Living in Georgia

   We loved our time in Italy but we weren't quite ready to leave so we made a quick 26 hour layover in Amsterdam on our way back to the States.  We flew over the Alps and it was beautiful.    The best part of this trip was not having the kids with us because we walked EVERYWHERE. We took a train and tram followed by foot.  We had no idea where to stay so we picked a Hilton so we could use Jason's points.  This was the view from our room.  These pictures are a little out of order but since we were only here a short while, I'm not going to bother putting them in exact order.  We went for a walk the morning after we landed in search of a good coffee and found it at this little cafe.  There were lots of museums and we came across this cool sign in front of one.  So of course we had to take photos.  We then went for a walk through the art/shopping district.  So pretty everywhere you look.  It's hard to see but at the top of this house you w

Our last day in Sicily was probably our favorite activity! We drove about 30 minutes west of our hotel to the Planeta Wine Estate, which is also a Bed & Breakfast.  There we broke up into groups and either did wine tasting, took a cooking class, or did a bike tour from the winery to the sea and back.  Isn't it beautiful behind me? Can you guess what we did?  We did the amazing bike tour and had THE.BEST.TIME!  We biked mostly downhill to the sea, which was gorgeous, as usual.  And then biked back up.  The first part up was basically steep switchbacks.  Luckily, we stopped halfway up for a break.  How can you beat this view?  Seriously, Jason and I talked about how we could possibly move here, we absolutely fell in love with the are, the people, the food and even the way of life.  I'm not exactly sure what this old building is, but Jason had the camera so it must have had some historic relevance.  Guess you need to have a conversati