Planning for visitors (woohoo!)

So, yesterday Tuseday our first-ever overnight guest arrived! Our friend Mike (who we stayed with in Naples) is on the island for work, so he is staying with us so we can all hang out. If we haven't scared him off by Friday, his wife is also going to join us and we are go [...]

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Hotels vs. Apartments vs. Castles: Planning a Trip

As you may have noticed, we've been taking it a little easier on weekend trips since we moved into our house -- a combination of having things to do around our house now, and just plain being tired from the holiday season. That said, we've hardly been idle on the trip-planning front. So far we have plans to spend 9 day [...]

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When the volcano blows

Mount Etna smokes pretty much all day every day, but for the first time last night we got to see lava! Admittedly it was hard to see because (from our angle) it was a pretty low-key eruption, but we still got a bit of a thrill. Now if only we had a way of turning off the street lights near our house!  

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