2.4 Mbps baby! With a new digicom Michelangelo USB ADSL modem. Cute little portable thing and easy peasy to configure (just choose PPoE). But what a goose chase to find someone who would sell it to me. Finally found an intelligent WOMAN at Centro Computer in Castelnuovo Garfagnana. I saw they are a Cisco reseller, […]
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Posted 29 October 2007
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We arrived at Pieve di Cerreto Saturday evening to find the dsl modem dead … so tomorrow I’ll work on getting that replaced. Today I showed Leslie the lovely Lucca where there were lots of Americans who all seemed to be from the Bay Area, but no antique market… instead they are preparing for the […]
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Posted 29 October 2007
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I have been to the Frankfurt Airport probably 20 times and never to the city of Frankfurt. But today we had a 6 hour layover so we decided we’d check it out, even though the passport control guy (who was impressed with my german, ha!) advised against it. The Hauptbahnhof had a snake exhibit, and […]
Leslie and I are going to Italy for the week, ending with the famous Borgo a Mozzano Halloween Part at the Devil’s bridge. David joins us on Wednesday. Then we’re off to Sweden on 1 November.
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Posted 26 October 2007
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We said our goodbyes and Giuliana was crying as we left Pieve di Cerreto Saturday morning. Now we’re in Amsterdam, just about to depart for Boston. We managed to find the train and take a little walk around the city. Lots of english speaking and “spikey shoes” as Bella pointed out. We were happy to […]
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Posted 19 August 2007
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We made one last visit to our favorite pool today… Bella swam for about 4 hours, stopping only for a hike down the hill to eat lunch and gelato. Now that we know the short cut, it only took a cono di gelato’s worth of time to get back up to the spa.
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Posted 18 August 2007
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Our last meal here for the summer… Quadroni rossi al gorgonzola Inviato d’italia via il nostro n95!
Isabella’s school friend Ian and his parents Ani & Jim took the train from Florence to meet us in Lucca today for lunch, gelato, granita, tea, and aperitivo, interspersed with the Duomo, San Giovanni, San Michele and San Freddiano. Inviato d’italia via il nostro n95!
Dig up the duomo Inviato d’italia via il nostro n95!
Inviato d’italia via il nostro n95!