Month: February 2023

First Hike of 2023

Baia di Ieranto. Coastal views never disappoint! I think I took 40 pictures of the same thing. I couldn’t get enough! An unbelievably perfect day spent with some of our favorite people. And, of course, we couldn’t end it without some caffè and gelato! Here is a scramble of photos of the Sorrento peninsula with…

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Bonci! Bonci! Bonci!

Just a little blurb on our experience visiting the famous Gabrielle Bonci restaurant, Pizzarium, while in Rome for the Epiphany holiday. The man who invented fried pasta! I’m not sure if his debut on Netflix’s “Chef’s Table Pizza” brought in the loads of crowds or if it has always been packed with people… but we…

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Befana In Rome

After a two-year hiatus, due to the Coronavirus, the La Befana festival returned to Rome this year! La Befana is one of my favorite legends here in Italy and we love to celebrate it with our son. I was extremely excited to learn that the markets would be in full swing in Piazza Navona, so…

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The Last Days of December

We ended the last two days of 2022 wandering around the hillside towns of Umbria. Nothing but peace and beauty, truffles, wine, stunning surroundings, and holiday cheer. In Spoleto, we were welcomed by nuns into their Nazareth Hospitality House for the night. Old walls lined the city. Spoleto was unique in that it had an…

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