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family , kid projects , mama's projects , touristing • Dec 2, 2019

November was a very busy month here! Matt and I went on a couple of dates and I had weekly dates with kids, there was a Boy Scout camp and volunteer opportunity for Cedar, and a rained-out crazy…

umbria: fabro, bagni san filippo, and assisi

beautiful things , touristing • Nov 15, 2019

I am so lucky! I decided to be a groupie, leave the kids at home, and follow the Rock Band up to their gig in Umbria. I knew I was going to be able to spend the night…

skulls, bones… and pizza

touristing • Nov 15, 2019

For field trip day, the kids and I started off at Starita Pizza in downtown Naples. It was very good, and a really neat building as well: So many of the buildings in Italy and other countries look…

castelcivita

beautiful things , family , touristing • Oct 28, 2019

Yesterday was one of my very favorite days since we’ve been here. We headed out of Naples into the mountains to a little village called Castelcivita. First we toured an underground cave system with mind-blowing, imagination-invoking ancient stalactites…

prague with alan and sarah

beautiful things , touristing • Oct 16, 2019

The kids and Jess got to experience the beautiful city of Prague with our wonderful lifelong friends from Kalispell, Montana. Alan and Sarah are travelling around the world for two years, and we met them for several days…

ireland with dad

touristing • Sep 30, 2019

Dad and I took a little side trip to Ireland while he was here. I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this trip: the weather was cool (I LOVED wearing a jacket, as it’s still so hot here!) and unusually…

italy with dad: vomero, sorrento, napoli, and home

family , touristing • Sep 30, 2019

Here are the next set of photos from Dad’s visit. O’m pretty sure he loved the cappucino, pastires and pizza even more than he loved seeing us! Thanks again for visiting us, we sure loved having you.…

italy with dad: hercolano, paestum, casertavecchia, and caserta palace

family , touristing • Sep 30, 2019

My Dad came!!!! We had a whirlwind trip of touring some of the area’s highlights. Dad was so excited to see everything, so it was SO MUCH FUN to be a tourist with him! Here are some photos,…

calabria sea

family , outdoor adventures , touristing • Sep 4, 2019

After Matera, we visited the Calabrian coast, including the beach at Rocca Imperiale Marina and the town of Trebisacce, where we spent the next two nights. I’d been craving the turquoise, clear sea all summer, and I was…

matera

family , touristing • Sep 4, 2019

For Labor Day weekend Matt got a 4-day weekend so we headed toward the south of Italy. Our first stop was Matera. From Wikipedia: Known as la città sotterranea (“the underground city”), its historical centre “Sassi” contains ancient cave dwellings.…

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