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The apartment

Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

I mentioned our apartment in a previous post. It’s interesting in all kinds of ways to be living in a building the was built before any european/americans lived in what is now the USA. The building where we live was built in 1550. The one in front is newer, having been build in only 1600. […]

Random Sights in Bologna

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

I haven’t written a blog post in an embarassing long time so I have a few  quick items. Some time ago, coming home late from the center of the city I saw a girl on a bus. She’s was pretty and young and at first I hardly took notice. Then I noticed her Doc Marten type of boots […]

Everybody loves a parade

Saturday, April 25th, 2015

Sometimes you just get lucky. This happened a year or two ago when I just happened upon the Tour D’Italia (the most important bicycle race in Italy) going through town. So if I hadn’t decided at just the right time to go out and buy a few groceries and I hadn’t decided to stop at […]

Giro D’Italia

Sunday, May 25th, 2014

Also on Sunday the 18th as I was headed into the center I saw a fellow with one of those yellow vests used to draw attention to themselves( and avoid being run over by someone) at the intersection of my street, via Orsoni, and Via Saragozza. I asked why he was there and he said […]