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Italy

Parents in Germany, Part I

June 2, 2010
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Before my parents hopped on a flight back to the States, I got a sneak peek at my dad’s travel journal.  Journal probably isn’t the right word.  It was actually more like a reeeeally long list.  A brave attempt to keep track of everything they had done in the preceding two weeks.  Every trip, every [...]

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Photos from Italy

May 4, 2010
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I decided, in the end, that I should probably revisit that li’l visit to Italy.  You know, the one from, what?  A month ago?  And by revisit, I mean stop stalling, conclude, get it over with already.  Rather than tell you what we did day by day, restaurant by restaurant, I’m going to let the [...]

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Cinque Terre & Portovenere, Barely

April 12, 2010
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We recently took a trip to and through Italy.  Totally unplanned.  We just simply got in the car one day and proceeded to sort of drive by the seat of our pants.  It turned out to be a fantastic idea.  We toured Alpine skylines and Mediterranean coastlines, lake regions and wine regions; venturing as far [...]

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My, Oh My Opatija

November 9, 2009
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We just spent the weekend in Opatija, Croatia (with a side of Trieste) for the fourth time since moving to Budapest.  The first time was for the sake of convenience, it being simply one of the first places you to reach en route to the sea.  The subsequent trips were made out of sheer, head-over-heels [...]

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The Pope and Rome

October 13, 2009
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We just got back from a long weekend in Rome.  I hadn’t spent more than a day there previously, so the goal was to cover the basics:  the Vatican, Pantheon, Coliseum, and Roman Forum; the best of the Piazzas and Fontanas (del Popolo, di Spagna, Trevi); the view from Pincian Hill; the shops on Via [...]

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Asiago and Mushroom Pasta

October 5, 2009
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We recently went in search of porcinis and chanterelles in Asiago, a beautiful village in the “Pre-alp” mountains of Northern Italy.  The idyllic green pastures and soft, sloping mountains were nothing short of breathtaking.  After trekking around in them for a couple of days, I felt fiercely alive… and fiercely hungry.  Though we only collected a [...]

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