We managed to get in a very quick visit to Bolzano on our trip to Italy a couple of weeks ago. Our schedule was complicated by the fact the holiday dates in Germany, Bolzano, and the rest of Italy were … Continue reading
It’s time today to talk about Fußball!
Chris and I love to hang out in Piazza Bra in Verona, sitting on a bench, and gazing at L’Arena, the nearly 2000-year-old Roman amphitheatre that is still in use today.
Suddenly, there it was: a vibrant rainbow that appeared above the rooftops across the street from our apartment, following a brief but forceful rain shower last Thursday.
A few odds and ends to close out this week.
A punting boat of the type that has featured in many of my photos is properly called Stocherkahn here in Tübingen. Once a year there’s a race with these boats — a Stocherkahnrennen — around the island in the middle … Continue reading
So it was one of those days where everything took longer than I thought.
I first became aware of this when Chris pointed out a photo and headline in a local Venetian newspaper on Saturday.
We’re back in Tübingen after a week-long trip to Italy. We visited 4 Italian cities in 9 days, which is not quite the 10 countries in 21 days I did on one of those marathon bus trips many, many years … Continue reading
Chris and I were up earlier than usual yesterday to get to the train station, since Chris had a talk to give in another town. We passed a girl of about 10 standing on the street, calling up to the … Continue reading