Seeing that One-Legged Stool

Folks, I've seen the one-legged stool! Or sort of. The problem is that the house fell in on itself 2 years ago, so I didn't actually "see" it! I was little upset about this when I first heard that you couldn't go inside but after putting the whole experience in perspective I've come up with this general conclusion. The stool was object to focus on, obviously. It embodied all the amazing places I had heard about for so many years and wanted to see for myself. The house where the stool was - I saw that and being there was simply amazing. As we drove to it I was just overwhelmed with thinking of my Nonno, walking this path in 1925 with his siblings and how different life must have been for them here. Seeing the house where my Nonno grew up was mind-boggling as well. Seeing the graves of my great-great-grandfather and mother made me speechless. I am beyond blessed that my family still keeps in touch with these relatives and I am able to see all these amazing thi...

This past saturday I went skiing with Davide and Keren in Madonna di Campiglio, where Andrea, Davide's brother, lives. It was amazing! The Dolomites are so much different from La Thiule, where we went skiing in February, which is in the "Alpi" on the Italian-French boarder. I would describe the Dolomiti as much more rigid and ragged but ridiculously beautiful. I loved being here because when you took a deep breath the air was so ridiculously refreshing! So much different than the smog of Milano. Here is  video of where we were when we stopped to get a bite to eat.