So the idea for my post today was to show what we saw just wandering around Venice on foot, without using our vaporetto (“boat bus”) pass. It’s not really an ordered set of things, as we just meandered here and there, exploring some old stomping grounds (for us), as well as a few new things. Continue reading
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 all slightly different that week, which made to scheduling visits to see friends in various towns a bit of a scheduling challenge. 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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
A few odds and ends to close out this week. Continue reading
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 of the Neckar River. When I first learned of it, I thought we were going to be away the day of the race, so I didn’t follow up on finding out more about it. But then this morning, Chris happened on the information brochure I’d picked up weeks ago that talked about the race. And lo and behold, the race was today.
So it was one of those days where everything took longer than I thought. Continue reading
I first became aware of this when Chris pointed out a photo and headline in a local Venetian newspaper on Saturday. Continue reading
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 ago, but it was still a lot more that we crammed into one week than we’d normally do. Continue reading