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 [...]
Tag: Italian living
The Casa Delle Farfalle, or Butterfly House, in Viagrande makes an excellent spot for an outing with the kids! While not the largest or most impressive place we've been, the Casa Delle Farfalle was a lot of fun.
Oh, hey there. It's been a little while since I've posted, but we've been keeping busy over here t [...] → more
First, let me say how overwhelmed I am by the generosity of people! Second, let me say I'm impressed with the ingenuity and smoking skills of our new Sicilian mechanic. So yesterday was Fiona's 3rd birthday. Yay! We had a wonderful day -- I'll get to that later -- but we also hit an unexpected snag along the way. [...]
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Well, this post is about a week overdue -- it's been a crazy week trying to finish a bunch of assignments and get ready for Fiona's birthday party -- so just pretend you are reading this last Sunday, k? Anyway, on Friday (Aug. 18) the kids and I went to the Feste Medievali (medieval festival) in Motta Sant'Anastasia [...]
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(Not volcano related). At least, that's what it feels like -- everytime we drive somewhere for the last few weeks we see actual fires or at least the tell-tale smoke. On the way back from Celafu we saw a big one near Taormina, and we've seen plenty of roadside ones as well. In the last few days though it fe [...]
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The weather has been beautiful (and HOT!) here in Sicily, and we've been keeping busy! Our main goal on a daily basis is to leave the house, as even though it is about 10 degrees cooler up on our mountain than it is at base, it is still broiling. We have air conditioning, but currently the main AC system isn't working [...]
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OK, "conquering" may not be the best possible verb to use here. We did huff and puff up a small part of Etna though. Verdict: 100 percent worth the effort. We've been meaning to give hiking a try for a while, and when the weather started to get milder we decided to go for it. We chose this particular path becaus [...]
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Alternative title for this post: My cannabis has brown, black and white hair and a cold nose. So Chris and I are about six weeks into Italian lessons! They have some lessons on the base, but since we live kind of far away and have an -- ahem -- history of enabling each other in skipping classes we take together (I' [...]
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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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Well, it has been a little while again! In that time, the following things have happened: 1) We moved into our new home on the 21st 2) We found a car! Right after we gave up on just about all of our parameters (detailed
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Hey all, it's been a few days. I'd say we've been super busy, but honestly we've mostly been relaxing. And, ok, a little busy (finishing my first new freelance assignment since I got here, woohoo). Anyway, just a quick recap of the week: 1) Friday night Chris and I got our first date night since we arrived! [...]
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So it turns out that what we thought was true love with the vineyard house was just a temporary infatuation. We have THE HOUSE. We've signed papers. Failing any disaster with inspections or s [...]
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Words used to describe driving in Sicily, according to the U.S. government: “there may seem to be no logic to traffic patterns” [...]
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