Category: Europe
A Choir of Voices (Italy)
My husband and I followed a wall with ivy snaking along each brick until it dipped gradually down, revealing Sorrento a thousand feet below. Through a line of trees, the setting sun glinted gold on th... Read More
The Realities of International Travel with a Toddler
There’s so much to say about our recent trip to Ireland with our almost-two-year-old daughter, but I’m going to start by responding to my prior post: Planning International Travel with a T... Read More
Planning International Travel With a Toddler (#prayforme)
When we started planning our trip to Ireland, our daughter was an adorable 18-month-old. She listened when we told her no. She was easy to please and effortless to manage. Well, we leave next month an... Read More
Protected: Caleb and Goliath
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Hooked in Harwich
June 8, 2014 London. After a final day in London, exploring John Keats’ stomping grounds in Hampstead Heath and then taking a quick peek in the British Museum before they closed; we packed up ou... Read More
In the Moment: Coasting the Amalfi
June 23, 2014 Sorrento. “You pick up right at eleven and keep till four hours up,” the man at the booth says, lifting his eyebrows like a used car salesman. It’s the evening of our l... Read More
A Rome-antic Anniversary Dinner
June 18, 2014 Rome. We walk west from the Pantheon and come upon a beautiful piazza. This square is surrounded by buildings of old-world architecture, gorgeously sculpted fountains, and a sizeable o... Read More
The Bare Necessities
June 16, 2014 6:20am Milan. Lack of food, sleep, bathroom, and direction are terrible things, even if you are surrounded by the grandiosity that is Italy. I always imagined that I would be smiling e... Read More