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Italian 101

Josh and I are just finishing week one of a month-long intensive language course. We are studying Italian for four hours a day, five days a week. It is really fun to take a class with your spouse–at least for the first week. Stay tuned. When we were in Lake Como, there was a copy […]

Living

Our Endless Summer is Ending

I know, as the saying goes, “all good things must come to an end”. We have been traveling as a family, hardly out of each other’s sight, for over two months. I thought it would be harder, that the kids would be irritable, get on each other’s nerves, or get on my nerves. It has […]

Italy, Living

Hugo: The Alpine Spritz

I had an aperitivo (cocktail) in the Dolomites that is so delicious,that I have to share. The picture above is my first foray into this Dolomite specialty. It is locally referred to as a sambuco, not to be confused with sambuca, which is a wonderful after-dinner liquer. It also called a Hugo, or an alpine spritz. […]