SOLVED. Middle Grade fiction. Diary entry style. Read around 2003-2006 A girl travels with her family. In the one I remember, they travel to Milan. [s]

[Grace]

Middle grade, diary of a girl travelling with her family. There were multiple books and I believe she travels in all of them. The one I remember, she goes to Milan. At one point, her dad gets pickpocketed while asking for directions. She meets a boy and gets a crush on him. That's really all I remember.

[Capn]

The Diary of Melanie Martin: or How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Tower of Pizza?

If not, try:

YA & MG Epistolary Novels: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

and

Italy in Juvenile Fiction: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Kids Italy (younger than YA): https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
YA Italy: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

and if it's really right set in Milano/Mailand/Milan:

Italia by Region: Northern Italy: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Grace]

Capn wrote: "The Diary of Melanie Martin: or How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Tower of Pizza?

If not, try:

YA & MG Epistolary Novels: https://www.goodreads.com/list/s..."

That is absolutely it! You crushed it.

Thank you!!!

[Capn]

Oh right on. :) It was my pleasure.