The husband came home from work on Friday last week and announced that he had planned a surprise weekend trip for us the following day. And he refused to tell me where we were going. Hello – does he know me at ALL? I don’t much like surprises. Not even the good kind. Finally after [...]
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We had a fantastic day on Wednesday! The husband took a day off and we packed the kids in the car bright ‘n early (Ok, ok, at 8:30, but early enough if you ask me.) and headed north. We had a vague plan to see Bomarzo and its Monsters’ Grove, Viterbo, the Villa Farnese in [...]
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The husband took this past week off from work and we’ve tried to do something fun every day. On Wednesday we drove to Ostia Antica, by the coast. It was the harbor town of ancient Rome and although only ruins remain, it is spectacular! Much bigger than I imagined and one can really get a [...]
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Yesterday we decided to visit the Orchid Festival (Orchidee in centro) in Monte Porzio Catone and what a terrific decision this was! It was the last day of the festival and this little town, perching on top of a hill, was swamped with visitors from near and far.
Here are a few of my favourite photos [...]
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All of last week the center of Grottaferrata, as well as all roads leading to and from this town, were a chaotic mess. We discovered that it was due to the 408th Fiera Nazionale di Grottaferrata, which, apparently, was first held in 1024. On Saturday we finally got to see for ourselves what it [...]
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