We bought an old stone house in Capestrano with centuries behind it and absolutely no interest in making our lives easy. There are crumbling walls, stubborn traditions, good food, better wine, and craftsmen who know things no instruction manual ever will. This is the story of trying to bring an ancient Italian house back to life without taking the life out of it.
Old stone, bad plumbing, strange surprises, and stubborn beauty. We’re bringing this house back to life while trying not to erase the history, scars, and character that made us fall for it in the first place.
Dust, stone, bad surprises, and plans that rarely survive contact with an old Italian house. We’re rebuilding what needs rebuilding, saving what deserves saving, and figuring out the rest as we go.
The food, the people, the traditions, the festivals, and the small rituals of everyday life. The Italy you find when you stop visiting and start paying attention.
Roads worth taking, towns worth getting lost in, meals worth traveling for, and the places we find along the way. These are our travels through Italy and wherever curiosity takes us next.
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