Cape Town

Cape Town

Between the slow internet and the jam-packed days, writing the blog clearly fell by the wayside, and became a stressful obligation instead of fun. So, I am going retro, not as in paper and pencil, but rather retroactively documenting the past. When I started the blog in Italy 2 years … Continue reading

Welcome to Africa!

Welcome to Africa!

I must admit, I was a bit nervous Friday when I received a call at home from the airline. I had debated whether to purchase travel insurance, but was appalled at the cost, and we have never purchased it in the past, so I opted for only helivac insurance. We’ve … Continue reading

Italy/Houston LOVES

Italy/Houston LOVES

We made it home safely, the boys and I on one flight, and Jeffrey on another….the result of booking mine early, and it being sold out by the time we booked Jeffrey’s. I had 2 kids, but we got home 5 hours before him, and had only one short layover, … Continue reading

Who are these people?

Who are these people?

We’ve had a great couple days here to wrap up the end of our trip. Yesterday, we had lunch at Un’altra Storia, a restaurant that just opened a couple of days ago on our street. Jeffrey and I were walking by one day and said that we had never noticed … Continue reading

Walk Like an Egyptian

Walk Like an Egyptian

On Tuesday, we had reservations to see the Vatican Museum. We had purchased our tickets in advance, and I was shocked to see how long the line was for those who had not. There were literally several hundred people in line, and it stretched all the way down to the … Continue reading

I’che c’e c’e

I’che c’e c’e

We took the train to Florence Thursday morning, an easy hour and a half, and a world away from Rome. I love Rome, and the chaos of it all, but Florence is a great respite. It’s so much smaller, quieter, and more manageable. The streets smell like leather from all … Continue reading

I see him! I see him!

I see him!  I see him!

We arranged to get tickets to see the Pope for his last Papal Audience of the summer today. Tickets are free, but you have to email the Bishop’s office a couple of weeks in advance. When we picked up our tickets yesterday, they told us that we should probably arrive … Continue reading

I See Dead People

I See Dead People

“What you are, we once were. What we are, you someday will be.” We spent the morning at the Capuchin Crypt, where they have used the bones of 4,000 friars to decorate several tiny chapels beneath the church of Santa Maria Della Concezione dei Cappuccini. The number of bones is … Continue reading