Finding a Villa

Before coming to Sigonella, we were told we would have to live in base housing. Base housing here is pretty nice, but also kind of small. We were told we would be given a four bedroom that is about 1500 square feet. Since we thought that was our only option, we downsized a lot and prepared our big family...

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Around the Base

 Sigonella Naval Air Station has three bases that they call the triangle. Each base is about a ten minute drive from one another. One of the bases has the air strip where we flew in and a tiny mental health office. This is where Nathan will be working. Another base is Maranai where all the housing...

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Getting Here

 Nathan left August 1st for Italy and spent two weeks in quarantine, what the Navy calls ROM (restriction of movement). His sponsor picked him up, dropped him off at the Navy Lodge, and got him set up with some groceries. Nathan spent his time reading and writing and only binged one show on Netflix....

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August on the East Coast

 While Nathan was spending his quarantine alone in Italy, the kids and I headed to the east coast to say goodbye to the Corley side of the family. With Covid19 still around, we're not sure when anyone will be able to travel to see us in Italy so we wanted to get in some quality time before we left...

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