The last couple of days at work have reminded me of two cold hard facts. One: I really need to keep working on my Italian. It has become embarrassing how much I have forgotten when trying to converse with Italian clients. Two: I am in severe need of Gelato. There is something so wonderful about... Read More »

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When we went back to Naples, a place where I lived twice in my childhood for a total of six years, I did more than relive memories.  Thanks to a friend I made during our time in Hawaii, who was then stationed in my hometown, I got to see a new side of Napoli.  Places I... Read More »

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I have a special treat for you today with not just one, but two travel throwback photos from my photographic archives.  These are two black and white photographs I took with my film camera back in the late ’90s.  My family at the time were stationed in Napoli, Italia for our second tour.  We visited... Read More »

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I loved growing up in Italy and so my throwback today takes us back to my family’s first tour in southern Europe in the early nineties.  This photograph is from our first trip to the Venice, located in the marshy Venetian lagoon in northeastern Italy.  It was a special mother-daughter weekend getaway to see the... Read More »

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1. Relax with drinks at an ocean side cafe  where you can enjoy the stunning views from Sorrento. 2. Catch some sun by lying out at the beach and cooling off in the teal blue waters. 3. Get married! Or watch one. Visit on a weekend and you are bound to run into quite a... Read More »

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I have to share with you a gem we have found here in Bath.  A Neapolitan restaurant called Yammo! Having lived in Napoli, Italia as a child and later as a teen I have become a food snob when it comes to Italian food. I resist going to any so-called ‘Italian’ restaurants in the USA and... Read More »

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For Travel Tuesday today I asked you to share with you a favourite travel photo for our first every Travel Tuesday prompt. We will do these prompts on first Tuesday of every month.   This is a photo I took in the summer of 2012 when I returned ‘home’ to bella Napoli.  I had not... Read More »

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