See more posts from Italy This is the second part of a 2-part series on the hill towns we visited in Tuscany and Umbria. You can read Part I here. Assisi This was the furthest afield we drove to reach a hill town, a solid nintey minutes from the farmhouse and through the traffic of…
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See more posts from Italy We’ve now put nearly 2,000 km on the VW wagon we rented in Bolzano, most of that driving through the beautiful Tuscan and Umbrian countrysides. Marked by rolling hills, farmland, and in Tuscany at least, forest; its beautiful country. Driving the back roads is an adventure, never sure of when…
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Perspectives from Umbria It’s hard to believe we’re now firmly into the second half of our adventure. I feel like we’ve just begun; and at the same time, I feel like we’ve been been traveling so long that the Harry Potter tour in London and the Iceland/Norway cruise are distant memories. It’s like time is…
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See more posts from Italy Two Amazing Days Hiking the Dolomites I’ll be honest: I had never heard of the Dolomites until we started researching this trip. A travel agent turned us on to it when we thought we’d be in Venice for a few nights. San Cassiano, where we stayed, is just a few…
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See more posts from Iceland Iceland is the BEST Place to Rent a Car More than any other day on the Disney Cruise, this was the one we looked forward to most. Sherpa Momma rented a car, and mapped out a full-day itinerary to explore the area around Reykjavik known as the Golden Circle. Blessed…
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See more posts from On the Disney Magic Take Advantage of Palo Fine Dining Disney cruises are decidedly family affairs, but that doesn’t mean parents can’t get away for a quiet evening alone. Especially now that our youngest child is eight, we feel comfortable letting all three wander the ship, and they appreciate the independence….
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See more posts from United Kingdom Morning First morning after arriving in London, we were groggy and slow to get out of bed. By the time we got started, it was a bit later than originally planned. We were in great spirits, though, fueled by a fine continental breakfast at the Rhodes Hotel, where the…
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We Couldn’t Let the Kids Show Us Up We joke that our home is the House of Good Intentions (HOGI, for short), because we mean well, but don’t always accomplish what we set out to do. Challenging the kids to research our trip and present what they learned back to us proved to be a…
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Guidebooks and Slides Sherpa Momma and I have been saving for this trip since before we even had kids. The original vision was to travel the world for a year, staying a month or more in each place. Fast forward 12 years, and that plan just isn’t feasible. The kids have too many activities, and…
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