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I know that based on my recent posts, I appear to spend most of my summer lazing about southern Italy in gorgeous seaside towns.  In reality, however, I spend almost all of my time working while I'm here - digging on site during the day; documenting, analyzing, and interpreting at night.  ...

Last weekend, I had one of those strange experiences in which I seemed to step out of real life and into a dream.  I travelled to one of the most beautiful cities I've ever seen and had dinner at the most incredible villa overlooking the sea.  Among my companions (all of whom were ...

Oh my, the days are passing quickly!  I have some extra responsibilities this season that have me busy busy busy all day long; I didn't realize that it had been nearly a week since my last post until I was talking on the phone with my sister this evening and she pointed it out (thanks, ...

We usually don't let July fourth pass here without doing a little something to celebrate.  Our team is international, but many of the non-Americans live in America during the year, and everyone is happy to eat hamburgers (or veggie burgers, in my case!) and fruit salad.  This year we ...

So, I often realize that I'm fairly spoiled here in Italy.  Although the work is demanding and sometimes stressful, life is pretty fabulous overall.  I never realize that more than when I spend a day laying by the sea.  That's exactly how I spent Saturday and it was totally ...

Whew, that week flew by!!  I've been busy busy busy digging and thinking about the past, which keeps me happy, if occasionally feeling a bit stressed.  Nate's sister and her boyfriend are here visiting Pompeii this weekend; today we are off to Sorrento to catch a ferry to Positano ...