Adventuriety / Inspirietry
Today was definitely a day for the books. It was like we fell down the rabbit hole early in the morning and didn’t emerge all day long until after a late dinner. We took a tour of Pompeii our first full day in Sorrento and our tour guide recommended the Path of the Gods or Sentiero degli Dei along the Amalfi Coast. Scott did a...
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I speak no Italian and I can understand a little Spanish, so with this knowledge I would guess that Cinque Terre has something to do with the number five and land, but after spending three days hiking the trails in Cinque Terre, I am convinced that it actually translates to “Land of One Million Steps.” In reality, Cinque Terre translates to “Five Lands” because there are five...
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When we told the kids we were going to spend a couple of weeks in Italy, Ashley immediately asked if we would see the Tower of Pisa. Since it was on the way to Cinque Terre we stopped for one night in Pisa and while we completely underappreciated the city, we enjoyed the tower. The Leaning Tower of Pisa or Tower of Pisa is the...
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We took a six hour bike tour of Appian Way in Rome on Sunday. Rome is a smorgasbord of sights and sounds and things to do and it becomes overwhelming after a while of navigating and learning about stuff on your own so I decided we needed a tour of some sort. I was actually looking for a tour of Vatican City when I stumbled...
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Rome is the first big city that I have ever seen Scott enjoy as a whole. The kids have had a good time too and I love it, but I get enthusiastic about most anything. It does not feel like a city of over 2.6 million people. We have spent the last three days of our total five Rome days enjoying a good mix of...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
We landed in Amsterdam yesterday morning after ten days on safari in Tanzania. I can’t believe our time in Tanzania is over. The trip was not my idea, and would never have been my idea. I didn’t even want to go, but I came back learning more than I could have ever imagined. There are many parts to this story so I will just start at...
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We have been in Berlin, Germany for two days now and it has been a challenge for me. I am trying to manage my expectations, expectations that I didn’t even know I had. I think those may be the worst kind of expectations. This little side trip to Berlin just kind of happened. Both Scott and Grant wanted to see Berlin and we had some...
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Koblenz literally means “merging of the rivers” and is located at the convergence of the Moselle and Rhine Rivers. The city is over 2000 years old and it seemed like a good place to see something interesting and historical and recover from our setbacks. It was also where we would celebrate Scott and Ashley’s birthdays. A few notable things happened during the time we spent...
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Many years ago my husband and I watched the British Open. David Duvall was struggling. The TV commentator had an Australian accent and he was obviously running out of things to say to the world as the wheels fell off this professional golfer’s game. After each attempt the commentator would say something more or less positive but around the fifth attempt he said something that...
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We’re all learning on this adventure, every day. Scott learned that Venice is actually in Italy and not in France. He was showing Grant on Google Maps where we were living in Germany and he happened to notice Venice. He asked me if I knew where Venice was and I said, “Duh, it’s in Italy.” I didn’t really say that, but I did know it...
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