After Pisa we drove on to Tuscany, which was the part of the trip I was looking forward to the most. Because I’m a gardener, small-scale homesteader, foodie, organic crunchy mama, flower lover and intensely interested in traditional food and living, I couldn’t wait to see how they did it in Tuscany. Everything in Tuscany …
CINQUE TERRE We took the EARLY vaporetto train out of Venice on Friday morning to go to Cinque Terre, the five lands. It is five picturesque villages along a rocky coast. For hundreds of years the villages were completely isolated from one another, even though they were right next to one another. The jutting, rocky …
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From London we flew to Venice, Italy, from very distinctly fall weather to very distinctly clinging to summer. The weather was gorgeous. We arrived in the morning and went straight to check in at our hotel and get out to see as much as possible. The city was incredible. It was everything I imagined. There …
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London was our first stop on a 3-week trip to London and Italy. Originally the trip was two weeks in Italy, but then Adam needed to go to London for work, so I went too and played tourist while he worked. We made it to London in the early afternoon and checked into our hotel. …
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We have an awesome babysitter, and while we were away, she sent us daily emails with pictures of what the kids were doing. Georgia looks like a baby Adolf. Daisy can rock the princess thing anytime. Georgia got herself tangled up under the stool. Daisy loves to steal my smoothies and juices. Kimball couldn’t keep …
August is always a mixed bag. Our garden is always in full swing. We look forward to Bear Lake and spending time with cousins in the water and on the beach, but then school starts right after we get home. This year, we get home on Sunday and school started the very next day, Monday …