Just a few lines before hitting the sack here in Turin. The hotel has an Internet room where they charge 4 euros a half hour. Very rich for a poor boy from the Midwest.
Really a nice evening last night in Verona, and again this AM before leaving. Ate at a place off the beaten path that asked if we had reservations (right!), had a very good bottle of wine, and then got into see the arena in the piazza that we liked before we left today. Very cool.
Not a bad trip from Verona, a distance of about 150 miles or so. Freeway all the way. (Actually, tollroad all the way!) If you weren't doing 140kph, you were just getting run over. I swear, one guy passed me doing 125 miles per hour! It was nothing but a wooosh!
A mess trying to find the hotel again. But it is a nice place. Unfortunately, we are at least a mile and a half from city center, and not the best neighborhoods to walk through. But on Sunday's, everything is closed so we'll know more tomorrow about the lay of the land.
There were several major gatherings wrapping up late this afternoon on the main piazzas, with lots of people still hanging around. No clue on the occassion. But because most of the cafe's were closed, we didn't get much for dinner. Had to open another bottle of wine. Darn.
Tired tonight. Scoping out the city tomorrow.
Ciao!
BCOT
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we had a nice afternoon and evening with the bernsteins yesterday. box at the twins game where we rallied for the win and pulled within 2 games of the tigers. looks like they're going to lose today, though. we went back to thier house after the game for pizza and the raiding of jenny's baby clothes and such. i only got through half of her 8 large boxes of clothes, and left will two overstuffed large shopping bags. i'll be going back for more. had to share a funny moment between 1.1 and quincy, who is 3. we were eating pizza, and we all know how much pizza 1.1 can put down. (i think he had 8 or 9 pieces last night). he was sitting between oliver and quincy,and the conversation went something like this:
Q: where does all that pizza go?
1.1: i have a hollow leg to hold all this pizza.
Q:what's that?
1.1: one of my legs is empty on the inside and that's where all the pizza goes.
pause. Q is pondering this.
Q: which leg?
1.1: my right one.
Q: oh.
Had a great time in IC. Watched the game from the Airliner. Posted up at the bar upwards of 8 hours or so. Mare and Mere stopped by to share som 'za after the game. Italia's got nothin' on Airliner pizza.
Ran into the RCL when I returned the Taurus last night. Pretty dedicated when she cleans at 7pm on Sunday!
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