Finally found a pretty good restaurant in Rome tonight! The hotel clerk said via Travestere was the place, but we didn’t make it that far. Instead we stopped at this place in Piazza Venezia. It probably helped that we were pretty hungry, having only had truffle finger sandwiches all day. The food wasn’t amazing, but […]
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Posted 20 February 2008
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Bella and I gave patricia the 2-hour firenze tour: hertz office to train station, to duomo, to ponte vecchio, to santo spirito and the truffle sandwich shop. I hadn’t been in Santo Spirito before, and we were particularly impressed by this painting:
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Posted 19 February 2008
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David & I picked up this wine at the market in Zagreb last month for a few kuna. Honestly, I was a little afraid to try it… the old guy selling it just had a few bottles and some random junk on an otherwise empty table. All the bottles were different. Not even a real […]
After wandering around the Lucca market in the freezing cold sunshine today, we made dinner at home: tuscan sausage, zucchini, pasta, tomatoes, basil, mozzarella…
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Posted 18 February 2008
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Another hair dying session here! We got it up to 21 C inside with the fireplace and boiler. I just got out of the shower and am comfortably sitting here naked 🙂
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Posted 17 February 2008
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The one time I don’t bring a camera… Today is Energy Saving day on the Devil’s Bridge — instead of lighting it with the big floodlights, big candles were lit all along both sides. A few had blown out so I tried to light one with an old train ticket, nearly catching myself on fire […]
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Posted 15 February 2008
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patricia, bella and i are off to italy for the president’s week vacation!
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Posted 14 February 2008
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