I have found that putting my experiences into words while we live here has made me more aware and reflective of every day life. It is in that spirit that I want to share what it feels like to be sitting in Italy, far from home, hours after the Presidential election winner was officially announced. […]
Venice can get a pretty bad rap. It is hard to tap into “real life” under the layers of tourists. There are endless leather shops, blown glass shops, big glossy menus promoting copious tourist lunches in English. Ok, it is not an undiscovered gem. But, I don’t care. There is something else. Venice is still […]
My parents arrived for their weeklong+ visit with us. After a few fun days of touring around Torino, we all boarded an early morning train for our first stop, Milan. Josh and I took the kids to Milan in August, in the blazing heat. It was quite a different experience to arrive in crisp, fall […]