italy

  • What Nino Read, September 2014

    Corduroy Makes a Cake It’s Milking Time (didn’t like this one that much — maybe he can’t relate since we hardly ever drink cow’s milk here) Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Carnival Prize The Best Kind of Kiss by… Continue reading

  • Using a GPS in Italy

    Hooray! Right now we are being told that there’s a 95% chance EB & kids will be sent to Italy soon. For a while there it was iffy and I didn’t want to encourage false hope — knowing that our… Continue reading

  • Vasto Excursion

    just a few notes from the lovely weekend: visited Lanciano: Santuario del Miracolo Eucaristico — 48 minutes from here. Had a picnic at a small plaza near our parking lot. Wanted to visit the Santa Maria del Ponte but it… Continue reading

  • Monte Cassino Notes

    Planning a field trip… maybe… OSB page Map of the cloisters Halls in the Museum Schedule and Rules of Conduct — kids, shhhhh…. Official Cassino page Continue reading

  • Italy Tips, for EB&Kids, Part II

    Part 1 is here. The Condo, cont’d. The Living Room The living room has 2 leather couches and 2 divans that fold out into beds — so you can have sleep-over guests if you want. Signora Farina also bought a… Continue reading

  • Italy Tips, for EB&Kids

    Since dh has work colleagues coming over the next few months, I thought I’d do a series on living here to help them out a bit. I’ll start out with a random list of tips, and refine them and break… Continue reading

  • Pics, March 2009 Part II

    Really affordable mozzarella — the kind we buy at Jungle Jim’s for $9-10 a PIECE. This here container has 10 balls, at 4.50 Euro (it was on sale — regular price is 6.10). – March 19 Aisa having fun with… Continue reading

  • March 2009

    found a Town and Country here (and same color as our van in the US!) — an Italian version, approx. the same size as the Fiat Ulysse we’re renting, thought that was pretty funny — this was taken at the… Continue reading

  • Some Pics

    trying to take advantage of fast internet this morning — hope this goes through — 974 kbps!! flying into Rome, March 8 in the microvan — hey, we fit! driving to Pescara sleeping Nino… cried for 10 minutes on the… Continue reading

  • Abruzzo Rentals

    Compiling for next year: Agriturismo Le Cicale, in Spoltore, 13 minutes from work — don’t know if this takes long-term renters – another of their ads in Pianella, 22 minutes — may be too isolated??? 4 Bedroom in Loreto Aprutino,… Continue reading