Month: April 2021

Color on a Gray Day

A peaceful drive along the olive groves and through the windy roads across the green, white, and red rail-colored bridges will eventually bring you to a village that, from a distance, looks like any other run-down small Italian town. But its not an actual town, or even a village really, but instead it’s referred to…

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Bringing Italy to Me

Today is Sunday and the last day that Campania will be in the orange/red zone!! We officially go YELLOW tomorrow, which means that not only can we travel within our region but also to any other surrounding regions that are also in yellow!!!!! This is HUGE news!! It’s also overwhelming at the same time because…

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Cantina del Vesuvio

I have been so quick to share all of our amazing adventures we had when Campania had opened for a short time that I forgot to share some of the small food experiences that we enjoyed as well. But just because I didn’t remember to share them immediately on here doesn’t mean that they weren’t…

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Sneaking Out in the Red Zone

Shhh… I finally got to leave our municipality during la zona rossa!!! It was only to go to another base… but I’ll take it! It’s been five months since our arrival and I was “invited by the Italian Forensic team” to finally have my fingerprints taken last weeks to complete my Sojourner’s Permit. It’s a…

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Pasqua Around the Table

Buona Pasqua! Here we are a couple days after a long weekend of celebrating Easter. At home, of course. Yesterday was Easter Monday, or Pasquetta, and is recognized in Italia as a public holiday. This year, however, it all looked a little different; there were not any picnics, day trips, or vacations and despite the…

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Looking for Italy in Lockdown

Thank goodness for the sight of Vesuvio in the distance giving us the occasional reminder that we are in Italia. I know it may sound weird, but sometimes I find it difficult to tell that we are even in Italy while being in lockdown on this military base. Most everyone is American, all the buildings…

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