Monthly Archives: August 2014

Yesterday, we woke up early to catch the morning train to Fez, the ancient city and former capital of what is now known as Morocco. Fez is located at around 1,300 feet above sea-level in the Atlas Mountain Range. The … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we hopped in our car to drive to Nice for our flight to Marrakech. We left at 1:00PM for a 5:00PM flight. Once we got on the toll roads, we had a huge surprise. The lines for the toll … Continue reading →

Last Sunday, Triora hosted “Strigora”, an annual celebration for the village’s history. Strega means witch in Italian. Back in the 1500s, Triora had witch trials, like Salem, Massachusetts. Tourists from France and other parts of Italy come up for a … Continue reading →

On Tuesday night, we went to visit the Trevi Fountain. When we arrived at the Fountain, we got a huge surprise. It was completely dry and was covered in scaffolding. Fortunately, there was a bridge going across it and we … Continue reading →

Roma in agosto After our train ride to Rome, we walked about a quarter mile to our guest house. We unpacked our things and headed out for gelato and dinner. We went to a gelato place called Fatamorgana. It should … Continue reading →

Yesterday at 5:00 AM we woke up to go to Rome. Our train left from Arma di Taggia at 6:25 am (but it was 5 minutes late). The full moon was awesome and it made our wait for the train … Continue reading →

(Hey everyone, I just realized that the link to my Most Monstrous Meal story did not work in my last post … here is the correct link. all7in7.com/world-on-a-plate/) An 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 day is very structured and because of that, no one … Continue reading →

Question: How long does it take to eat a twenty-course meal for Sunday lunch? No really, this is a serious question. You will find the answer in my recent post to the food section of my blog…You are not going … Continue reading →

This morning, dad was working on the windows of our apartment, using mastice (window putty). The mastice helps the window panes stay in place. Mastice is like Play-Doh, but for work, not for fun. I checked it out and ended … Continue reading →