Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens

These Are A Few of My Favorite Things… As we are approaching the end of our year stay here, I’ve been doing a lot of looking back and reflecting on various things. This is just one of them – Things I don’t have, have been difficult to find, or I have learned to live without: [...]

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Ride This Train

May 24, 2010 When we were at the train station in Florence last Monday, I noticed a middle-aged woman at the window next to us trying to buy tickets.  She had passed a piece of paper with a lengthy list of instructions to the man behind her window.  He then had passed the instructions on [...]

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Fun With Menus

Proving that some things just don’t translate correctly, here are some menu items that had me laughing the other day. 

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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Because it is really screaming while riding the funicular in Gubbio May 23, 2010 Gubbio puts the “Fun” in the Funivia or the Funicular While in Gubbio we decided to take their version of a funicular to the top of Mt. Ingino to the Basilica of Sant’Ubaldo.  When I think of a funicular, I think [...]

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Another Day in Gubbio & The Corsa dei Ceri Mezzani

May 23, 2010 The boys wanted to show my friend Jerri the town of Gubbio.  Actually, I think they just wanted an opportunity to go back and buy more weaponry.  It was a good choice though because it is relatively close to us and has a lot to see and do – instead of driving [...]

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Air Freshener

I have adopted quite a few of the common Italian practices during my stay here.  One is to air out all of your bedding on a nice day.  They do it with all of their area rugs too, but I only have one large one and the last time I tried to drag it out [...]

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No Finger Pointing

When I picked the boys up from school today, Augusto tells me that he hurt his finger during PE.  I look at it and see that it is indeed very swollen and purple.  I think it is broken, but Augusto won’t let me touch it because it hurts too much.  His PE teacher sees me [...]

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The Things Boys Find

After school the other day, the boys ran out to play.  A short while later, I heard them call up to me “Come see what we found!”  Oh, they were so happy with themselves and were just dancing around with glee.  A true find!   Yes, a snake.  It was a road kill.  Now that the [...]

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Find a Good Restaurant

Last week, a friend of mine, Jerri, came to visit us for a long weekend.  She was doing business in Torino earlier that week and took the train down to Arezzo on Friday, where we picked her up at the station.   This was Jerri’s first time to Italy.  So I wanted to show her the [...]

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30 Days Hath…

As of today, we officially have just thirty days left in Tuscany. Very mixed emotions.

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