The Lives of the Hungry and the Courageous: The Lindsays' Illustrated 2012

What a year 2012 was for the Lindsays!

January
In January we went to visit Hadrian's Villa and the gardens of Villa d'Este outside Rome. We also witnessed some of the most amazing sunsets you've ever seen from our balcony!

February
Welcome to Istanbul, Turkey!

March
Tim took sailing lessons and took me along once. The lesson got cancelled, but we walked along the beach and found lots of beautiful shells.

April
In April everything was waking up again and calling us to go hiking. So we did Walk of the Gods along the Amalfi Coast one day and the rim of Carney Park (an extinct volcano) the next.

May
In May I went to Puglia again with the 5th graders, and Ron and Betsy Sears stopped by on their cruise and we took them to the Amalfi Coast.

June

The weather was so beautiful that we decided to take a ride on the motorcycle to Sant'Agata dei Goti, a small hill town. We happened upon the Festival del Bacio or the Festival of the Kiss.

July
In July Tim's grandma and brother came and we took them on an epic journey through Tuscany, Cinque Terre, and Rome. We also visited the Solfatara, our local sulfur vocano.

July and August
Then at the end of July, the epic Eastern Europe road trip began. 8 countries, 17 days, a Danube cruise, a bike ride, and a ferry across the Adriatic Sea.

September

Tim went out on the USS Mount Whitney, which is stationed in Gaeta, Italy, about an hour away. I went with some other wives to visit and have dinner.

October
In October, we did the Walk of the Gods again. It never gets old, though I am... my knee hurts every time!

November
One weekend we went to Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, a town in the mountains, for the Sagra delle Sagre, or the festival of festivals. Artisians from the region brought their wares, mostly food, and set up around the town. Honorable mentions included apples, olive oil, and torrone, but first prize went to the "hanged cheese", cheese melted over a bbq and spread on bread.