We left Florida, where it was in the low 50s, on Sunday morning, January 8th headed to Mexico. A few hours later, we landed in Cancun...

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Welcome back! We had a nice Christmas in Montepulciano and then traveled to Fiumicino the city where...

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As we mentioned in our last blog entry, our final two stops in Italy are Montalcino and Montepulciano, both in Tuscany. The drive from...

It's been a while since we last posted, but we’ve been busy. We left our seaside apartment in Marina di Ragusa and traveled northeast to...

We’re now into our last few days living in Marina di Ragusa, where we spent Thanksgiving. Marina di Ragusa is a seashore town, which lies...

When we last left you, we were on Ortigia island, a part of the city of Siracusa, Sicily. Other than Ortigia, we really didn’t do much in...

After Lecce, our next long stay was Siracusa, Sicily, which we had booked an Airbnb way back in August. The night before we were to leave...

Allora, welcome to our blog on our past two weeks in Lecce. Last week's blog was short, but it's been a busy couple of weeks here in...

It's October 29th, the Phillies are one up on the Astros and we're happy in Lecce, Pulgia! Today's blog is a few snippets of things we've...

After leaving Pescara (weeks 1 and 2) we drove three hours to Polignano a Mare. We immediately noticed a difference from Pescara: in...

From left to right John's mom, Angie, some cousin hidden behind the chair (is that you Terri or is it Linda?), John, Uncle Bob, Grand-mom...

Today’s topic is in two parts: Wine and Pasta, classic Abruzzo pasta. WINE As some of you may know, Nancy and John love their...

Well, it's been a week since we arrived in Italy and our days are pretty much like they were in Philadelphia, except we're in Italy. We...

The town in which we're staying, Pescara, has two very unusual bridges. The one, as seen above is the Ponte del Mare, "Bridge of the Sea."...

We arrived in Rome and after the most efficient customs check, picked up our car, which we'll drive for the next three months. We leased...

It's been a great time in Philly; since 2017 Nancy and John have lived in the city of "Brotherly Love" and multiple homicides. But now,...