http://www.andthesethygifts.com Pescara, Italy Edition Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:04:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Things I love: - being able to wash large loads of laundry at one time - seeing the perennials that we planted last year blooming this year - the libraries!! - easy access to medical care (I mean the parking) - being able to continue the purging process - instant Play on Netflix Things I hate, or ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/06/23/about-being-back/ I've tried this before, but this is the first time I actually cooked so much it will maybe last two weeks. Maybe. Remember I have an 18-yo and a soon-to-be-13-yo. They eat. A lot. Or actually they don't. Because when I cook I usually ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/06/20/once-a-week-cooking/ Hooray! Right now we are being told that there's a 95% chance EB & kids will be sent to Italy soon. For a while there it was iffy and I didn't want to encourage false hope -- knowing that our dh's company specializes in emotional roller coasters ;P ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/06/18/using-a-gps-in-italy/ Shopping in Pescara/Chieti First, where to shop. A block away (on your right when you're facing the sea) is Falcone Mini Market (Viale Alcione, 201) -- they have basics if you run out of something: local olive oil, local wine, butter, milk, sliced bread (though they carry the San Carlo brand ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/05/14/italy-tips-for-ebkids-part-iv/ just a few notes from the lovely weekend: visited Lanciano: Santuario del Miracolo Eucaristico -- 48 minutes from here. Had a picnic at a small plaza near our parking lot. Wanted to visit the Santa Maria del Ponte but it was closed... so we just walked around and decided to ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/05/12/vasto-excursion/ Planning a field trip... maybe... OSB page Map of the cloisters Halls in the Museum Schedule and Rules of Conduct -- kids, shhhhh.... Official Cassino page http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/05/12/monte-cassino-notes/ Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. The Condo, cont'd. The Laundry Room ... is small and serves as the "1/2 bath" -- so you can go to the bathroom while doing your laundry, I suppose :) There's a small Electrolux washer that holds about 1/3 of what my American washer does. And ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/05/10/italy-tips-for-ebkids-part-iii/ Part 1 is here. The Condo, cont'd. The Living Room The living room has 2 leather couches and 2 divans that fold out into beds -- so you can have sleep-over guests if you want. Signora Farina also bought a new TV for the place; however, it only delivers local channels. ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/05/09/italy-tips-for-ebkids-part-ii/ Since dh has work colleagues coming over the next few months, I thought I'd do a series on living here to help them out a bit. I'll start out with a random list of tips, and refine them and break up into posts as I go along, and as ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/05/08/italy-tips-for-ebkids/ Study of the Saints Joseph of Nazareth -- read 5 pages daily and write in reflection journal Read and narrate books on other chosen saints: Mary: Mary, Mother of Jesus by Joslin, Mary by Brian Wildsmith, Mary: The Mother of Jesus by Tomie de Paola St. Francis of Assisi: Saint Francis of Assisi: ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/05/05/preliminary-confirmation-prep-plan-for-paco/ In Rome today, our third day here. Staying at Holiday Inn-Eur Parco De Medici. Funny, feels like home -- maybe because the hotel rooms are much like those we stay in when we're traveling with hubby. Restaurant (La Serra) has good food -- a bit on the ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/04/25/blurbing/ Unbelievable, but after spending several days trying to go online after work at hubby's workplace (right outside the "palace" gates)... we are online, in our backyard. Because the signals don't reach up to our apartment. Right now, we are in the parking lot, under the palm trees... and ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/04/13/finally-online/ Really affordable mozzarella -- the kind we buy at Jungle Jim's for $9-10 a PIECE. This here container has 10 balls, at 4.50 Euro (it was on sale -- regular price is 6.10). - March 19 Aisa having fun with the mirrors at home (the blue-looking area in the ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/03/31/pics-march-2009-part-ii/ found a Town and Country here (and same color as our van in the US!) -- an Italian version, approx. the same size as the Fiat Ulysse we're renting, thought that was pretty funny -- this was taken at the apt. complex where our condo is - March 10 Nino's ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/03/30/pics-march-2009/ trying to take advantage of fast internet this morning -- hope this goes through -- 974 kbps!! flying into Rome, March 8 in the microvan -- hey, we fit! driving to Pescara sleeping Nino... cried for 10 minutes on the plane, jet lagged 1 day, then he was fine! on the beach sorry for the low ... http://www.andthesethygifts.com/2009/03/27/some-pics/