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Naples – Downtown and Spooky Naples

For those of you who aren’t local friends, or who have never been to Napoli, I wanted to tell you a little bit about our experiences living here and our impressions of the area after 3.5 years. I asked each […]

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Sant’Agata de’Goti

Earlier this year some friends and I took off on a day the big kids were at school to visit the town of Sant’Agata de’Goti. It’s about 45 minutes from base and is known for the striking image of old […]

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Grape Harvesting and Stomping – Cantina Del Vesuvio

The very same day we returned from our grand adventure on the Island of Ischia we had a trip booked for grape harvesting and stomping with lunch and wine tasting. By the time we got home we had 20 minutes […]

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The Island of Ischia and the Risk of Adventure

Traveling in a foreign country always brings about challenges. There is the language barrier that makes everything into a frenzied charades dance, the unfamiliar cities with street layouts designed before modern vehicles even existed, and a few other things like […]

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Agriturismo La Grotta – Our 5th Anniversary

Our 5th wedding anniversary was August 13th! Since we’d only be in Italy for about a month it was hard to coordinate something for the actual day. We originally wanted to celebrate the weekend after but August 15th is a […]

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A Day in a Postcard – The Amalfi Coast

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” – Ray Bradbury Saturday was an absolute dream come true, a […]

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Our first adventure in Naples – Public Transportation

Decided to give downtown Naples a shot and it certainly was an adventure. I could complain but that would go against my explorer’s creed. All new things are different so sometimes you gotta jump in the covered wagon, hook up […]

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