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Australia: Home At Last
by Krista | Oct 16, 2011 | Bootstrap Monday
Hello dear ones! After 33+ hours of travel I am home at last in my beloved Queensland, Australia. 🙂 I can't tell you how good it is to be home. To wake up knowing I get to stay here, that I don't have to catch a train, bus or airplane, that I can stay in my pajamas...
Across the Cafe Table #5: What’s Your Favorite Museum?
by Krista | Oct 12, 2011 | Compatriot Wednesday
When Margo at The Travel Belles asked us to share about our favorite museum for this month's Across the Cafe Table, I was stymied! I love museums, from the quirky to the sublime, but I wracked my brain to think of my absolute favorite. I thought of the Museum of Bread...
Good-bye Amsterdam, Hello London!
by Krista | Oct 11, 2011 | Gulliver Tuesday
Good morning, luvs! Yesterday I bid farewell to my beloved - but oh so stormy -Â Amsterdam and flew to London. My parting was bittersweet knowing I'm leaving behind family and friends who mean a great deal to me. But I'm so excited about this next phase of my life,...
Storms, Recuperating, and Medieval Bologna in Black and White
by Krista | Oct 7, 2011 | Fabulous Friday
This morning I woke to shrieking wind and quivering window frames as a humdinger of a storm blew in to Bologna, Italy. I pulled back my curtains and opened the windows in time to hear thunderous booms and see bursts of lightning as the skies opened and pelted the...
Rest and Treasures in the Woods
by Krista | Oct 6, 2011 | Plucky Thursday
As I walked through the woods in Italy with my friend Maddalena, I could hardly believe my eyes at the thousands of wild Cyclamen carpeting the forest floor. I loved their delicate blossoms pushing up through layers of sharp pine needles, looking so cheery and...
A Gorgeous Italian Breakfast
by Krista | Oct 5, 2011 | Compatriot Wednesday
There are moments in travel that give me such pangs of happiness and contentment that it almost hurts. This morning was one of those times. A treasured snippet of tranquility found in a sun-dappled Italian country garden where I lingered long over breakfast with a...
A Train Ride through the Italian Alps, Part 1
by Krista | Oct 3, 2011 | Bootstrap Monday
Brilliant blue skies and blazing sunshine greeted me and my friends Margo, Katy, Kathy, and Kate as we boarded the train in Domodossola, Italy bound for Switzerland. I confess I felt quite giddy about our adventure. As a little girl I read about train travel in Europe...
Exploring An Abandoned Italian Villa
by Krista | Sep 29, 2011 | Plucky Thursday
It emerged out of the haze above us like a mystical castle, its tower etched against the skyline beckoning us to brave the steep, twisting road to find out what it was. There wasn't a soul around as Margo, Kathy and I crept tentatively up the unmarked gravel road...
A Sunny Afternoon at an Italian Farmhouse
by Krista | Sep 25, 2011 | Bootstrap Monday
A fat, bewhiskered dog snoozes happily on the floor of my room as church bells ring and roosters crow. It's morning at Casa Scaparone outside Alba, Italy. I'm in Italy with my dear friends Margo and Kathy, exploring the Piedmont area and learning all sorts of things...
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