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slovenia: viševnik hike

outdoor adventures , touristing • Aug 17, 2021

Turns out, Slovenia trails have been pretty dependably STRAIGHT UP the mountain. These folks are way tougher than we are! We went on what we had read was an Easy-Moderate hike, good for families… but it was brutal! …

slovenia: velika planina and kamnik

outdoor adventures , touristing • Aug 17, 2021

We took a cable car up the mountain, then we walked (or took the chairlift, depending on who wanted to hike up the hill with the dog and who wanted a ride). Then ended in an alpine settlement…

slovenia: lake bled, kranjska gora, and sava river

outdoor adventures , touristing • Aug 17, 2021

First we visited Lake Bled, a popular tourist destination that is beautiful but that I hated. There were a ton of people there, all just walking around the busy lake with a ton of cars, bikers, and other…

ionian sea weekend

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures , touristing • Jul 18, 2021

After Matt returned from Ukraine, we drove 3 hours south to the border of Basilicata and Calabria, at the “instep” of Italy’s boot, on the Ionian Sea. We LOVE this sea– it is so clean, clear, and calm,…

lately:: faito with friends, snorkeling, water park and fireworks

kid projects , outdoor adventures • Jul 9, 2021

Matt has been out of town in the Ukraine to play music at a military festival there, so the kids and I have been way busy with fun stuff. We took Rosa and the kids up to Monte…

scout summer camp and a rafting date

kid projects , outdoor adventures • Jul 9, 2021

Cedar’s Scouts troop created a Summer Camp for a week. They camped at our local military park and took a lot of day trips– rafting, caves, rivers, snorkeling, etc. Cedar had a BLAST. Scouts is so awesome. I…

Lately:: hiking, dates, band, teenagers, friends and food

beautiful things , kid projects , outdoor adventures • Jul 9, 2021

A backyard BBQ with our Italian friends… A date to Bacoli for market, pizza, and watching a kind of kayak/rugby/soccer match on the water… A date to Pozzuoli with Matt… A mall date with Cedar….…

umbria

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures • Jun 4, 2021

For Memorial Day weekend, we took a trip to the region of Umbria. It’s a green area of Italy, in the country, the lower-class sister to Tuscany (where everything is fancier and more expensive). Umbria makes olive oil,…

hiking vesuvio

outdoor adventures • May 27, 2021

A walk up the other side of Vesuvio, Monte Somma, with a view at the top looking at the Vesuvio crater. It ended up being a LONG hike, but we got delicious pizza right at the trailhead when…

lately:: restaurants, hikes, scouts, chess and friends

family , kid projects , outdoor adventures • May 26, 2021

A date with Nolan, Carney hikes with Matt and Addie, a pizza date on the sea, Ashton with new friends, Boy Scouts back to meetings and a campout, and chess club! Ashton has also been babysitting, and the…

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