terracina

beautiful things , touristing • May 27, 2021

Cedar went to Scout camp for the weekend, so Ashton stayed home and had her friend sleep over while Matt and I had an overnight date!!!  We went up the coast about an hour and a half to…

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may flowers

beautiful things • May 26, 2021

I have a small bubble in Italy in which I live— it’s my street.  It isn’t a long street, maybe 7 minutes to stroll to the other end of it, but it is a good little street.  I…

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vomero on sunday

touristing • May 26, 2021

My Dad and I discovered Vomero on Sunday morning when he visited two years ago.  Matt and I finally went back to enjoy the passegiata on the tree-lined street, with musicians, families, couples, and old and young enjoying…

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tre calli

outdoor adventures • May 26, 2021

We did a new hike.  It was not too long, pretty darn steep, and had a great payoff at the top.  We are so lucky to have such incredible sea views.  …

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ravello with ashton

beautiful things , touristing • May 4, 2021

Ashton agreed to take a day trip with me to Ravello, a town in the mountains above the Amalfi Coast.  Ravello has ceramics and flowers, including a couple of gardens that offer, along with lovely flowers, epic sweeping…

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naples date with cedar

touristing • May 4, 2021

Cedar and I had a date downtown.  We tried one of the top pizzerias in Naples, Sorbillo.  They didn’t have outdoor seating, so we got the pizza to go, found a perch next to the famous Pulcinella statue…

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pozzuoli in yellow

touristing , uncategorized • May 4, 2021

When the restrictions turned yellow recently, restaurants started seating outdoors, people started going out, and the energy felt…. exciting!  It was wonderful to see the guys hanging out together at the benches again (I call it Dudes “duding”),…

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