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castelcivita

beautiful things , family , touristing • Oct 28, 2019

Yesterday was one of my very favorite days since we’ve been here.  We headed out of Naples into the mountains to a little village called Castelcivita.  First we toured an underground cave system with mind-blowing, imagination-invoking ancient stalactites…

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calabria sea

family , outdoor adventures , touristing • Sep 4, 2019

After Matera, we visited the Calabrian coast, including the beach at Rocca Imperiale Marina and the town of Trebisacce, where we spent the next two nights.  I’d been craving the turquoise, clear sea all summer, and I was…

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matera

family , touristing • Sep 4, 2019

For Labor Day weekend Matt got a 4-day weekend so we headed toward the south of Italy.  Our first stop was Matera. From Wikipedia: Known as la città sotterranea (“the underground city”), its historical centre “Sassi” contains ancient cave dwellings.…

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together at carney

family • Aug 27, 2019

Typically I wouldn’t devote a whole blog post just to a family picnic, but I picked up my “real” camera for the first time in maybe a year, and I liked the photos.  Similar to the lake, family…

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