Yes! We are planning our first road trip since moving to Utah, thanks to a cousin and her husband wanting to team up and check off a bucket list destination with us. Moving back to the U.S. right before everything shut down for Covid in 2020 was a huge bummer. We haven't done much of … Continue reading Road Trip Plans!
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Caserta Palace
A Friday off means go visit a touristy place to avoid weekend crowds so we decided to head to Caserta Palace (a Unesco, World Heritage Site). Only a few miles from our home and an easy half day exploration in mind, off we went in hopes of a nice day, what we found was far … Continue reading Caserta Palace
From Capua to Capua
We live in ancient Capua which is now called Santa Maria Capua Vetere and is about 10 minutes from now Capua (I know it's a bit confusing) so we took a day to go see the small town a few minutes away and it is beautiful. Click on this link for a decent explanation of the … Continue reading From Capua to Capua
Getting Back On Track
It has been a crazy couple of months with finding and moving in to our home (for the next few years) and exploring our new town. We moved to a small town just North of Naples and hundreds of years away. Ok not literally but the town has ruins from the gladiator era and apparently … Continue reading Getting Back On Track
A New York Minute
First let me disclose and apologize for the photos or maybe lack thereof. It's a long story but the basic of it is we live overseas and have phones overseas except we kept our iphones from before moving overseas to activate and use on visits home. Following me? So...the photos are using an old iphone, … Continue reading A New York Minute
Frantic February
I know it's been a bit since I last posted, so much has been happening this month with preparing for our move out of Japan. Plus we have been battling a little bit with admin trying to get our flights figured out. It's so hard to push off a big trip till the last minute, … Continue reading Frantic February
Two Off The Japan Bucket List
As our time in Japan comes to a close we managed to get one last trip in that has been hanging over us for the last three years. It accomplishes ticking off more than one bucket list for us. Some will not appreciate our indulgence here but it was something we truly wanted to experience … Continue reading Two Off The Japan Bucket List
Turn Of The Year Mayhem
After returning from Hong Kong we immediately started preparing for my step-daughter to visit and join us in bringing in 2016. We headed to Tokyo on New Year's Eve day, as is our tradition while in Japan, and had a reservation at our favorite little boutique hotel (Sakura Fleur Aoyama)in Shibuya. The decor is cute, … Continue reading Turn Of The Year Mayhem
The Honeymoon
On March 15, 2012 I got married. It was a quick Las Vegas - drive thru non-event that neither of our families attended with us. Almost a year later we had a reception where we invited our families to celebrate our wedding with us. We never had a honeymoon. This year is our last year in Japan, … Continue reading The Honeymoon
Iwakuni, Miyajima Island and Hiroshima
Our latest adventures took us to Iwakuni, Miyajima Island and Hiroshima. This was a scheduled tour through the base and included a very long bus ride there and back. We left around 10:00 pm and arrived around 8:00 am, yep all night drive. No, we didn't get much sleep but we pushed through and really enjoyed … Continue reading Iwakuni, Miyajima Island and Hiroshima
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