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…
In addition to hiking, I’ve been walking on the beach lately as well during this lockdown. We live 5 minutes away and now that the lidos (beach resorts) are closed and the weather is cold, the shore in…
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…
Under the looming threat of total lockdown (it hasn’t happened as of this post, thankfully), Matt and I decided it would be fun to take a trip to Naples while we still can. We wanted to go to…
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…
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…
We’ve been to Carney park (a park reserved for US military) a million times for picnics, and although we knew there were hiking trails around the rim (it’s a volcano), we hadn’t really tried to find them. Well,…
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…
