Our long-time friends, the Swensons, moved recently from Kalispell to Turkey, and wanted to meet up with us for their spring break week.  We chose the island country of Malta, just off the southern tip of Italy.  We…

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For Ashton’s 14th birthday, Jess and the kids flew to London for a whirlwind 3 day adventure.  The real purpose of the trip was to see Hamilton, Wicked, and as much of downtown London as we could fit…

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We went to a Carnevale celebration in a local Naples-area town called Saviano last weekend to see what all the Carnevale excitement is about.  Carnevale is a big deal around here, with different kinds of celebrations in just…

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We went to Rome for the day.  It’s only 2 hours away, so we got up early and spent the day walking around, checking out all the sites.  It was a great time of year to go, without…

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Our Italian friends took us on a tour of Christmas in downtown Naples!  We visited a nativity museum where we heard interesting stories of Naples’ history, enjoyed pizza portafolgio (folded pizza) and coppa di mare (fish cup), and…

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We visited Castello di Limatola, a local castle that lights up during the holidays.  We toured the beautiful castle, saw musicians wandering through the pathways, looked at booths of handmade trinkets, ate tasty treats and sipped mulled wine. …

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