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…
On the subject of beach and sea, we live quite close to it. On a couple of recent nights, we took sunset walks on the beach. Addie got to run free and I got to enjoy the beauty. …
The kids and I took a field trip day and drove north about an hour and a half. I’d heard the beaches there are nice, with clear water. I heard right! It was lovely and totally worth the…
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……
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…