Chiavenna – When we are home in Chiavenna, just about every day we walk to the small village of Crana which is about 40 minutes by trail above our home.  On a sunny afternoon in 2002, Donna was just starting out when she got the surprise of her life.  Something jumped on the back of […]

Capri/Chiavenna, Italy – Some of you may have braved the crowds at the entrance to the Blue Grotto on the lovely Isle of Capri and taken in its eerie blue glow.  Perhaps it is not a secret magical cavern but it is magical nonetheless.  Surprisingly, our little alpine hamlet of Chiavenna derives a fair amount […]