If you are planning your trip to see the amazing city of Pompeii and the people frozen in time, I have a few helpful tips to share with you. Here is a city, buried by a volcano almost two thousand years ago. Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. The entire city was covered in pumice and ash from the volcanic eruption, and it laid buried, largely undisturbed until the 17o0s. When people finally dug up the city, they found the […]
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we happened upon this beautiful church, in the center of the city. When we discovered that it is older than dirt and designed by Michelangelo
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The morning of our last day in Rome was supposed to be very straight forward. We had tickets to take the speed train right back to the U.S. Navy base in Napoli. We were staying outside of Rome, so we hired a cab to take us to the train station. We had a good breakfast at our Hampton Inn that morning, and a reasonable cab fare. All was going to according to plan. Then our taxi driver started to ask […]
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Our second day in Rome dawned on us a little later than we meant for it to. We knew we needed to get downtown early to stand in line for Vatican Museum tickets. You see, we did not plan far enough ahead to obtain tickets in advance. In order to see the famous Sistine Chapel ceiling, you must have Vatican Museum tickets. We were not about to leave Rome without seeing the Sistine Chapel. But did we see Vatican City? […]
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Okay, I would like to go all “professional blogger” here and write you an article full of tips on touring Italy. I cannot in good conscience do that. What do I know? I have toured all of one week, and I would rather tell you the stories, just the funny parts and the best photos, of course. We landed in Naples, Italy, at the Naval Support Activity Naples in the early afternoon, I think. It is a teeny-tiny airport. Only […]
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Today I am going to tell you exactly how to fly military space available, with the most updated information. We have been a military family for over twenty years, but we had always shied away from this method of transportation. For starters, we thought it was only for overseas travel. It turns out that is not true. If you are like us, you may be nervous to try flying space available. “Being flexible” can be scary. As it turns out, […]
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Why the nutshell? I don’t know. Basically, this is a little overview of my trip, and then you can bet I will type out a whole series about each individual place. It was a sweltering week in Italy. Most places were not air conditioned. And I am going to tell you all about it. Days one and seven were traveling days, so this is very quickly going to look more like five days in Italy, I think. As I mentioned […]
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Today I have a guest writer from the Arrow House counseling center to talk to us about troubling signs to watch out for when parenting teenagers. Specifically, they are giving us the common signs of substance abuse, as well as a few parenting tips. I was eager to hear from our experts on this issue since I know most of my readers are in a similar phase of life as I am. Our kids are getting older, and we are […]
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I recently took my two teenage sons to tour Liberty University. This was so exciting and felt like such a big deal to me. It was my first college tour as the mom instead of as the nervous/excited high school kid. I still felt nervous/excited to be on a college tour, but now it is for the futures of my sons rather than for myself. Those late high school and college years are such a hopeful time, full of seemingly […]
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We are headed into the high season of traveling, and as a person who has struggled with chronic pain in the past, I know this struggle all too well. There was one year my hip was so cranky, I could not even think about driving across the country for our move from California to Georgia. Instead, I sold the van and bought a plane ticket. We do what we need to do to get by! So today I have an […]
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