OK, “conquering” may not be the best possible verb to use here. We did huff and puff up a small part of Etna […]
Alternative title for this post: My cannabis has brown, black and white hair and a cold nose. So Chris and I are about […]
We’ve been planning to go to Caltagirone for quite a while, and on Saturday we finally made it! (As you might recall, […]
Since getting to Italy I’ve spent a (probably ridiculous/borderline compulsive) amount of time online researching places to stay for upcoming trips with […]
Etna has been absolutely gorgeous this last week! Though she took a quick break while my sister was in town (sorry, Torie), […]
So, the past couple of weeks marked the first visit from family members to our new home! My mom came for almost two weeks, […]
So, remember how I talked about how secure our house seems (here and here?). I can confirm it is indeed VERY FREAKING […]
Well, I mentioned in this post that t I hoped Etna erupted while our guests were here. I was joking at the time, […]
So, yesterday Tuseday our first-ever overnight guest arrived! Our friend Mike (who we stayed with in Naples) is on the island for […]
As you may have noticed, we’ve been taking it a little easier on weekend trips since we moved into our house — […]
Mount Etna smokes pretty much all day every day, but for the first time last night we got to see lava! Admittedly […]
Well, somehow it has been more than two weeks since I posted. Um. Whoops. I certainly didn’t mean to let that much […]
If you are wondering how our jetlag is coming along … It is now 11:30 p.m. in Sicily, and I give it […]
The verdict: Not As Bad As I Expected. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement. It actually went a lot better than […]
It’s only been two months (+3 days) since the four of us dragged ourselves, exhausted and over it, off our first-ever international […]
The scene:* Chris and his buddy Mike, sitting in the backseat of a stranger’s vehicle somewhere in Rome. The Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ […]
Reunited with our car, that is. It arrived while we were away, and we got custody of it last Friday. Yay! Unfortunately, […]
Well, I started my last post by telling you that our trip to Rome made me realize that I need to dig […]
And Naples, too. We took our first off-the-island trip to celebrate both Thanksgiving and Chris’ birthday and we ended up having an […]
Well, it has been a little while again! In that time, the following things have happened: 1) We moved into our new […]
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