Finally! We (just the kids and I) flew in Europe for the first time since 2019! We were going to go to Crete in July, but it was canceled due to a strike. So I booked Barcelona and…
After Matt returned from Ukraine, we drove 3 hours south to the border of Basilicata and Calabria, at the “instep” of Italy’s boot, on the Ionian Sea. We LOVE this sea– it is so clean, clear, and calm,…
A backyard BBQ with our Italian friends… A date to Bacoli for market, pizza, and watching a kind of kayak/rugby/soccer match on the water… A date to Pozzuoli with Matt… A mall date with Cedar….…
For Memorial Day weekend, we took a trip to the region of Umbria. It’s a green area of Italy, in the country, the lower-class sister to Tuscany (where everything is fancier and more expensive). Umbria makes olive oil,…
I had a date with my friend Rosa in her town of Portici, in the Naples area. I love this girl and should have thought of having a date with her sooner.…
Cedar went to Scout camp for the weekend, so Ashton stayed home and had her friend sleep over while Matt and I had an overnight date!!! We went up the coast about an hour and a half to…
I have a small bubble in Italy in which I live— it’s my street. It isn’t a long street, maybe 7 minutes to stroll to the other end of it, but it is a good little street. I…
Ashton agreed to take a day trip with me to Ravello, a town in the mountains above the Amalfi Coast. Ravello has ceramics and flowers, including a couple of gardens that offer, along with lovely flowers, epic sweeping…
My flowers, and Italy’s flowers…. A 14th Birthday, chess, and finally Scouts meetings in person. A friend for Ashton!!! All the food, friends, and finally sit-down dining (outdoors)! Enjoying sunshine at the park and…
