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,…
Matt and I went walking and eating our way through downtown Naples…. again. It’s been a little while since we visited, and it sure is different right now from how it has been this past year: it is…
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…
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…
We visited Sorrento again, and just wandered around being tourists. We got a bit drunk from the limoncello samples we kept getting, since we were the only tourists in the shop (usually it is packed full of tourists,…
More chess in Vomero for Cedar, and adventuring around the town for Jess and Matt. One time we brought a new band family with us and explored Castel St’Elmo. I love watching the way the men gather together…
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….…
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,…
The Band spouses had a date at a winery on Mount Vesuvius, which included a tour and tasting with lunch. These grape vines are still young, as the vineyard recently acquired new land. It is interesting to see…
Matt and I got our grandparent practice in the other day! We brought Cedar to an Italian chess club in Vomero on a Sunday morning, and Adam came along too (Matt’s coworker and Cedar’s chess buddy)…. with his…
