Under the Tuscan Super Moon…”A Nightime Garden in Tuscany”…Cooking with herbs from the garden…
Aware that last night was the night of the full "Super Moon" we kept a watchful eye as the sun began to...
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A night on the town of Benabbio…A visit to an old church…This is why we travel…
As we began the drive to Benabbio... As thoughts run through our minds that echo "this is why we are traveling the world"...
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A little bit of history of Boveglio, Villa Basilica, Lucca, Toscano, Italy..Flight booked for Kenya…No more tremors during the night…
On our hilly, heart pounding walk this morning, the simplest views caught our attention. Our automated emails sent to those of...
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Earthquake update in our area in Northern Italy…Lots of aftershocks…Here’s some stats…
Centre Sismologique Euro-Méditerranéen Below is listed stats on the earthquakes we're been experiencing today in Boveglio, Lucca, Tuscany, Northern Italy. Please excuse sketchy...
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Nuances, annoyances and obstacles of living in a 300 year old house…5.2 eathquake hit today while writing at 12:33 PM!!
The issues receiving the automatic email each day as mentioned yesterday have been resolved by our web designer. No later than tomorrow, you...
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Is boredom an issue when we’re situated in one place? Dangerous roads…
Note: A small number of our readers have chosen to receive daily email of our posts, which arrive 24 hours after we've...
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Here’s the inside of our new home…plus details of our trip to Collodi…
My bathroom. Tom took the smaller bathroom in our master bedroom. There's no tub, the shower is small but it serves its purpose....
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Boveglio, Lucca. Tuscany, Italy…Visit to Collodi, home of Pinocchio…
Tom in the doorway that walks out to the garden. Only a portion of the gardens in the yard. Remove the running water, the...
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Part 2 Venice…One more city knocked off our dream list….Also, update on our new home…
With the hot sun, the massive crowds, the going rate of $125 to $150 a couple and as evidenced here, the...
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Part 1 Venice…One more city knocked off our “dream list”…
As our ship made its way to the port of Venice, our mouths were agape in surprise as a feast before our...
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