Terme del Bagnaccio and Lake Bolsena

Today we went up to the region of Viterbo. We went first to the towns of Capodimonte and Marta on Bolsena Lake. Both walled medieval hill towns. Then we spent most the afternoon at the Terme del Bagnaccio. Capodimonte was … (read more)

Posted on March 11, 2011 by kaitlyn - 36 Comments

Carnevale di Monterotondo

Sunday is the typical day to do the big Carnevale festival in these towns. There is also Fat Thursday and Fat Tuesday– it is actually a whole week of Carnevale / Mardi Gras but we just did Sunday. Daniele got … (read more)

Posted on March 7, 2011 by kaitlyn - 35 Comments

Anguillara and Bracciano

Today Daniele and I went to the lake Bracciano and to the towns of Anguillara and Bracciano. The weather was not too cold, but on and off light rain. It’s about 25 miles northwest from here. Both towns are on … (read more)

Posted on March 6, 2011 by kaitlyn - 29 Comments

Back to Rome

In Costa Rica I decided for sure I wanted to go back to Italy as soon as possible. The police in Rome had explained to me I had to wait six-months to come back with another tourist visa (i.e. just … (read more)

Posted on March 3, 2011 by kaitlyn - 23 Comments

Costa Rica

Daniele and I left for Costa Rica on Tuesday, January 25th. We flew five hours from Newark to San Jose. In the San Jose airport I got a prepaid SIM card from the local phone company ICE and a rental … (read more)

Posted on February 7, 2011 by kaitlyn - 26 Comments

Boston

The bus from NY brought us to South Station pretty late. We grabbed some midnight burritos from Boloco and called it a night at the Midtown Hotel near Prudential. The next day we went around the city seeing sights as … (read more)

Posted on January 25, 2011 by kaitlyn - 26 Comments

New York

We headed into New York City the morning of the 18th. It was a cold rainy day, but what can you do? We stayed in midtown at the Mayfair hotel, which was nice. We went out to Times Square then … (read more)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by kaitlyn - 24 Comments

New Jersey

One the 16th we headed to my parent’s from Philly. We had dinner with my parents and Aunt Linda. My mom countered the dinner Daniele’s mom made for me with a citrus salad, cheese souffle, green beans, steak, and chocolate … (read more)

Posted on January 18, 2011 by kaitlyn - Leave a comment

Philadelphia

Daniele is visiting January 14 to February 7. We are spending the first part in the northeast US and the second part in Costa Rica. We started off in Philly since he flew in there. He arrived in the evening … (read more)

Posted on January 16, 2011 by kaitlyn - 24 Comments

Home for the Holidays

As planned, I got to spend the holidays at home. All the way from Thanksgiving through New Years. It was amazing! I have been only coming home for holiday cameos for seven years, since I left for college at 17. … (read more)

Posted on January 5, 2011 by kaitlyn - 23 Comments