Spencer and I enjoyed a full month in Italy during October and November. What was supposed to be our permanent move ended up being a trip to bring home our belongings already in Italy. I firmly believe everything worked out the way it should and have come to enjoy Italy as a vacation destination. I read more…
Where can you find Batman, Superman, Captain Jack Sparrow plus thousands of other heroes, villains, comic book and movie characters all in one place? This time of year, only Lucca, Italy. While enjoying our Italian vacation Spencer lived out his ultimate fantasy, to attend Lucca’s Comic Con. Each year the city of Lucca, Italy holds one read more…
Traveling the world with children can be stressful to some and exhilarating to others. I fall in the latter category. My husband and children often tell me that I’m very easy going. Six flights in eleven days and an airport strike had little effect on my blood pressure. In three months Italy will be home read more…
In the summer of 2005 Gregg’s mother treated our family to a life changing vacation. We spent two glorious weeks along southern Italy’s Amalfi Coast. This was my first trip to Italy as well as our two childrens’, Connie and Nick. Four years later in 2009 I returned to Italy with the older kids and read more…
Today Gregg and I celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary! We chose an outside venue in Gregg’s boyhood hometown of Ormond Beach for our nuptials. Bike Week in neighboring Daytona Beach was in full swing and provided lots of funny memories. When the Reverend asked everyone to bow their heads and pray, a group of bikers read more…
Gregg braved the cold, and a nasty head cold, to enjoy Carnevale Fornoli this weekend. Fornoli is one of the 25 villages in the Bagni di Lucca region of Tuscany. A rainy Valentine’s Day delayed the event one week, which worked out perfectly for Gregg. He arrived back home in Italy a few days ago read more…
Two years ago, Gregg and I pulled Spencer out of public school and gave him the world. His homeschool classroom now includes a front row seat before some of the most significant structures and masterpieces in Italy. We have stood next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, marveled at Michelangelo’s David and studied Leonardo Da read more…
My 79 year old mother loves to travel, preferably by cruise ship. You can imagine her shock when we surprised her with a round trip ticket to Italy for Christmas and New Year’s. Mom’s longest flight before this trip only lasted a few hours. I could sense her anxiety when I mentioned the three flights read more…
Traveling to Italy from the United States takes patience and caffeine. Spencer, my Mother and I finally touched down in Florence after an Uber ride and three flights. My Mom has never set foot in Europe, let alone jumped six hours ahead in time. Fortunately we made all of our connecting flights and found my read more…
This past weekend Monti di Villa held it’s 4th Annual Living Nativity Festival. Sipping wine and sampling locals delicacies at an Italian festival ranks high on my bucket list, but I still have a few days until I depart for Tuscany, so I sent my husband. Gregg joined several of our friends and made the read more…