Category Archives: italy 2022

This morning D went to the court to workout, Paul went for a walk and Miss M and I shopped for peaches, croissants and Nutella stuffed donuts. By 10am we had four chairs and two umbrellas reserved at Blue Marine … Continue reading →

Today we have a guest writer: Miss M. Enjoy! This morning Dad chartered a boat for us to go up and down the coast. We took the boat 8 miles down to the port of Gaeta and then worked our … Continue reading →

On Tuesday we slept in. It wasn’t until 1pm when we headed north to Terracina, another beach community. Terracina has been inhabited since antiquity and there was a Roman template perched way above the town that we could see from … Continue reading →

On Monday morning we drove south three hours through farms, towns, industrial areas, mountains, passing by palm trees, fruit trees, olive trees, the occasional herd of cows. So many spots I wanted to stop and take a photo of the … Continue reading →

Today was the first day D didn’t wake up and work out. We all slept in, D and I still aren’t feeling great, but Paul knows how to put a smile on our faces with Nutella-filled bombetti and croissants. We … Continue reading →

On Friday night the basketball court was used for a martial arts demonstration. On Saturday night Pinocchio came to town. The entertainers arrive, set up, and leave in a matter of hours. On Saturday there was also a magician in … Continue reading →

I woke up under the weather to a semi empty apartment. Paul went for a run, D worked out and played basketball with Francesco from Parma (age 13), and Miss M is a night owl and doesn’t wake til late … Continue reading →

Our relaxing Wednesday began with D playing basketball with Francesco again. He wakes up before everyone else to get a workout in. Then, more time for all us at the beach. For lunch, D and I went to a different … Continue reading →

Walking from our door, down the stone pathway, to the main road/basketball court/beach is 300 paces. And along that pathway we pass olive, lemon and lime trees, a grape vine, a blackberry bush, and multiple flowering bushes and trees. There … Continue reading →

I love Italian supermarkets of all shapes and sizes. The “alimentari” on every other street corner sell delicious fruit, snacks, usually have a small dairy section and sometimes a deli counter. I would never buy from the small markets at … Continue reading →

We found our beach club for the week: two umbrellas, four chairs at Blue Marine. Typically they rent by the day or by the month. We arrived late in the morning and were seated in the last row but were … Continue reading →

When Paul told the Roman taxi driver that we were heading to Sperlonga for two weeks, he exclaimed “una perla!” which translates to “a pearl.” We arrived in Sperlonga around 6pm and by 9pm we were beachside enjoying dinner at … Continue reading →

A few final thoughts on Rome: There’s more to see. I still haven’t been to the main basilica in Rome, haven’t driven a Vespa, and I was hoping to get back to Castel Sant’Angelo…next time. Big D remarked, and I’m … Continue reading →

This morning we slept in, bought me a Mkhitartyan jersey at the AS Roma store (even though he signed with Inter Milan last week), and got Big Ds hair cut at http://www.kissmedarlin.it in the Trastevere neighborhood. For lunch: four pizzas … Continue reading →

On Thursday we played tourist: we walked to the Bocca Della Verita, Colosseum, Roman Forum, the church of Cosmo and Damian (which was closed when we were here ten years ago), the Trevi fountain, did some shopping and got me … Continue reading →