Is it me or does it seem that once we hit Halloween the rest of the year seems to become a blur of rapidly changing seasons and holidays? It seems that once the spooky fun and games of Halloween is over, it’s time to think about the next Fall holiday,...
Flying as much as we do I’ve got the routine down to where I can get enough rest on route and hit the ground running when I arrive. I can’t guarantee the most comfortable experience, but I can make the flight more bearable. 1. Get plenty of sleep the...
My husband recently declared that the test of a good cruise line is if you’d sail them again. He said this as soon as we boarded the MSC Lirica for our very first MSC cruise. We are avid cruises and have been for many years. We’ve sailed with pretty much...
Matera. Ancient city, shame of Italy, or hidden gem, which describes Matera best? The answer, all of the above. Matera is a city and a province in the Basilicata region of Southern Italy; the area we fondly refer to as the heel of the boot. The modern city like any...
Puglia or Apulia in Italian, is a region in southern Italy that borders the Adriatic and Ionian Seas on the east and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto on the south. It’s the southern most portion of the country known as the Salento Pennisula which forms...
