In January 2013, I took a one week trip to Thailand with my family. My father got married in northern Thailand in a small city called Sakon Nakhon. We got to see a little bit of the town, try Vietnamese cuisine, get Thai massages, and participate in …
Jet Setting
Hudson’s On The Bend, Lake Travis Texas
I was recently home in Lake Travis for a week and got to dine at one of the best restaurants in the area Hudson's On the Bend. This long time favorite country fine dining restaurant is a great choice for any special occasion. We …
Kayaking on Lady Bird Lake, Austin Texas
One of the many reasons why I love Austin is because of the weather. In the winter time the weather never gets too cold for too long. On a recent trip home, the weather was a high of 80 for two days straight in mid December! My mom and I decided …
Ring Mountain Hike, Corte Madera California
While Steve and I were visiting the Fowler family for Thanksgiving in Marin County we got to take a beautiful scenic hike called Ring Mountain. The main trailhead is off of Paradise Drive and parking is off the side of the road. It's about a 30 …
Grazie Italia
This is a video is of Piazza della Signoria in Florence at night. Turn up the audio to here to tranquil music that a local musician was playing free for the square visitors. I hope I didn't bore my readers with my 500 posts on Italia. Spending …
Pasta Making Class at Vecchia Scuola Bolognese
On September 5, 2012, one of the last days of our trip, happened to be one of my favorite days of the entire trip, A PASTA MAKING CLASS! All I really wanted to do in Italy was eat pasta, drink wine, and relax. But the second thing I wanted to do in …
Touring the Ducati Motorcycle Factory & Museum
One of Steve's must dos in Italy was touring the Ducati motorcycle factory in Bologna. He went online ahead of time and booked us a tour on September 4, 2012. I, on the otherhand, am not a huge fan of motorcycles, but decided to be a good sport and …
Bologna, Italia
On Monday September 3, 2012 we packed up and left Sant'Engle and headed to Bologna. We were planning to end our trip in Milan (since that is where we were flying home from), but Steve wanted to make a quick stop in Bologna to take a tour of the …
Vie Cave
The areas of Sorano, Pitigliano, and Sovana are known for their vie cave, pronounced vee-ah cavay, meaning sunken roads. The vie cave are narrow paths that the Etruscans (pre-Roman civilization in ancient Italy, similar to the Egyptians) cut …
Terme di Saturnia
The area of Tuscany that were were in is known for their termes or natural hot springs. One day we visited the Terme di Sorano, and it was more like an amusement park-country club in one and charged 9€ a person to enter. It was nice, but we didn't …