the like!
Really funny…
Thanks el mucho Hit And Run!
Well,crap. This totally made my trip to Italy feel incomplete. Nowhere in my files do I have a picture of you taking a picture of your mother taking a picture of ANYTHING! My lazy whore of a travel agent just lost a star on her rating for that oversight.
Ha! Well, if you need a new travel agent, I’m your guy. I know where all the best grass and rocks are in Italy.
Great memory making!
It sure was! It took me a year to recuperate from traveling with my Mom, but it was worth it. We had a blast.
Oh my goodness. I could see The Eldest doing this to me. It cracked me up!
It’s a fun time. I suggest all sons travel abroad with their Mom sometime. However, we started out the trip with the idea of sharing a room to save money. That idea lasted less than one night. So budget properly. :)
Thank you for dropping by. You are a good son, your mom should be proud of you. Cheers!
Thanks, I try. I’m fortunate to be part of a close-knit family. We have a lot of fun when we’re together. Cheers to you as well…
it’s really sweet to go on a far trip with your mum :) wish I could do it with mine
Thanks. It was a great experience despite a few disagreements here or there. Hope you get to make that rip someday and have a similar experience (maybe less photos of sand and rocks, though.)
lol, i missed the moment… my mum is no longer with me. despite your little disagreements i think it was a really cool thing of you both to do a trip together :)
Ha ha ha that was funny!
Thanks! We’re both knuckleheads and stuck out like a sore thumb. Me with my green hoodie and my Mom with her camera wrapped around her neck. Total tourists. But we met a lot of nice folks and had a good time. Cheers.
This is the funniest blog page I read in months! When I write LOL here I mean it!
He’s before your time but you’re like a modern day Andy Kaufman :)
Andy Kaufman! Yes, I know Andy. I’ve watched a lot of his stuff. He was the ultimate prankster, deadpan, and super funny. So thanks for the nice compliment.
How come your dad didn’t take any pictures? If he had a camera, you could have pulled off a hat trick…photo of a photo of a photo….throw in a mirror and you have art.
Ha! True Rich. But my parents are separated, so this was a Mom/ son outing. We had a blast.
Ok, We may be related cause our mom’s seem to be the same person. (Actually mine’s been gone for almost 15 years, but… ) I have pictures (from her) of the cat in the shop window in Murano, vegetables in the market in Paris, long words in Germany.
Thanks to you and your mom for the belly laughs! (Also thanks for liking my blog– that’s how I found this. )
Laura Hedgecock
http:/www.TreasureChestofMemories.com
Thanks Laura! Sorry to hear about your mum, but glad you have the memories. That’s mainly why I wanted to take the trip. That, and well, it’s Italy! Didn’t take too much twisting my arm. Thanks for the link. I’ll check it out. Cheers.
Chris, thanks for visiting my blog. I really enjoyed this post because my mom has the same habits when taking pics. Eh, maybe we all do. Haha. I’m headed to Italy next month. We’ll see what kind of pics I come back with :)
Yes! Well, enjoy the heck out of your trip. Me and my Mom know all the hot spots if you need some pointers. I can tell you where to get a good leaf photo. Send me some pics when you get back! Have fun.
Love it!! I hope my sons are this awesome someday and your mom is awesome too. Go easy on us moms, children kills brain cells at an unbelievable rate!! MAM
Gotta love anyone who can appreciate the mundane like that. NO! It’s a picture of rigatoni IN ITALY! Viva Italia.
Haha! I know. She took photos of everything, but as I was taking photos of her taking photos of everything, I realized that was probably worse. Viva Italia for sure. We had a great time.
Hilarious! I took my mom to Ireland a couple years before she died. It was the only time she ever went outside the country. I didn’t take any pictures of her taking pictures, but I have one of her standing there staring at a somewhat disturbing sculpture memorializing those who died on the ships during the famine trying to get to America.
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That’s awesome. Very cute. :-)
Hah! Love it. Love your blog.
Looks like you found a heart string that connects us all. My daughter and I also went to Italy and have very similar pictures ~ its times like that, that reopen our hearts to the beauty surrounding us (that’s my story about why I take so many pictures and I’m sticking to it!). Can’t wait to show my daughter your pics. Thanks Chris!
You’re a good son (I think) and I bet your mom has an awesome sense of humor. I like the pictures.
Sorry to say that you’ve spoilt it for me. Now that i’ve seen so much of Italy I have to cancel my trip there.
Your pictures made me homesick for Italy. Which is weird, since Italy is not my home. But maybe I wish it were. was. whichever.
Thanks for noticing my blog, “So Fair and Bright.” And good luck with the half-beard look.
My favourites were of you both taking pictures of grass. I found that deeply moving, for some reason. When i return to Italy, I, too, will take pictures of grass. And I shall also take pictures of my girlfriend taking pictures of grass. Then we will both know that we have been to Italy and seen the grass. And we shall rejoice. Together.
Really enjoyed your pictures!!!
hilariousness. thanks for giving me the work giggles today.
Unique perspective! What’s next, Disneyland? Bet Goofey can’t wait!
By the way, thanks for visiting my blog. Look forward to your return.
Now I have stopped laughing, again at your posts, I believe Mums across the world are in envy… but not for being taken to Italy but for having a son who notices them long enough to take a photo!
Of course my own two sons are always taking photos of me!
Yes, there are actually an great load of aicotn sequences, which may perhaps i point out looked quite properly carried out ; but there is not a lot extra to it there is not any story , the other characters don’t even attempt to produce a stance, plus the gaps between the aicotn sequences are just tedious. 0Was this answer helpful?
I’m impressed you should think of something like that
Hefrickinglarious! Some of the best photos I’ve ever seen of Italy!! Not really. But definitely the most humorous photos of Italy I’ve ever seen.
Your photo of the cats is brilliant.
I’ve never been to Italy and now I don’t need to go. Thanks for that. You’ve saved me tons of $. Can you post some pics of Costa Rica?
I am glad I was able to view these truly great photos. Congratulations on getting it together and taking the trip with your Mom. I contemplate d taking my late Mom to go see her homeland, actually she was born in Ontario, but her eldest sister and her parents were Swedes born in Finland. But by the time we were planning it, she was confined to a wheelchair. We discussed and she was concerned it would be too difficuly, awkward and even painful for her. So we didnt make it over. Your photos are great fun, of an obviously memorable trip. One I marvel at is the posed pack of feral cats. So it is possible to herd cats after all.
Very nice images!!
Hilarious! :-)
This post made me laugh. A lot.
For god’s sake, promise me that you won’t be inviting me over to view your mother’s home movies.
That was hilarious! Thanks for the pics! LOVE Italy!
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