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Tuscany 2.0 RSJ PART 2
Monday we started at the Medici museum/chapel. https://bargellomusei.it/en/museum/cappelle-medicee/ more The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family that played a major role in Italian Renaissance. This is the burial place of the Medici family, the Cappelle Medicee(Medici Chapels) is national monument and museum. It features the “Sagrestia Nuova”, whose architecture and sculptures are by Michelangelo.…
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Tuscany 2.0 RSJ Part 1
We started off our 7 day Tuscany 2.0 trip on Friday morning by meeting the group of 24 in Florence. We had lunch in Florence and shopped for a few hours. We went to the leather school (Scuola Del Cuoio). It is in a 14th century monastery which started after World War II to teach…
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Quick trip to Natchez
It was Luci’s spring break and we booked The Dixon in Natchez, MS. We invited my mom, sisters and daughters in law. Only Mom and Tay could join us. The Dixon is a lovely AirBnB right on Main Street. There are 3 huge bedrooms. We drove down the Trace Sunday afternoon and stopped in Churchill…
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Nashville in December 2024
We were excited to travel to Nashville for a friends wedding! I had maybe been twice in my life. We stopped in Birmingham and read to our daughter’s third grade class. Restoration Academy is a great private Christian school outside Birmingham. Then made a quick stop at Bucees. We stayed downtown at the Hampton Inn…
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Another hidden treasure in Mississippi
This is my second time to Brookhaven MS in last 3 months! I grew up going every summer for a week to stay with my great aunt and uncle-Aunt Litup and Uncle Teenie Becker. I have such fond memories. They had the local brickyard which was a compound it seemed. They had a grass tennis…
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Highlands in June!
We looked high and low for a place our large family could go for a vacation! It’s very hard to gather everyone together and agree on where to go! From Costa Rica to Pacific NW to Michigan, we finally decided on the mountains of North Carolina. Everyone could drive except for our son who lives…
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Rome 2023
We decided to take a special trip for our 60th birthdays! We weren’t sure what to do but we signed up for a Robert St. John Italy trip. We were waitlisted but once we got in, we planned to do 5 days in Rome before! We started gathering info and booked our trip! Neither of…
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Jackson Hole WY August 2023
Anywhere out west in August is a perfect time to travel! We enjoyed our time in Jackson Hole, visiting my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Views from their porch below. My son drove up with a friend from Steamboat to participate in the rodeo and see us. Our first night there we went to the rodeo. Here…
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Quick 24 hours in Natchez
Couples trips are always fun! We did a quick trip to Natchez. We drove the Natchez Trace which was so beautiful and peaceful. With the speed limit being 50 mph, it makes you slow down and enjoy the ride! We stayed at The Dixon. Some friends of ours own it. It’s an Airbnb downtown on…
