Venice|Travel
January 10, 2015
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Oh Venezia...you have stolen my heart. This beautiful, romantic city in it's elegant state of decay and it's seductive charm has swept me away with it's beautiful water and glorious piazzas...there will never be another like it. A city so exquisite yet so comfortable, built by farmers and fisherman who fled the mainland to escape the Germanic and H...
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Christmas in Italy|Personal
December 27, 2014
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"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps..means a little bit more."
~ The Grinch
This was our third and last Christmas in Italy, so we wanted to make it special. We stayed close to home since we're going to go all-out for New Year's this year. Italy knows how to do Christmas right. It's one of the thing...
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Deutschland|Travel
August 01, 2014
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“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A dream come true, extraordinary, meaningful, moving...that's what this journey was. When I was young, I saw a photo of a castle surrounded by clouds and mist in the light of the early morning. I thought it was the most beau...
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Salerno and Vietri, Italia|Travel
July 02, 2014
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This week was another adventure here in Italy! This time it was a short day trip to the Amalfi Coast! The original plan was to go to Positano by ferry from Sorrento, but the sea conditions were not good and all ferry traffic was cancelled. So instead we headed to the sleepy little cities of Salerno and Vietri sul Mare. These cities are definitely N...
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Friends, Gelato & Napoli|Personal
June 23, 2014
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I don't do many personal blogs, but my husband and I just hit our 2-year mark in Italy and I figured what better way to celebrate it than with a few photos!! What a crazy 2 years it's been. Naples can be an acquired taste and for awhile Naples and I had a love/hate relationship. But whenever I get a chance to get out and explore I am never disappoi...
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