We haven't been doing much in the way of travel in September/October so I don't have any fun photos to share. That doesn't mean we have been just sitting around either. The last month we have been dealing with some life things and working on plans for the last two months of the year. The … Continue reading End Of The Year
About an hour North of us is the small town of Cassino, Italy. It's about half way to Rome on the highway and a common train change station on the way to Rome. If you walk out the train station and look up this is what you see: Needless to say, we've been very curious … Continue reading Montecassino Abbey
Full caps on THE in the title because we did it big. Tour of the Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, and the big surprise to me was Rafael's hall of paintings. Simply amazing and to be able to share the experience with two people we truly enjoy spending time with was a big bonus. … Continue reading THE Rome Trip
May was full of adventure and visitors. We ventured south to the Amalfi Coast recently to enjoy the amazing scenery, perfect weather and inspiring cuisine and to scope out the drive before our visitors arrived. Amalfi Coast lives up to the hype, it's stunning and the roads are narrow, windy and a bit scary specially … Continue reading May 2017 Adventures
We visited a town in Southern Italy called Putignano to enjoy the oldest Carnevale in Europe. They can track it back to the 1300's according to our guide. The festivities got rained out. Deflated! So first we went to lunch and enjoyed some Italian food that was not our favorite but still very nice. … Continue reading Carnevale in Italy
As the holiday season approached this year I learned about some of the Italian traditions and one took me by pleasant surprise. La Befana - She is the legend of an old witch who visits homes to leave gifts for good children and coal for bad ones on the 5th of … Continue reading Buona Befana
The calendar in November was pretty darn full which tends to happen towards the end of the year, December is looking a bit crazy too! This is going to be a bit of a long post so grab a cuppa tea and get comfy. The first weekend of November the husband and I went on … Continue reading November 2016 – Pompeii to Prague
Our first European adventure outside Italy is in the bag. It should have been a quick ride to the airport and two short flights, no problem. It didn't go that way. It was a fiasco that started with so much backed up traffic to the airport that the normal 30 minute drive took well over … Continue reading Athens Weekend
While we were driving around today it occurred to me that there was a habit I learned in Japan that I didn't notice until now. Instead of pointing towards something with my finger I use my whole hand in a more gentle gesture. I was pointing at something out the window and gestured with my … Continue reading A Habit Learned In Japan
When we found out we were going to be stationed in Italy I about fell over with excitement and anticipation. Partly because ... Europe! But partly also because my mother's side of the family all hails from Sicily - and my dad's bloodline comes from a humble mining village in the Slovakian mountains, I'm working on … Continue reading Sicily – Like Going Home
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