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christmas, out

family , outdoor adventures • Dec 31, 2020

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around here: vesuvio walk, thanksgiving/birthday/christmas-ing, and FOOD

beautiful things , family , kid projects • Dec 9, 2020

A pre-lockdown walk with friends on Monte Vesuvio:: Christmassing:: Thanksgiving-ing:: An online Italian cooking class and shopping with the teacher:: Haircuts:: Vegetable markets and wine-on-tap; we are still always finding new discoveries now…

lockdown hiking

beautiful things , family , food and exercise , outdoor adventures • Dec 9, 2020

For the past several weeks our region has been under a strict lockdown. Not as bad as the first time in spring, where everything was closed and you couldn’t even leave your house, but a softer version where…

monte faito and molare

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures • Nov 13, 2020

Back to Monte Faito we went, enjoying its lovely autumn scenery. So many trees and leaves! There were WAY more people there this time than ever before. We walked up to Monte Molare this time and were rewarded…

halloween

family , kid projects • Nov 13, 2020

We couldn’t trick-or-treat or host a party this year due to Covid, so instead we opted for an Escape Room, a themed dinner with a friend, a treasure hunt, a gingerbread castle, a costumed video-chat with Leia, and…

lately: bread and wine, views and sun, hikes and escape, and trampoline

family , kid projects • Oct 29, 2020

The “bread guy” and the “vegetable guy” come down our street selling their food, so we buy it sometimes. Cedar bought wine the other day for the first time, at 13 years old!! Addie loves the sunshine…

monte faito

beautiful things , family , food and exercise , outdoor adventures • Oct 29, 2020

We went up the mountain on the Funivia and walked around enjoying autumn. It was perfect.…

gran sasso

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures , touristing • Oct 14, 2020

We went to Gran Sasso National Park in the mountainous Abruzzo region, about 3 hours away from us. We had a really, really good time. Maybe our best family trip yet. We loved everything about it– the towns,…

lately: farewells, beach, picnics, cakes, waterfalls, hikes, lakes, and naples

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures , touristing • Aug 9, 2020

A sad farewell… Beach… Carney picnics… Cake decorating for Ash… Ciprissetta di Fontegreca (waterfall park with cold water pools) with homeschoolers… first time in two years for a homeschool gathering… Hiking Monte Massico……

staying cool in lake and forest

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures • Aug 9, 2020

August in Naples is HOT. Crazy hot. So we went uphill to cool off. Lago di Castel San Vincenzo is our favorite; we’ve been going there every August since we came to Italy, and it is quiet, beautiful…

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