...To the trip we are about to embark on is taking it's toll. I'm so excited I am having a hard time falling asleep and haven't picked up a book in a couple of days because I am so distracted there's no point to trying to read. My blood pressure is probably sky high right … Continue reading The Lead Up
Wow I have read 50 books so far this year. I'm pretty happy with that number although according to my Goodreads goal set for the year I'm 10 books behind schedule to make it to 100. Hmm So I should have made the 50 books statement back in June basically. haha The goal is a … Continue reading 2017 Reading Update
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
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
Today is the pagan holiday Imbolc. Tonight we welcome the quieting of Winter and the approach of Spring. The Crone makes way for the Maiden in the turning of the wheel. Bright, warm blessings to all on this Imbolc. Today I am hoping the turning of the wheel brings some peace, love, good energy and a happy … Continue reading Preparing for the Sun
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
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
It's official, I'm chilly this morning. 🙂 Nice timing with the Autumn Equinox (Mabon) this week. Naples, Italy does have all four seasons as I understand it. Summer was hot and some humid days but much milder than Japan. I've heard Winter here is wet and chilly but not cold enough for snow unless you … Continue reading Autumn Has Arrived
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
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