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florence

outdoor adventures , touristing • Nov 13, 2020

Last week, as the news warned about imminent lockdown, I started to freak out a little. I know our holidays will be spent at home this year, but I knew that Italy was still OPEN. So I scooped…

ischia girls’ trip

beautiful things , outdoor adventures , touristing • Oct 29, 2020

Ashton and I went on a girls’ overnight trip on the island of Ischia. The region of Campania is not allowing travel beyond our provinces (like a county in the US), but Ischia is in our province! Ischia…

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: kayaking, towns, river, hike, food, home and friends

beautiful things , food and exercise , outdoor adventures , touristing • Oct 14, 2020

A kayaking trip for Matt and Ashton while Cedar and I went camping with Scouts:: A trip to Sant’agata dei Goti and a river with a cave:: Matt had a gig, and I joined. We were…

puglia

beautiful things , outdoor adventures , touristing • Sep 12, 2020

While Matt stayed home to cram for his upcoming work test, the kids and I left him alone for the weekend. We drove about 4 hours down to the heel of Italy’s boot to a region called Puglia. …

wine in downtown naples

touristing • Sep 11, 2020

Matt finally had a gig! It was in Ravello, a wine-tasting with music. The night before the concert, the band (and spouses) got to attend a pre-concert wine tasting in downtown Naples. Next to a castle and in…

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……

day 9/10: tuscany

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

Our last stop was an agriturismo near Cortona, Tuscany. We enjoyed a relaxing time in the pool, in the olive grove, and in the cute village of Cortona. Tuscany is lovely, quiet, tranquil, and has delicious food and…

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…

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