Archive | May, 2012

Italian Road Trip Day 1 :: Tivoli Gardens

Elliott admitted somewhere in the middle of this epic road trip that we were doing this for me.  Around here I often wax romantic and wistful, day-dreaming about “seeing Europe.”  It was for his wife’s dreaming that Elliott organized most of the details of this trip.  He arranged the rental car in Rome, booked hotels along the way, brought home stacks of travel guides from the library.  (I love that boy!)  I need to remember this because many times it was a lot less dreamy than the photos will show.  We’re always smiling in these photos.  You won’t see the sweat on our brows when the GPS failed us again.  You won’t see us dragging our luggage in and out of hotels each and every night.  You might see a picture of us getting the most. expensive. roadway. ticket. EVER., but that’s another story for another time.

Basically we’re not sure we’ll ever road trip through Italy again!  Well, at least until next year.

And now… without further ado… Tivoli Gardens: a hidden gem in the hills outside Rome.

 

 

5 :: in family, Italy, Lena, Rome, travel

Italian Road Trip Day 1 :: Tivoli Gardens

Elliott admitted somewhere in the middle of this epic road trip that we were doing this for me.  Around here I often wax romantic and wistful, day-dreaming about “seeing Europe.”  It was for his wife’s dreaming that Elliott organized most of the details of this trip.  He arranged the rental car in Rome, booked hotels along the way, brought home stacks of travel guides from the library.  (I love that boy!)  I need to remember this because many times it was a lot less dreamy than the photos will show.  We’re always smiling in these photos.  You won’t see the sweat on our brows when the GPS failed us again.  You won’t see us dragging our luggage in and out of hotels each and every night.  You might see a picture of us getting the most. expensive. roadway. ticket. EVER., but that’s another story for another time.

Basically we’re not sure we’ll ever road trip through Italy again!  Well, at least until next year.

And now… without further ado… Tivoli Gardens: a hidden gem in the hills outside Rome.

 

 

5 :: in family, Italy, Lena, Rome, travel

Lena has a big surprise!

Lena has something very special to show you in this video.  We’re so excited!

Also, yes, we’re in Germany in this video!  Second surprise!  Hence the reason for the light posting lately: we were at a week-long veterinary conference for Elliott.  We decided to road trip up to Germany, too, and so we left four days early, rented a car, and then drove up through northern Italy, San Marino, a corner of Austria, and into Germany… and then actually hit Liechtenstein and Switzerland on the way down, too.  For you faithful friends who check in here regularly, I have so many pictures, fun videos, and little anecdotes to share over the next few days! 

1 :: in Lena, travel

Lena has a big surprise!

Lena has something very special to show you in this video.  We’re so excited!

Also, yes, we’re in Germany in this video!  Second surprise!  Hence the reason for the light posting lately: we were at a week-long veterinary conference for Elliott.  We decided to road trip up to Germany, too, and so we left four days early, rented a car, and then drove up through northern Italy, San Marino, a corner of Austria, and into Germany… and then actually hit Liechtenstein and Switzerland on the way down, too.  For you faithful friends who check in here regularly, I have so many pictures, fun videos, and little anecdotes to share over the next few days! 

1 :: in Lena, travel

oh ikea!

I have always loved IKEA, beginning in the days when my mom took us kids there in Australia and we played in the ball tent for as long as she’d let us.  As I grew up and chose furniture for my own room in college (remember those closets, Sarah?) and then needed to furnish a newlywed home on a budget, IKEA became a go-to for clean-lined, sturdy essentials.  In our house in Sicily all our kitchen cabinetry and appliances are from IKEA.

On a recent trip to IKEA I walked through the kids’ section and almost melted into a little puddle on the floor.  What beautiful wooden toys, brightly colored furniture, and darling prints… and so inexpensive!  The little kitchen set in the above photo costs only €99, and the cloth food and dishes to go with them are about €9 each.  Need to pay IKEA a visit again sometime soon!
1. easel :: 2. chalk :: 3. kitchen :: 4. pots ::
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