Last year at this time I was sitting in a fancy little café in Rome, Italy. It was a wonderful trip that took me 20 years to make. My husband Nick and I took our son and grandson along to introduce them to great-uncles, aunts and numerous cousins who live there. March was a little breezy in Italy but all we needed was a light spring coat to keep warm.
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