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Settling into CoronaConfinement!

Posted on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by terimcmahon

Becky sent me this video of a couple living in Milan like we are, explaining what it’s like to be…

Posted in Around Milano, CoronaConfinement, Everyday activities
Tagged Corona
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Back to School in Sestri Levante

Posted on September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 by terimcmahon

Our stated purpose for two summer weeks in Sestri Levante was to attend an Italian language school http://www.abcschoolsestrilevante.com, but escaping…

Posted in Around Sestri Levante, Culture, Dining and Drinking, Everyday activities, History, Liguria
Tagged Restaurants, Sestri Levante
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Vigevano and the Museum of Shoes- A Day Trip from Milan

Posted on June 12, 2019June 17, 2019 by terimcmahon

On the recommendation of a friend, one of our last fun trips with Mom on this “Mother-Daughter Trip of 2019”…

Posted in Around Milano, Cities, Culture, Everyday activities, History, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged Family, Shoes, Vigevano
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Vienna: A Mother-Daughter Trip to Remember!

Posted on June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 by terimcmahon

By the time Mom and I made it to Vienna, we were ready to slow things down a notch.

Posted in Churches, Cities, Culture, Dining and Drinking, Everyday activities, History, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged Family, Vienna
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Budapest: Mother-Daughter Trip to Remember!

Posted on June 12, 2019June 17, 2019 by terimcmahon

I met a lovely woman in Milan who originally hails from Budapest, Hungary. She also happens to own a flat…

Posted in Cities, Culture, Dining and Drinking, Everyday activities, History, Museums, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged Budapest, Family
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From the mountains to the sea: Easter in Taormina

Posted on April 28, 2019May 22, 2019 by terimcmahon

Our first trip to Sicily began in the famous resort town of Taormina where on a clear day Mount Etna…

Posted in Castelmola, Churches, Cities, Culture, Dining and Drinking, Everyday activities, History, Sicily, Sightseeing, Taormina, Travel
Tagged Easter, Sicily, Taormina
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Northern Italy In a Week!

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by terimcmahon

We enjoyed our first 2019 visitor from the States in February, with one week to explore and show her northern…

Posted in Around Milano, Churches, Cities, Como, Culture, Everyday activities, Hiking, History, Home Life, Lucca, Museums, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged Bellagio, Como, Friday Market, Last Supper, Lucca, Milan, Piazza della Scala
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Perusing Parma- A clocktower and another museum featuring Napoleonic History!

Posted on February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 by terimcmahon

There is more to Parma than food, I was surprised to discover. Walk around. The Piazza Garibaldi has a bronze…

Posted in Cities, Culture, Everyday activities, History, Museums, Parma, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged Museums, Napoleon, Parma
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Playing with Porcini!

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by terimcmahon

Timeline: 10:oo am, Friday morning. Thankfully Kevin got paid yesterday, because I practically spent his entire paycheck buying these fresh…

Posted in Around Milano, Dining and Drinking, Everyday activities
Tagged Cooking, Grocery shopping, market shopping
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Under the Tuscan Sun, with 68 Middle School Students

Posted on October 15, 2018 by terimcmahon

Ciao a tutti.  This is Kevin with an update on my first Italian field trip to Tuscany.

Posted in Cities, Culture, Everyday activities, Hiking, History, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged Carrara, Field Trip, Lucca, Puccini, School
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