Hello!

Guess what?

I leave for Switzerland tomorrow.

I can’t stand it.  I’m excited (to get there), and totally anxious (about flying overseas with a little one).

I can’t wait to meet little oscar and see his parents, eat a lot of cheese, drink some wine, visit this park, and hang with some old friends.  And introduce them to our sidekick, Tuck.  Talk about a full circle moment, i think we’ll have lots of them on this trip.

And to meet up with our in-law’s {baby sitters (; } in Taormina, Sicily!  

{have you been?  spill the deets then, please.}

 Of course, I love Switzerland.

But Italy has my whole heart.  

I swear even the pizza in the rome airport is sent straight down from heaven.

And drown me in their mozzarella, please. oh and parm?  yes.  just sprinkle me in it. 

 

and let me wander your cobblestones.

 italian wine.  um, there’s no better.

vineyards. hi. i love you.

 

let me wander your markets of too many treasures.

gelato?  around every corner.  

 where shopping malls look like this…

or your view can look like this.

where the guy at the convenience store looks like this!

no other country puts a smile on my face as wide as this one.

i have a pretty ridiculous love affair with italy.  dating back to when i was 6 years old, and i first touched ground in this beloved country. 

i’m scottish by heritage, but i swear somewhere, SOMEWHERE there must have been an italian in my bloodline.  It just feels like home.

We’re planning next years trips … and while JB wants to pick one to Queenstown or Bangkok…

I’m ready to go back to italy.  

it’s true, i’ll always pick italy over anywhere.  

i doubt i’ll ever get enough.

you italians, you lucky things.  

{oh and seriously, if you’ve been to taormina, sicily.  where do i dine? what do i do?}

xoxo