"Che cosa hai mangiato per la prima colazione?" (What did you eat for breakfast?)

I don't know if this is a set-up for a joke - but all eyes eagerly await this answer, every time we are asked! With smiles growing as we start with "umm..cereal." Which is true I am a cereal lover, that and our daily cappuccino & fresh squeezed OJ.  

Just over the hills from us & into Tuscany, in the tiny town of Montisi you can experience Italy like no other, flying high in the sky - hot air ballooning over the Tuscan hills!

ENDANGERED SEA TURTLE GOING BACK TO THE WILD

Students Learn about Sea Turtles Today and in Prehistoric Times through

Before there was New York…

In a few tiny towns across Italy they continue to celebrate carnevale, with the festivities ending this weekend. We just so happened to be in luck because our neighboring town of Apecchio keeps on partying long after Fat Tuesday!

After one crazy year in Italy - my how things have changed! We can decidedly say we feel at home.  2008 has flown by with a new adventure everyday - it is hard to believe that 14 short months ago we were sitting in the Consulate General's office in NYC begging for our visa's. And now we have our Permesso di Soggiorno to live in Italy for another year!

We never could have done this on our own & the lis is long for those we owe thanks!  It is surreal that we live in this country, live on our beautiful land and get to live our dream...see we're sounding like Italians already!

I thought for my first article i would introduce myself & tell a bit of my story on how my husband & I went from a month-long visit to Italy in the Spring of 2006 to living here & running a business by the end of 2007!