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
Tag: italy
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
First Trip to Rome
The husband and I decided the first trip to Rome we should drive then following trips we would figure out the train system. It was I think just under two hours to go from our town to the middle of Rome where we had reservations at Hotel Della Nazioni. The husband chose this hotel mainly … Continue reading First Trip to Rome
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
Adventures At The Navy Lodge
My recent posts have been updates from our travels of the past couple of months and now I'm caught up to actually being in Italy, which has been for about three weeks I think? I've had a few questions about our current status so thought I'd just pound it out here. We are approved to … Continue reading Adventures At The Navy Lodge
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