For our Easter three-day weekend, we drove up the coast about 2 hours north to the region of Lazio. We spent an afternoon in the cute beach town of Sperlonga, then made it to our apartment in Sabaudia…
A yellow belt in Judo for Cedar, a fun day with our Italian friends, a birthday for a 14 year old, a Boy Scouts camp-out, a walk around a lake on a spring day, cooking for both kids,…
The morning after the kids and I returned from Malta, Matt and I took the train to Bologna for an overnight trip. I had a plan to meet with a mastectomy tattoo artist at a tattoo convention in…
Pictured below are two separate hikes, both in Caserta, not far from our home. The hills there are lovely, rolling, and quiet. The weather has gotten warmer and drier in the past few weeks, so we’ve been excited…
I took Ashton to the Amalfi Coast for an overnight girls getaway. We talked, strolled, listened to the Rent soundtrack (her current obsession), watched a chick flick, and stayed in a seriously awesome apartment. It is very…
We’ve been laying low since Christmas (with the exception of our day trip to Rome), spending our time at home. I’ve forgotten to take very many photos, but we’ve gone for a couple of walks, played a lot…
Finally, for the last few days of our Sicily trip, we visited Trapani. We explored the salt pans, drove up a mountain to a town called Erice, where we hung out IN the clouds, visited a castle, and…
Still in Sicily, on day three of our trip, we left our AirBnB in Giarre to head across the island to the west coast. We drove through the middle of the island to get there, and it was…
For Christmas leave, we went to Sicily! Our first stop, after driving all the way to the toe of Italy for about 6 hours, a ferry to Sicily, and our super cute AirBnB in Giarre, was the lovely…