Living in Italy is quite fabulous, however we still have our "normal" day to day life to live: grocery shopping, doctors appointments, work, cleaning, etc.
Of course we have to take the moments as they come and enjoy the little things in life among all the travel.
Since we were only in London a week prior to the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, it was quite fresh in Riann's memory that a real life prince and princess were going to get married. So on Friday, April 29th, I picked Riann up early from school and we watched the broadcast of the Royal Wedding together. Riann was so happy, I'm sure it will be one of those memories neither of us will forget.
For Mother's day weekend, I went with my good friend Tammy to Ischia, an island just a ferry ride from Napoli. Who knew paradise was so close to where we lived??
We had a great seaside dinner, but we unfortunately took the bus on the long route back to our hotel. It was dark, it was a long ride of winding and hairpin turns, it was not the way I wanted to end our day on Ischia.
The good news was, we had another full day in Ischia. Tammy and I headed to the beach club resort of Negombo. Hello Paradise! This place is amazing! There is a gorgeous beach there, and numerous thermal pools, maybe 15 or 20, some sea water, some fresh, and they ranged from cool water to hot and everything in between. There are a number of restaurants with everything from cocktails to fresh fruit to full meals. We ended up deciding to stay a bit later and enjoy Negombo for a little longer before we took the ferry back to Napoli.
Jamie, Riann, Lincoln and I spent Mother's day together, we drove up to the beach in Gaeta with a picnic lunch and just enjoyed being together for the day.
We've done other random fun things, everything from Italian and cooking classes,
to BMX shows,
to going out to dinner to say arrivederci to friends moving away.
Life in Italy... it's just a bowl of cherries.
