A Visual Feast For The Eyes! Rome and Amsterdam: Part 2

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From storybook streets and lush canals to ancient grandeur, And from colorful, bike-filled waterfronts to the most sacred of spaces, …these are some of the contrasts found in in two of the greatest cities in the world: Amsterdam and Rome. As I wrote recently on Hadley Court’s blog, From Italy with Love:La Vita e’ Buona, my daughter, Ashley, recently had the blessing of studying abroad for a month […]

From Italy with Love: La Vita e’ Buona

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Letters from loved ones are always welcome. But when loving messages come from romantic, breathtaking locales like the coastal panorama of Cinque Terre, Italy, or from the fairytale city of Venice, below, they take on a whole new sense of excitement. Over the last two weeks, I’ve checked the computer each day with anticipation, waiting to see what photos […]

Summer Vacations: Luxury + Simplicity

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  So many families are now planning their summer vacations - is yours one of them? Whether you are going to Paris as Leslie Hendrix Wood and her husband are with their children to expose them to great art, to the slower pace of a culture that defines pure, unfiltered beauty or just simply going […]