Ah yes, it's been too long since we had a ridiculous Sicily driving story, hasn't? (Though the rabbit incident should have been enough to fill my driving-stories q [...]
Tag: Driving
For whatever reason with my family, we always seem to have various mishaps while traveling. Get a group of us together and invariably we’ll end up with a slew of “remember that time in Pisa …” or “remember that time with the crowded train …” as a springboard into a story of misadventure from our family lo [...]
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"I thought you were bringing a car, but you brought a ship!" -Owner of an apartment where we stayed on our trip to Cefalu. Yep, that's about right. When we announced that we were moving to Sicily, we got a surprising number of questions about whether we were bringing our van. Now, something like seven months aft [...]
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Fun. Fairly chill. Easier than expected. Words I use to describe our experience driving around in Ireland, with me (exclusively) at the wheel. Nerve-racking. White knuckles. Life flashed before my eyes. Words my husband used to describe our experience drivi [...]
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Our family spent the last half of our trip to France visiting the Loire Valley with kids, and I can honestly say its been one of my favorite trips ever. One this particular day, we saw the Chateau d'Usse (Sleeping Beauty's castle), Fontevrault Abbey and the Saumur wine caves. I'd recommend all of them!
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Reunited with our car, that is. It arrived while we were away, and we got custody of it last Friday. Yay! Unfortunately, of course, it is missing its driver's side wing mirror. You'd think when they noticed it was messed up in the shipping container, they might have picked up the mirror and chucked it into the car. [...]
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The scene: The four of us are driving along, enjoying the scenery as we traveled south and discussing whether the extensive stacked-stone fences we saw might have been built with rubble from old buildings.
And then our car got literally showered with golf ball-sized rocks.
And we yelled.
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No day trip to Catania is complete without a visit to the Catania fish market and Elephant Square! Despite some insane driving "techniques" common in Catania, we enjoyed our day trip here. If you are visiting Sicily, a day trip to Catania is worth the hassle of driving!
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... ok, Chris keeps insisting that I'm being unfair to Google Maps here because it is (probably) not its fault. But my phone's entire GPS system is dead to me, at any rate. The good things from today: -We had a great play date with our friends/sponsors! Owen and Fiona had a blast playing with their kids, and I ha [...]
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Yesterday, I tried driving somewhere other than to the two bases and I'm pleased to say it went pretty well! We made it to McDonald's at a local mall a few miles from our hotel, and you know what my fries tasted like? VICTORY. That's what. Anyway, the trip was not without some minor misadventures and an unreasonabl [...]
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