by Monica | Oct 29, 2009 | Announcements
It has been tough getting back into the swing of things. Jet lag and having a ton to catch up on combined to make me exceedingly tired the first week, and now I am just ‘normal’ tired, though still further behind than I like to be. What I really do not...
by Monica | Oct 21, 2009 | Announcements
Three years ago on my last night in Florence I took myself to dinner. I don’t remember how I heard about this place, I think it was in one of my books. So I walked myself along the Arno river to dinner and when I finally found this little place, tucked into an...
by Monica | Oct 21, 2009 | Announcements
We were all quite ready to NOT drive so much after the long travels the day before, and Doumina had seen that coming after trying this part of our itinerary on another group. As beautiful and paradisical (yes, I made that word up, why not?) as Mamma Franca’s...
by Monica | Oct 21, 2009 | Announcements
Link: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Silverdale-WA/Monicas-Waterfront-Bakery-Cafe/132937776561?v=photos Click this link to see our Italy pictures! I managed to only pick out 170 out of the over 2000 pictures that Mark took!
by Monica | Oct 20, 2009 | Announcements
We are finally home and I want to catch you up on what you missed when I did not have a great connection for the computer. I will keep it somewhat short (it’s all relative!) and hopefully sweet, so that you do not take days to read this. Monday October...
by Monica | Oct 16, 2009 | Announcements
I am sorry I was not able to get a good signal the entire time we were in Riomaggiore. The Cinque Terre are beautiful! Everything you imagine and even more charming. Each town is built into the hillside and 4 of them have beaches, though the best beach is in the last...
by Monica | Oct 14, 2009 | Announcements
Buona Sera! I don’t think I can write much, we are on a train from Florence to Cinque Terre and my signal keeps fading, plus typing on a moving train w/the computer on my lap is much trickier than one would think! WE JUST PASSED THE TOWER OF PISA!! We...
by Monica | Oct 11, 2009 | Announcements
Link: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Silverdale-WA/Monicas-Waterfront-Bakery-Cafe/132937776561 We got a few pics on Facebook! GO HERE
by Monica | Oct 11, 2009 | Announcements
It’s official, I am in heaven. I cannot express how happy I am; there are no words. Just emotion and more emotion. We are at Podere Ciona with the women of Tutti a Tavola and I have found my soul mates. Ya ya sisters of another kind, for no one can replace my...
by Monica | Oct 11, 2009 | Announcements
Aloha Linda! It sounds like you two are having a wonderful time and I love getting your posts so keep it up. Eat some raw fish for me!!! No raw fish here in Tuscany… in fact very little fish at all since it is not a coastal community. You can get it, but it is...
