May PenPalz: Marseille, France

May 9, 2023 0 Comments 0 tags

We joked on Instagram that we were just going to France to eat & drink for two days… but it’s pretty much what we did.  The girls had 10 days off for

April PenPalz: Budapest for Spring Break

April 19, 2023 0 Comments 0 tags

Since we moved here, Budapest and Prague were high on my bucket-list destinations. However, when we started planning our spring break to hit both locations, flights from Sicily to Prague

March PenPalz: Motta & Around Home

March 25, 2023 0 Comments 0 tags

This month your postcards are on their way to you from Motta & Catania! While we did some exploring this month… it wasn’t to anywhere new! We are gearing up

February PenPalz: Malta

February 15, 2023 0 Comments 0 tags

If you followed our stories while we were in Malta… you saw we were obsessed for so many reasons. First off, it was a quick 45 minute flight on Air

January Penpalz: Ramstein Germany

February 2, 2023 0 Comments 0 tags

Hallo, from Germany!! This month was a little less exciting as far as big adventures… but we had a lot of great stuff happening with our family! Pat went for

December PenPalz: Roma, Italy

December 20, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

The eternal city! What a beautiful trip it was! Hitting off some of the big Italian cities is part of our bucket list as we near the end of our

November PenPalz: Pisa, Italy

November 13, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

The Leaning Tower of Pisa! Our daughter Bella has wanted to see The Leaning Tower of Pisa ever since we found out we were moving to Italy. It’s been on

October PenPalz: Ortigia & Syracusa, Sicily

October 12, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

Talk about beautiful… the city of Ortigia, an island off of Syracusa, is one of the most beautiful cities on Sicily, second to Taormina. You know it’s gotta be beautiful if Dolce

September PenPalz: Savoca, Sicily

September 28, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

Ciao PenPalz! After recovering from our busy, fun-filled summer, and settling into the new school routine, we stayed mostly local this month. A few random day trips, and then one

August PenPalz: Ireland

August 10, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

Ireland was truly one of our bucket-list destinations, and has been for our entire lives. Being able to travel there together as a family, with my mom, made it so