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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…

day 7/8: riva del garda

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

I wish I could have stayed longer in the Dolomites. They are incredible. Also northern Italy is amazing, too, with clean, cool air, safe driving, no trash, parks and bike trails, and even a way of speaking Italian…

day 6: dolomites monte civetta/lago di coldai

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

This day we took two gondolas up Monte Civetta and walked to Coldai Lake. We thought it would be a fairly easy hike, but it turned out to be steep! But it was fantastic! At the top we…

day 5: dolomites viel del pan

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

Strange to us, but also kind of neat, is the fact that you can take a cable car to pretty much any peak in the Dolomites. There are systems of chair lifts and gondolas that bring you to…

day 4: dolomites passo giau

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

Can you believe anyone would go to Venice and NOT drive less than 2 hours north into this insane beauty?? Not me! It is amazing in the Dolomites! We just saw a tiny piece of these mountains that…

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