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The Shock of the Old

http://karenuccia.blogspot.com/

The life of KC, a thirtysomething American expat living in southern Italy.

Added on: Apr 17th, 2007
Country: Italy
Language: English

Author: KC
Listed in: Personal Places & Geography
Tags: life italy expat Italia

Recent Posts

Sessa Saturday: Dome

Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 01:01 in art and architecture, sessa aurunca

The dome of Santissima Annunziata from Piazza ErcoleThis is a photo I've been saving for a post on Sessa's tiled domes, but given the seemingly unending inclement weather we've been experiencing here, I felt the need to post something with blue sky i...
Sessa Saturday: Closed-up Arch

Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 10:49 in art and architecture, sessa aurunca

Arch, Via Taddeo de MatricioI had hoped to post something else today but I didn't get a chance to go to the cathedral this week to get a photo of it. This arch is located near our house, and I've been told that the wall that it once opened was part o...
Pink

Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 10:35 in blogging, sewing, pata

Pata showing off her new wrap jacket and matching trousersPata's newest mama-made outfit was inspired by the "Make it Pink" contest, which I think is a fun way to raise money for breast cancer research. It's open only to residents of the United State...
October, Campo di Pere

Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 11:32 in campo di pere, life in italy, sessa aurunca

Some photos I took at Campo di Pere earlier in the month, when we went up there to check on our olives:Olive treesOlivesPataView towards Gaeta (the promontory at left on the far side of the bay)View of Sessa Aurunca...
Sessa Saturday: Pulpit

Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 03:54 in art and architecture, sessa aurunca

View of Pulpit (and Paschal Candelabrum,) ca. 1224-59, cathedral of Sessa AuruncaThe pulpit in the cathedral of Sessa Aurunca is the largest and most ornate of the works created there by the thirteenth-century masters Pellegrino and Taddeo. Its basic...
La Dolce Attesa

Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 09:25 in pregnancy, culture shock, life in italy

I didn't write very much about the medical care I received while pregnant here, other than a couple of posts about my condescending and inflexible doctor and a particularly absurd episode in obtaining and paying for a ticket (something like a referra...