Oh, Hey Friendly Neighbor!

Ok, so this post from one of my favorite bloggers really lit the fire under this arse to go travel (even after my rantings earlier this week).

This place she calls Italy is actually quite close to us Graz dwellers.  As always, her photos are fantastic and the fact that she and her twin sister did it together makes it oh so fun.  

Sign me up.  

This is Darby (left) and her twin sister, Erika.  Both have wondey (and popular) blogs.  Darby blogs about motherhood (to three) and always accompanies her charming posts with her amazing pics.  Erika, an interior designer with her own business and a recent new mother, blogs about design, business, motherhood and family.

Whatever they do (or wear, or have in their house), everyone else wants to do it too.  They 'inspire' lots of ladies out there.  I don't, in fact, find it fair that they have year-round tans.  They are totally missing out on the fun of year-round pinkish, purpleish skin.

Ok, so anyways...

::Italy via Darby::

Yum

gelato inside fruit and nuts

she talks about their simple, but delicious pasta and how when she came home and wanted her red wine chilled just a touch, her husband was like "um, who are you?"

{ok, so we have gelato here too, but something tells me Italian gelato ist die Beste!}

arched facades from heaven

just your average café

streets of delight

This place can't help but make you enjoy the beauty of everyday things.  Ok, so maybe herringbone paved streets and nuts of gelato aren't everyday, but in Italy they are!  And, this place isn't an ocean away from us...it's our neighbor.  We are fools for not introducing ourselves sooner!  And is it warm and cozy there now?

Let's go, honey!

{all images from Darby's blog}