It is unusual for us to get snow in Pordenone and the towns surrounding it, but we had our first snow! We woke up to 3 – 4 inches of snow on the ground. Having lived in Phoenix, Emma was completely confused when we opened up the door and wasn’t sure if she wanted to …
Monthly Archive: December 2009
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Festa della Santa Lucia
With another gorgeous sunny morning upon us, we took Emma for a walk into our town center. The Festa della Santa Lucia was going on in our main street, Via Cesare Battisti. There were homemade handicrafts, booths will antiques, hot mulled wine, cheese, and other foods from the region. Christmas Carolers were singing carols in …
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Attempt #2 to Cross Country Ski
It was quite chilly this Wednesday morning, but with hot chocolate in hand, I headed out at 7am to meet Tim to head up to Piancavallo. We were going cross country skiing for the second time this week. Unlike Sunday, we had the mountain to ourselves. I strapped on my skis again and did a …
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Playing in the snow at Piancavallo
With a good amount of snow on Piancavallo, we headed up on a Sunday to try out my new cross country skis, an early Christmas present. Tim had been up to the mountain a couple times and no one had been around, so we brought Emma with us. The parking lot was packed and the …
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Venice at Night
Wanting to do a little Christmas shopping and hoping to see Venice decked out in its Christmas best, we took the train in mid-afternoon. The sun begins to set around 3:30pm now, so we had just enough time to pick up some pashminas, blown glass jewelry, and to purchase a candle for ourselves. The candle …
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A Not So Traditional Thanksgiving…
Since we took advantage of the 4-day weekend to traverse the “Eastern Block” (Vienna, Bratislava, & Prague), today was finally Thanksgiving Day at our house! It took many trips to the Base Commissary as they were seemingly out of this or that each time I went, but with all the ingredients finally on hand, I …
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