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,…

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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……

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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…

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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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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…

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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…

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