The Adventures of Peg

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Posted by Peg at 10:27 AM

Janet KavinokyJuly 28, 2011 at 11:20 AM
I am drooling over the Ivrea photos! This looks like my idea of Heaven.
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Peg: "Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." Sage advice from Ferris Bueller. It was a good excuse for him to ditch high school for a day. It was a good enough excuse for me to buy a one-way ticket overseas for my 38th birthday. Here's my story.

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