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lago di san vincenzo

beautiful things , outdoor adventures • Aug 8, 2018

On our way back from Arbruzzo, we stopped by another lake, Lago di San Vincenzo, to scope out a campground we had heard of. This lake was lovely and bright blue, with plenty of space all around it…

abruzzo national park:: lago di barrea

beautiful things , food and exercise , outdoor adventures • Aug 8, 2018

After Gargano, Matt and I decided to switch gears and head out to the mountains. We miss camping, and we had heard there are some campgrounds in Abruzzo. Abruzzo is a mountainous region in central Italy, and it…

gargano peninsula:: baia di vignanotica

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures • Aug 6, 2018

We found a beautiful pebble beach just outside of Mattinata. My memories include hot pebbles, cute food shacks, a walk downhill to reach the beach, bare boobs, a rock to jump off, massive white cliffs, soft blue water,…

gargano peninsula:: mattinata

beautiful things , family , touristing • Aug 6, 2018

For several days of Matt’s summer leave, we went to the Gargano Peninsula, in the Puglia region on the east coast of Italy, just a few hours from where we live. This area, home to a large forested area…

in and out… with friends

kid projects , others , outdoor adventures • Jul 10, 2018

A trip to find sea glass, sleepovers, pool time, board games galore, Festa Americana at Carney Park (carnival rides, food, fireworks and the Navy Band, all in a volcano crater), and 4th of July celebrating…. with friends.…

adventure park

outdoor adventures • Jul 9, 2018

We met our Neopolitan friends, the Volpes, way up at the top of the hills (mountains?) of Benevento, at a placed called Parco Avventura Camposauro (Camposauro Adventure Park). The air was fresh and chilly (it felt amazing to…

monte faito and a funivia ride

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures • Jul 7, 2018

We took a funivia (like a cable car) up to the top of Monte Faito, above Sorrento. We hiked through a beech tree forest and discovered a restaurant with epic views. The path was shady, green, full of…

monte massico

beautiful things , outdoor adventures • Jul 6, 2018

The kids and I went for a simple hike at Monte Massico. We only went a little way in, and I want to go back and do more. It was covered in pine trees and so felt, and…

eggplant class

mama's projects , touristing • Jul 5, 2018

I left the kids at home one day and headed north about an hour for an eggplant cooking class, hosted by a military organization called Fleet and Family Services. They offer classes that introduce military to Italian culture. …

contursi terme

family , touristing • Jul 3, 2018

We met our new Neopolitan friend, Rosa, on the trail of the orchids in Cilento. She and I have kept in touch, and she invited us to join her family at a thermal spa in a town called…

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