http://cheeves.gearadrift.com Keeping it real in Sicily.. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:16:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, not a real bunch to say about Easter this year. Well except for the obvious that it's a celebration of our Savior's resurrection. We had 2 extra house guests, Gunnar and Bailey, some of our Godkids from Adam and Paula. They were on an African Safari. ... http://cheeves.gearadrift.com/easter-2008/ Well we finally dumped the kids off with some friends, Adam and Paula of course, and jetted of to Rome for the weekend. It was a quick 50 minute plane ride up there. Once at the airport, we caught the Leonardo Express which is a non-stop train to ... http://cheeves.gearadrift.com/rome/ Well Etna has had snow on her for some time now, we've been up near the snowline in Bronte to sled, but didn't have much success. I've been wanting toavoind Etna Sud, the tourist area, since it would likely be crowded. Monday we had a perfect chance to ... http://cheeves.gearadrift.com/sledding-on-etna/ So one of the big reasons to get together and party out here is for Carnivale. It's like Mardi Gras, but without all the boobs. Each major area in Italy has one around the same time each year, we went to one if not the largest for the ... http://cheeves.gearadrift.com/carnivale/