I haven't been very active here, mainly because we have had limited travel opportunities over the last few years because of elderly family obligations. FINALLY, we are off to Italy! Since this area is not as heavily travelled as other parts of Italy, I thought I would share our family trip here.
Background
Last year a fundraiser was held to benefit a lovely young couple in Umbria who had lost their home to the earthquakes. I'm not even sure how I found out about it (maybe a FB post by Mindy?). Anyway, as I looked through the offerings I saw that Villa Ribota had four nights offered to be taken from April 10-May 10, 2018 - a year away! I decided to bid on it, hoping somehow we could make the trip. Guess what - I "won". I'm very excited to finally see Villa Ribota since I had followed Richard and Allegra's journey in restoration and bringing it to life from their blog:
https://livinginthelanghe.wordpress.com/
We decided to make the trip a family adventure by inviting Tom's brother, Dave, and his wife, Cindy, to join us. Tom and I have visited this part of Italy before and visited the towns north of Torino where Tom's grandparents were born. Now, we wanted to share it with his brother who had never visited Italy.
Background
Last year a fundraiser was held to benefit a lovely young couple in Umbria who had lost their home to the earthquakes. I'm not even sure how I found out about it (maybe a FB post by Mindy?). Anyway, as I looked through the offerings I saw that Villa Ribota had four nights offered to be taken from April 10-May 10, 2018 - a year away! I decided to bid on it, hoping somehow we could make the trip. Guess what - I "won". I'm very excited to finally see Villa Ribota since I had followed Richard and Allegra's journey in restoration and bringing it to life from their blog:
https://livinginthelanghe.wordpress.com/
We decided to make the trip a family adventure by inviting Tom's brother, Dave, and his wife, Cindy, to join us. Tom and I have visited this part of Italy before and visited the towns north of Torino where Tom's grandparents were born. Now, we wanted to share it with his brother who had never visited Italy.
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