Thursday, September 21, 2017

Day trip to Paestum, Italy and E has a birthday!

Summer is winding down and the kids are back in the school routine.  So far, they are doing good and seem to be adjusting to their new classes and teachers.  We took a day trip to Paestum a few weekends ago.  Paestum is known for their Greek ruins. We took a stroll through the park and then stopped at a beach on the way back home.

Here are a few pictures:

The girls all participated in this year's Mud Run on base. They were pretty excited about it at first, but then realized it involved getting dirty..... 
A dad accidentally knocked LC into one of the mud pits and you can imagine how that went over.... 
The after picture.
E started (Italian) Kindergarten. She is in Miss Brown's class. She loves school. 

This is E in her class with her friend, Adalyn. They were in the same class together last year. 
We went to the Naples High School football game and the base made it into a big production.  They had rides for the kids  and food to eat. We didn't get to see much of the game because we were hopping back and forth on the rides. 
E getting some air..

We celebrated this sweet girls' 5th Birthday.... mama mia where has the time gone?
This was one of the temples in Paestum. They were all built 600 - 450 BC and i think this one was the Greek Goddess Hera..




In fact i just googled them and both of the temples were for Hera.... lucky little lady.
My 3x Goddesses!
Playing in an Olive tree. 
Google says that this temple was for Athena.

After Paestum, we drove up to the Salerno area and went to Vietri beach. It had stunning views and the water was still very warm. This beach is famous because you can find old pottery pieces.... we only found one.