How beautiful. It’s so green and lovely. I was in Sicily in September and walked the Via Francigena from Palermo to Agriento . It definitely wasn’t as green as it is now. Enjoy . Happy holidays.
Watching you make cookies reminds me of my mother and her sisters making Italian cookies every year around Thanksgiving and Christmas. One year they made over 300 pounds of cookies. My mother would pack them up in tins and send them to all the family. Definitely, one of our favorite memories. Thank you for sharing your tradition with us.
Merry Christmas. You two are just great and a delight. I know every day has its challenges, but you set the example of how to roll with them. I feel a connection to you and your journey. I think it is our shared New England roots. We can go anywhere, but that NE wholesomeness and sense of community goes with us.
Thanks 🙂 And I think there is something about being a kid from NH. We don’t retreat 🤣 and community is really important. Thanks for watching. Hope you had a great day!
Brian the look on your face when massimo nearly took the orange tree down was priceless!!!! 😂. Beth the cookies looked delicious might try to make them myself. Buon natale guys. 🎅🤶🎄
Your videos are unique, at least among the ones I watch, in that it feels like I'm visiting you in your home. Welcomed, as if an old friend or family member, you share your life with me since last we spoke. The video "flashbacks" are like sharing your memories, visually; it's so creative. I wasn't expecting anything from you until after Christmas so your post today was a gift. Merry Christmas you you both!
Hello. I sure love your videos. It is amazing to see what you have done. You are living life. I'm sure everything is not roses but you are doing great things, and it is inspiring. I retire in 7 days from a 35 year legal career. Hated it all. But you have shown us there is more to life than working just to work just to have more money. Best wishes to you both. Merry Christmas.
Thank you. And yes. Much more. It’s hard to extricate yourself from the go-go, money-money American culture but once you find a way out of it you quickly realize the basic fallacy of American culture. Don’t get me wrong, I feel incredibly privileged to have been born in the US and for the ability to compete there, but? It’s not that great of a place to “live.” Way over-simplified but I think you know what I mean. You’re a good person and I hope your parents are doing well. I hope 2025 is your best year yet 🙂
my father made his garden where the barn used to be. The foundation was sandstone. After the previous occupants accidentally burned it down, the stones were interned into the soil. Out of sight out of mind…I am so with her on the distaste for picking rocks. It was my job for 10 years
Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year! Loved the video as always. I know living far from your kids is hard. And thank you for the recipe! I will make them this weekend! Looking forward to your next one!!!❤
lol…I did that about 15 years ago to my house in Terrasini. Except my best friend there owns a construction company and was a great asset. You have brought back hard memories but it turned out to be the best. I live in Florida and will be going back to Terrasini this coming summer! Keep at it it’s very rewarding.
We are planning to spend 2 weeks in Avola September 2025. I chose the southeast coast of Sicily, because of you guys. You make that area look amazing. We are not terribly interested in touristy things. We are most interested in vivere la dolce vita! Grazie e Buona Natale e Felice Anno Nuove.
Hello Bees, Kathy from Avola here. I continue to admire your energy and your effort to adapt to the Sicilian rhythm of life. Merry Christmas! I hope to run into you sometime in the new year (Corsino? the beach?). Best wishes for a lovely green winter.
Yeah… we lived in Portland for 30 years. The sun is definitely better!! 🤣 Thanks for watching. Hope you had a nice holiday and all the best to you in 2025 ☺️
Buon natale a voi e i vostri cari! Thank you for allowing me to live vicariously in Sicily until my dual citizenship gets recognized (some day). I have to ask - Why has nobody bought and renovated that villa at 0:59 in the video? I mean, sure it would cost a fortune, but what a gorgeous property! (I'm sure the answer has everything to do with Italian inheritance laws, BUT STILL!)
Thanks for sharing your experiences and your family recipe. You guys make me smile. Have a great new year. My husband and I are planning to buy an Italian/sicilian home in 2025. Maybe we will meet. Best wishes, and may all your dreams come true in 2025.
Buon Natale in ritardo! I recently found the two of you on You Tube and love your adventurous spirit!! And you used to be Oregonians too! I look forward to hearing your post on issues you have had in Italy as I am planning to move to northern Tuscany from the Oregon Coast as soon as I am able :)
Ahhhh… lots of people watching from Oregon now. Is it the unending sunshine?!?! I miss Oregon but we do t miss the gray. All the best to you in 2025. Thanks for watching 🙂
Ahh… Portland. I miss you. But I think I really miss the Portland from 1990-2010 and that’s the part that messes me up. Thanks for watching the videos and we’re really glad you like them. We had an awesome Christmas and I hope you did, too 🙂
You both are so my husbands and I's type of people. We are currently looking for a house in the country in Sicily. If anything comes up in your neighborhood let me know! We would love to be your neighbors! We can come over all the time to work on the house, garden and cars. Anyway..we hope you have a very merry christmas! Buon Natale!
My mom and dad grew up in Warwick. I didn’t grow up there, but I have family in Portsmouth and Little Compton, so I visit them. It’s a beautiful state!
It’s always a good episode when Massimo is in the video
Yeah. He is gold. Thanks for watching 🙂
You two are a delight! Merry Christmas from Sicilian's near and far! 🎄🎄🎄
Thank you so much 😍
Hi. I am UK born but live in Canada (Alberta) and love your show and LOVE Italia. Buon Natale, Merry Christmas :).
Thank you and thanks for watching. What’s not to like? We had an AWESOME Christmas and hope you did, too. All the best for you in 2025 🙂
What a "wonderful life" for you both there now. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Thank you both for sharing with all of us who watch and listen.
😍 A presto, amico
Merry Christmas from France! Wishing you all Peace and Harmony wherever you may be! ❤
Thank you. I really, truly miss France… but… this turned out to be our place. Life is a box of chocolates 🤣 All the best to you in 2025 🙂
@@beeseurotravel - Thank you! And... don't forget, I still have my theory about your house in France! Vegas, here I come!!
@ 🤣🤣 You’ll never guess 🤣🤣
Merry Christmas to all!!! 🎄🎄You two are wonderful and keep up the good work making friends and cookies! We love you!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Love you, too. Thanks for the kind words and all the best for an awesome 2025 😘
Another great video Bees! Great to see the Sicilian countryside in all of its green glory. Thanks for video and looking forward to your next one.
Dude. You live half of this s**t with us 🤣🤣🤣 Love you, man
How beautiful. It’s so green and lovely. I was in Sicily in September and walked the Via Francigena from Palermo to Agriento . It definitely wasn’t as green as it is now. Enjoy . Happy holidays.
Si scrive AGRIGENTO!!!😅😢
😍 Agrigento. What an awesome walk!!! Hope you had a nice holiday, too. Thanks for watching and all the best to you in 2025
Merry Christmas from Canada!!! Live your tradition with the cookies! All the best!
Thanks! Same to you 🙂
Watching you make cookies reminds me of my mother and her sisters making Italian cookies every year around Thanksgiving and Christmas. One year they made over 300 pounds of cookies. My mother would pack them up in tins and send them to all the family. Definitely, one of our favorite memories. Thank you for sharing your tradition with us.
Wow!! That’s a great memory 🙂 Thanks for watching!
I love watching you every week! You are always so joyful…so nice to see! Merry Christmas! Buon Natale!
Thank you 🥰 Hope you had a nice Christmas and best wishes for an awesome 2025!
Buon Natale 🎊
Thank you. It was. Hope you had a nice day, too 🙂
I m watching this in Oregon and feeling sort of lovingly 'homesick' - I have a strong connection to Ali in eastern Sicily.
Love Oregon but I can understand the pull… this place is pure magic. Best to you in 2025 🙂
Merry Christmas Beth and Brian. Thankyou so much for your warm, uplifting videos. 🎅🎄✨️
Thank you. That means a lot. And let’s raise a glass 🥂 to 2025!!
Merry Christmas. From an Austrian, tomorrow buying a house in Le Marche, Italy.
Congrats!!! I hope you absolutely love it and best wishes to you in 2025!!
@beeseurotravel thank you. Lots of work, cleaning and money at the beginning...
@ For sure 🙂
Merry Christmas. You two are just great and a delight. I know every day has its challenges, but you set the example of how to roll with them. I feel a connection to you and your journey. I think it is our shared New England roots. We can go anywhere, but that NE wholesomeness and sense of community goes with us.
Thanks 🙂 And I think there is something about being a kid from NH. We don’t retreat 🤣 and community is really important. Thanks for watching. Hope you had a great day!
Merry Christmas 🎄⭐️
Thanks. We did and hope you did, too
Merry Christmas! Love the gifting of cookies to all your new friends!❤⭐️
Right? It’s a really cool tradition 😍 Thanks for watching. Hope you had a nice Christmas and that you have a great 2025!
A very Happy Holidays. Thanxs for all the sharing and here's to a wonderful 2025.
Thank you and we hope you have an awesome 2025, too 🙂
Alway enjoy hearing what you have been up too. Happy holidays to you!
Thanks! And thanks for taking the time to comment. Best wishes for 2025. 🎉
Brian the look on your face when massimo nearly took the orange tree down was priceless!!!! 😂. Beth the cookies looked delicious might try to make them myself. Buon natale guys. 🎅🤶🎄
Thanks and yeah… 🤣 Hope you had a great day 😘
Your videos are unique, at least among the ones I watch, in that it feels like I'm visiting you in your home. Welcomed, as if an old friend or family member, you share your life with me since last we spoke. The video "flashbacks" are like sharing your memories, visually; it's so creative.
I wasn't expecting anything from you until after Christmas so your post today was a gift. Merry Christmas you you both!
How kind of you. Thank you. I hope you had a really nice holiday 😘
Merry Christmas to you. Thank you.❤🇦🇺
Thanks. All these to you for an awesome 2025 😘
Buon Natale !
Thanks. We had a great day and hope you did too 🙂
Buon Natale, you guys! I hope everything's going well there.
Slaying it!!! Well, mostly… 🤣 Hope you had a great Christmas 🙂
Merry Christmas to you both from Canada 🇨🇦 . Loved this one , what wonderful tradition of giving these lovely cookies!❤
Thanks!! Our friends and neighbors loved them! We had a great time and hope you did, too 🙂
Hello. I sure love your videos. It is amazing to see what you have done. You are living life. I'm sure everything is not roses but you are doing great things, and it is inspiring. I retire in 7 days from a 35 year legal career. Hated it all. But you have shown us there is more to life than working just to work just to have more money. Best wishes to you both.
Merry Christmas.
Thank you. And yes. Much more. It’s hard to extricate yourself from the go-go, money-money American culture but once you find a way out of it you quickly realize the basic fallacy of American culture. Don’t get me wrong, I feel incredibly privileged to have been born in the US and for the ability to compete there, but? It’s not that great of a place to “live.” Way over-simplified but I think you know what I mean. You’re a good person and I hope your parents are doing well. I hope 2025 is your best year yet 🙂
my father made his garden where the barn used to be. The foundation was sandstone. After the previous occupants accidentally burned it down, the stones were interned into the soil. Out of sight out of mind…I am so with her on the distaste for picking rocks. It was my job for 10 years
🤣🤣 There are a lot of rocks here… we will never get them all!!
Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year! Loved the video as always. I know living far from your kids is hard. And thank you for the recipe! I will make them this weekend! Looking forward to your next one!!!❤
Thank you 🙂 We had a great day and hope you did, too!
Merry Christmas!!!
Thanks. It was great. Hope you had a great one, too 🙂
Merry Christmas 🎄 from sunny 🌞Australia. We wish you both a wonderful festive season 🌟 and those cookies looked amazing 😍
Thanks. And thanks for watching. All the best to you in 2025 🙂
lol…I did that about 15 years ago to my house in Terrasini. Except my best friend there owns a construction company and was a great asset. You have brought back hard memories but it turned out to be the best. I live in Florida and will be going back to Terrasini this coming summer! Keep at it it’s very rewarding.
My motto is “Don’t Retreat!!!” No F Troop in us 🤣 Thanks for watching. If you ever come to Palazzolo look us up. All the best to you in 2025.
We are planning to spend 2 weeks in Avola September 2025. I chose the southeast coast of Sicily, because of you guys. You make that area look amazing. We are not terribly interested in touristy things. We are most interested in vivere la dolce vita! Grazie e Buona Natale e Felice Anno Nuove.
Eh!! 😅 a chi e' che non ci piace vivere la dolce vita!??😂😅
Ahhhhh…. Good for you. Check in when you get here. It’s be fun to meet for a drink and we can clue you in on some fun stuff to do 🙂
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Same to you! ☺️
Thank you for the smiles. Merry Christmas to you both from Vermont.
Merry Christmas. It makes us happy that we put a smile on your face 🙂 All the best to you in 2025 😘
Have a wonderful Christmas and hope the New Year brings with it much love and joy and further adventures. Love from Cape Town, South Africa. ♥♥♥
Cape Town! How cool… wonderful that the internet can bring us all together like this. Thanks for watching and wishing you all the best in 2025!!
Boun Natale 🇨🇮
Thanks. It was awesome. Hope you had a great one, too 🙂
Hello Bees, Kathy from Avola here. I continue to admire your energy and your effort to adapt to the Sicilian rhythm of life. Merry Christmas! I hope to run into you sometime in the new year (Corsino? the beach?). Best wishes for a lovely green winter.
Let’s grab a coffee or a beer. Send us an email or find us on Instagram and send us a message. We love going to Avola 🙂 All the best to you in 2025!
Love your videos. Very Merry Christmas to you both from a rainy Ireland
Yeah… we lived in Portland for 30 years. The sun is definitely better!! 🤣 Thanks for watching. Hope you had a nice holiday and all the best to you in 2025 ☺️
Buon natale a voi e i vostri cari! Thank you for allowing me to live vicariously in Sicily until my dual citizenship gets recognized (some day).
I have to ask - Why has nobody bought and renovated that villa at 0:59 in the video? I mean, sure it would cost a fortune, but what a gorgeous property! (I'm sure the answer has everything to do with Italian inheritance laws, BUT STILL!)
Yeah… I’m sure it’s complicated BUT?! I also saw it listed a few months ago (since gone) for €4,000,000. Not gonna happen!
Merry Christmas from Salem and Klamath Falls Oregon
Nice!!! I miss Oregon. Except for the gray 🥲 All the best to you in 2025 🙂
Thank you for your channel and Happy Christmas 🇦🇺🎄🎁
Thank you. Thank for watching and I hope that 2025 is your best year yet 🙂
Merry Christmas 🌲from Germany. I love your everyday storys from Sicily 😀.
I was a bit afraid for your orangetree.
Hahaha. Massimo is a bull in a china shop!! Thanks for watching. All the best to you in 2025 🙂
@beeseurotravel same to you 😉🍀
❤ merry Christmas 🎄
We did and hope you did, too 🙂
Happy Holidays to all. Thanks for sharing your continuing adventures in Sicily!
Thanks! And thanks for watching. It makes us happy that you enjoy the videos 🙂
Buon Natale from Plymouth, Massachusetts!
Thanks! U2 Beth was born there 😍
Thanks for sharing your experiences and your family recipe. You guys make me smile. Have a great new year. My husband and I are planning to buy an Italian/sicilian home in 2025. Maybe we will meet. Best wishes, and may all your dreams come true in 2025.
Ever know 🙂 Happy new year!!
Buon Natale in ritardo! I recently found the two of you on You Tube and love your adventurous spirit!! And you used to be Oregonians too! I look forward to hearing your post on issues you have had in Italy as I am planning to move to northern Tuscany from the Oregon Coast as soon as I am able :)
Well how about that!? Thanks for watching and best of luck to you. It’s been an amazing adventure and I hope you enjoy the same 🙂
Merry Christmas and Happy New Yaer for the US!
Ooops Year
Thanks!! It was a great holiday and I hope you had a great one, too. All the best to you in 2025 🙂
Happy Holidays you 2! Now I feel like baking some Christmas cookies, my favorite Norwegian Spice Cookies. I do want to try your cookies to.
Thanks. U2. You will not be disappointed by those star cookies. Friends here DEVOURED them!!! 🤣
Merry Christmas to you both... So glad your going out for Christmas eve... Enjoy... Thank you for the last year of videos so enjoyed them.
You’re welcome and we’re really glad you liked them. All the best to you in 2025 😍
Thank you for the cookie recipe.
I hope you made them and enjoyed them. Big hit here in Sicily!!
Errs Christmas from Louisiana!
Hello LA! We were there for a week last year. Love it. Happy New Year 😍
Merry Christmas from Oregon!
Ahhhh… lots of people watching from Oregon now. Is it the unending sunshine?!?! I miss Oregon but we do t miss the gray. All the best to you in 2025. Thanks for watching 🙂
Buon Natale❤🎄✨️
It was great! Hope yours was, too 🙂
From New England too.....born MA, moved to NH in mid 80s and have been to Italy (not Sicily) 6-7 times.
Nice!! Check out Sicily sometime. It’s not really Italy… kinda… but way edgier. We love it.
Cheers to you both. Happy holidays from British Columbia Canada.
Hello BC! Beautiful part of the world but don’t miss the gray much. Hope you had a nice holiday and the best to you in 2025 🙂
You're both great and look so good together ❤️ The views are beautiful 😍 Thanks for your updates. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New Year 😊 🎄
Thank you. And right back at you 😍 We’re pretty lucky and don’t take it for granted. All the best to you in 2025 😘
Buon Natale e un felice 2025!!
Love this cookie tradition and will definitely try the recipe! 🍀🥂
Salutini dal Belgio 😉
Thanks. And we wish you the best in 2025, too. The star cookie recipe is a huge hit here in Italy! Devoured!!
Merry Christmas from Australia
Thanks. Hope you had a nice day. We did 🙂 All the best to you in 2025!
Merry Christmas 🎄 😊
Thanks. We had a great day and we hope you did, too 🙂
Merry Christmas to you
Thank you. We had a great day and hope you did, too 🙂
Merry Christmas Beth & Brian🎄💫from Switzerland
Heeeelllllooooo Switzerland! 🙂 Loved our time there but we would’ve run out of money too fast!! 🤣 Thanks for watching and all the best to you in 2025!
Merry Christmas from LA❤
Hello LA. I miss King Taco. Best to you in 2025 🙂
Merry Christmas
We had a great day and hope you did, too 🙂
Happy Christmas you two from Portland! really enjoy your videos. Thanks
Ahh… Portland. I miss you. But I think I really miss the Portland from 1990-2010 and that’s the part that messes me up. Thanks for watching the videos and we’re really glad you like them. We had an awesome Christmas and I hope you did, too 🙂
Merry Christmas you two from Vancouver Island, BC Canada
Thanks! Hope you had a great day, too 🙂
Happen Christmas to you.
Thanks. It was a great day and I hope you had a great day, too 🙂
Merry Christmas to you. You are such a fun couple. Cheers from Toronto
You’re sweet. Thanks. All the best in 2025 🙂
Buon Natale
Thanks. We had a great time and hope you did, too 🙂
Have a great Christmas, Beth & Brian
Thanks. We did! Hope you had a great day, too 🙂
Ginger snaps and snickerdoodles are my fave.
Noi siciliani non abbiamo queste cose!😢😂
Yes!! Try those star cookies. They are freaking amazing…
Merry Christmas!
Yes! We did! And hope you did, too 🙂
Pear tree looked spooky
Yeah… it was messed up.
🎄🎉
Is the pear tree good wood for winter burning?
We are going to save it for the wood fired oven I plan on building soon!!
You both are so my husbands and I's type of people. We are currently looking for a house in the country in Sicily. If anything comes up in your neighborhood let me know! We would love to be your neighbors! We can come over all the time to work on the house, garden and cars. Anyway..we hope you have a very merry christmas! Buon Natale!
🤣🤣🤣 Never know!! We had a great day and hope you did, too 🙂
One of my favorite episodes! Merry Christmas from Lake Oswego! 🎄
Thank you 🙂 I miss Oregon but all of this sunshine is tough to ignore. We hope you had a nice holiday and all the best to you in 2025!
Where are you from in RI Beth? I'm in Providence.
My mom and dad grew up in Warwick. I didn’t grow up there, but I have family in Portsmouth and Little Compton, so I visit them. It’s a beautiful state!
@@beeseurotravel Fun to see you both in Sicily. Living the dream. I plan on visiting for a month or so, perhaps in the spring.
Buon Natalie
Thanks. It was. Hope you had a nice one, too 🙂
The rock lady is back…
Hahahaha. She hates that job 🤣🤣
"Old Wild West" is the worst burger shop ever.
Hahahaha. Awful!!
Bri, 🫵 still got it 💪
🤣🤣
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
And to you. Thanks 🤩
Buona Natale 🎄
It was!! And I hope you had a nice holiday, too. All the best in 2025 🙂
Merry Christmas!!!
You, too. Thank you 🤩
Merry Christmas 🎄
It was! Hope yours had a great day, too 🙂