04/29/2024
Romantic notions are wonderful. A dreamer’s dream of what might be out in the great beyond. An imagining of what’s to come with spectacles in full rosy bloom. When we began planning our departure from the U.S. to Italy, we Read more…
Next month, May of 2024, marks 105 years since my great grandmother, Maria, and my grandmother, Antonetta, arrived to Ellis Island on The SS America from Naples Italy. Last night, a few hours after the eclipse, Bill & I waited Read more…
Sooo, here we goooo! Feet-first, seat-of-the-pants, damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead, throwing caution to the wind and taking to the skies, the seas and in and around archipelagos. I know, I know, all written loquacity aside, our Italian Read more…
04/04/2024
Author: Mia And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you Read more…
04/01/2024
Author : Mia After we’d decided to give up on what we’d thought had been the perfect modern apartment in Tempio Pausania, we dove right back in to the property websites, scouring the entirety of Sardinia for another suitable place. Read more…
Author : Mia Or you already did, but…maybe not really? Is asking for an inventory insulting? Is that addition legal? Is anything legal? What are we even doing? (Note-Find you a good and communicative lawyer before attempting said endeavor). I Read more…
Author: Mia That is the question… These past several years we’ve been on something of a where-in-the-world(?) house hunting quest. Initially, back in 2017 we visited Lisbon and Carvoeiro, Portugal to explore and determined that we very much enjoyed both Read more…
Author: William Early in our relationship, many decades ago, Mia floated the idea of a Grand Adventure for the two of us. We would work and save for the next year and then go on a three month bike trip Read more…
03/29/2024
Author: William “He was a brave soul who first ate an oyster.” – Jonathan Swift With all apologies to Mr. Swift, the same might be said for an artichoke. The thorny spines, the seemingly inedible leaves, the hairy choke and Read more…
