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 . Our own trip is [...]
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 drive to Vasto… (more info [...]
Planning a field trip… maybe…
OSB page
Map of the cloisters
Halls in the Museum
Schedule and Rules of Conduct — kids, shhhhh….
Official [...]
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. Surprisingly, and as E has already [...]
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 Internet access permits. I’ll include [...]
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 very back is the laundry room). [...]
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 smile – March 11
Yena and Nino – [...]
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 quality pics — we’re still getting [...]
Compiling for next year:
Agriturismo Le Cicale, in Spoltore, 13 minutes from work — don’t know if this takes long-term renters – another of their ads
in Pianella, 22 minutes — may be too isolated???
4 Bedroom in Loreto Aprutino, 28 minutes from work ***
Discounts:
Long stay discount!! 20% discount if booking length is more than 4 weeks.
Early Bird stay [...]