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This is going to be an eggciting day for all your family members! Let’s get crackin’…. Eggs of course! Hi Everyone! I am so sorry I have been MISSING IN ACTION! I have been working MORE now than I did before quarantine which did not seem possible as I worked 50+ hours a week! ButContinue reading “Kids in Quarantine: Easter Edition”

Week 4: Lombardy, Italy It is WEEK 4 in Lombardy, Italy and I am dumbfounded that so many people in America  are not taking this thing seriously! Each day I wonder why I see countless posts about people outside of their homes, hitting the beach, and out for a sunny day “stroll”. BUT… Did youContinue reading “When Will You GET IT..”

Unfortunately… the map above is not completely up to date! It shows 2,900! However, today we are at 3,405 deaths Thanks to Quarantine. It is now March 19th and the Italian Prime Minister does not believe that the Italian Lockdown is going to end on April 3rd like they had hoped for. For the pastContinue reading “Money Queen”

To keep yourself busy during quarantine! As I have said Italy is on week 3 of quarantine but we are nowhere near the end! And now that the United States has started closing schools and creating quarantines, my friends have been reaching out, wondering, how in the world I have kept myself from being bored.Continue reading “10 Things”

Oh what crazy times these are… I know, It is day one or two of quarantine and you are ALREADY worried about how you are going to keep these kids busy and YOURSELF sane… But don’t worry I have you covered. I am a Kindergarten teacher from Milan, Italy so I have 3 weeks ofContinue reading “Kids In Quarantine”

Hi all, Welcome to my world. My name is Audrey Gillis and I am a Petaluma girl living in Milan, Italy. I have lived in Italy since October 2018 and with that being said, I have experienced the COVID-19 outbreak, first hand, from the second most infected country in the world. But Covid-19 is notContinue reading “All Things Covid-19”

What is it actually like living in the MOST INFECTED COUNTRY outside of China? Lombardy, Italy is now the hot spot of the deadly Coronavirus, but just how bad is it? It first started off with public gatherings and schools being closed but very quickly it turned into the whole country being on lockdown: NobodyContinue reading “Corona Quarantine: 1”

I took a €9.98 flight to a country I knew NOTHING about! And honestly, it turned out to be a PERFECT trip… On my wallet and for my soul!! Have you ever just booked a random flight, to a random country, with complete strangers? NO, Just me? Well, on Saturday January 18th I up andContinue reading “Sofia, Bulgaria”

Home sweet Homesickness Homesickness is a tricky thing and many people get it in different stages of their year abroad and over different reasons. The most common is when people just arrive, they haven’t kicked jetlag, and they do not know anybody. While this is very common, I never had it. My experience with homesicknessContinue reading “Missing Home”

Monte Carlo Magic OH MY… Monaco Memories are the best memories!! Have you ever dreamed of what Cinderella felt like walking into the ball that night? Well, I guess you could say that is the feeling you get when you walk through Monaco. A feeling of a fairytale. Something that seems so perfect it isContinue reading “Monte Carlo, Monaco”