Ashton and I took a quick trip to Bruges and Ghent, Belgium shortly after she arrived home. We walked a lot, experienced magical villages covered in Christmas lights, ate waffles and fries, drank our fill of hot chocolate…
For our Thanksgiving weekend we took the camper down the coast- first to Maratea where we spent a night on the top of the world and then walked to giant Jesus, then down the coast to the Calabrian…
Hiking and chestnuts with Rosa and Paolo, Castelcivita potato fest (Festa della patata di montagna) and river, a trip to Umbria where we enjoyed good food (mostly truffle pasta) and visiting Spoleto and Norcia, and Sagra delle Sagre…
It was a strange summer, Ashton home and Cedar not yet gone, each of us waiting for the next phase of life to start. Then they left, and our new adventures are well underway: the kids are college-ing,…
Ashton and I have been out enjoying the outdoors lately in search of beauty, quiet and cool weather. For our first trip we took the camper to Abruzzo National Park, stayed at Lago di Montagna Spaccata, drove through…
Matt and I escaped the heat (and the kids) for a weekend in Gran Sasso. The weather was cold enough for pants and shoes! We found a quiet spot near the top of the mountains and next to…
Cedar and I took a little trip to Switzerland. We flew in and out of Turin, Italy, rented a car, and drove all around the Alps. We walked a few suspension bridges, drove over mountain passes, saw glaciers,…
A panuozzo festival in Gragnano, a fourth of July festival at Carney Park (featuring the Navy Band), a walk up Monte Molare with Rosa, a cute Kaia, and a family trip to the lake.…