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For Your FYI: Padua
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 06, 2009. To blog, or not to blog. That is the question. See you tomorrow, after Venice. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. A vast tundra of knowledge. Cinque Terre the First and Second. My Favourite Yarn Store. Swiss (Mister and) Miss. The Politics of Breast Cancer.
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For Your FYI: Cinque Terre the First and Second
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 12, 2009. Cinque Terre the First and Second. I'm on a walking sciopero. Marco, after day two. We've literally been living on the side of mountain for the past couple of days and have had no interweb. Access of any kind. How have you managed to fill your days without our jaunty commentary? When we last left you we were in Parma. Now, it may produce delicious cheese but Parma. Mountains to arrive in the Liguria. And t...
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For Your FYI: Florence the Second
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 13, 2009. I think I broke myself between Vernazza and Corniglia". Marco, in the Boboli Gardens. Believe it or not, we are still recovering from our second day in Cinque Terre (even if you do believe it, pretend you don't. It doesn't make us feel so pathetic that way.) As a result, we decided, uncharacteristically, to take it relatively easy today. How delightful and relaxing and easy on the feet! And an oversize hee...
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For Your FYI: Zurich the First
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 16, 2009. There are signs everywhere! I'm in my organizational homeland! Adrienne, at the Zurich. Today was a day of goodbyes and hellos. We said goodbye to our good friend slash. Piece-of-crap, Ford Focus Station Wagon AKA Mr. Enormous. We drove the wrong way down and one-way street and had to back out of same;. We put gasoline in a diesel tank;. Tapped" a wall (in Campotosto. Parked by ear;. Your in for a culture ...
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For Your FYI: Roma the Sixth
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 20, 2009. Oh, good. More hills.". Marco, at Uetliberg. Today was our last day in Zurich (although we are sleeping in Rome, hence the post title.). After a brief ride on a Swiss tram in which we learned that you shouldn't carry bananas in your pockets or shrug,. We boarded a train and arrived at Uetliberg. Uetliberg is a sort of nature park that is apparently very popular with the Swiss. There was pretty Swiss nature.
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For Your FYI: Florence the First
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 12, 2009. I can't believe I did it again. Every trip this happens. It's a tradition.". Adrienne, after stepping in Florentine dog shit. A busy day today! And headed for Pisa to see (what else? The Leaning Tower of Pisa. We didn't stay too long - in fact, I think it took me longer to post the Cinque. Blog in the parking lot than to tour the tower. This was "drive-by" tourism at its best. In 1174, Bonnano. Is one of t...
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For Your FYI: Venice
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 07, 2009. I thought "labourers of the month" was a bit too progressive for the time. Adrienne, on discovering that Marco meant to say that the centre arch of San Marco's. Basilica features 13th century carvings of the Labours of the Month. And welcome to Venice! We then got into line to go to the top of the Campanile. It was from the top of this structure that Galileo demonstrated his telescope in 1609. Pressing on,...
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For Your FYI: Ferrara
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 05, 2009. 8220;I need a pair of tight, lime green jeans”. Marco, on trying to fit in in. This blog is brought to you by the number 3 (which is the name of the mobile network that we are using), AKA our new toy, AKA what is known in Italian as an “Internet Key.”. If a USB key and a cell phone had a baby, it would produce a Tre Chiavetta Internet. We shall never be blogless again (allegedly – I want to believe. Dark, ...
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For Your FYI: Ravenna the First
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 03, 2009. Today was all fun and games until we drove through the pedestrian-only area. The day started without incident. We left Campotosto. Early in the morning and drove down (another) windy mountain road to Porto San'Elpidio. Where Marco's cousin Ilaria. The rest of the day was eventful, spent driving in the general direction of Ravenna. Rings but I also wasn't contemplating. I admit: I was impressed. We certainl...
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For Your FYI: Zurich the Third
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Where reasonable robustness and fortitude is expected of Canadians. And I thank you. July 18, 2009. This blog is coming to you, semi-live and semi-verbatim from Laura. A: Are you ready to be amusing? L: M tongue is tingling. from the kiwi. It was really tart. A: OK Well, today we went to Bellinzona. It was a two hour train ride to get there and the town is predominantly Italian. L: We didn't believe that Marco could speak Italian, we needed proof. A: I'll tell you what wasn. A: being guided by iPhohe.
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