(written during a weekend trip to italy four years ago while on assignment in munich, germany) June 2, 2000. Onward to Pisa, Italy. Afternoon. We were quietly settled on our train seats when someone in uniform asked for our tickets. Confident that we were holding a Eurail pass that could get us anywhere, we handed them out. It turned out that Pisa is not among the stops in our pass. Our lapse resulted in a fine of several thousand lira. They should start getting those passes translate [View Full Entry]

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(written during a weekend trip to italy four years ago while on assignment in munich, germany) May 31, 2000. SAG Systemhaus Office, Munich. Late Afternoon. We hurriedly cleaned our desk. Tomorrow is a German holiday and on Friday, almost every staff in our Munich office will be on vacation taking advantage of the four-day weekend opportunity. So the three of us - Mac, Che and me - will be heading our way to Italy, catching the midnight train from Munich to Venice, the first stop of [View Full Entry]

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