Since selling it all in 2013 to see the world with our children, we have stayed in just about every kind of accommodation imaginable. One thing we have always dreamed about doing is attending summer camp as a family. We have been able to check this one off our wish list because there is one […]
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The Astounding Alps: What Mountains Teach Us About What Matters Most
Everybody wants to reach the peak, but there is no growth on the top of a mountain. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life’s next peak. -Andy Andrews Doing a ski season in the Alps, with three kids, […]
A Club Med “Village” Experience
I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other. -Pete Seeger We love our village of Cervinia, Italy. It has been our home for six exhilarating months of high alpine adventures. Every day, as we walk to the village for groceries, work, and doctor […]
The Freedom of Borderless Travel
No borders, just horizons – only freedom. -Amelia Earhart One of reasons we selected Cervinia, Italy as our home for the winter was the ability to ski into Zermatt, Switzerland. We loved the idea of traveling on skis and spending time in two countries without planes, trains, or automobiles. While we made it to Switzerland […]
I Am So Happy Today Was Real: Carnevale in Italy
“To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.” –Mark Twain It is time for Carnevale and in Aosta Valley and we are celebrating at the base of the Matterhorn, called Cervino, in Italy’s towering Alps. The story is unique in the world and yet universal. It is the story […]