Blogs from Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, Europe - page 2

We are visiting my old friend Rosamaria and her husband Richard Stern (brother of Mike and Dan Stern in Seattle.) Tomorrow we go to Firenze and I will do a proper entry. We are too busy to stop for the computer. So many years to catch up on and so many questions for them about the culture and history of Italy.... read more

Geo: 45.6947, 9.66871 GUN 17 GUNLERDEN PAZAR Güzel bir uyku ,güzel bir Como sabahı... felaket bir kahvaltı !!! Hani nerde benim Görges'im ? ... nerede Rouffach'ta ki şampanya ile açılışı yapılan sabah kahvaltılarım?.... nerede bu korku filmi ? Neyse, yediklerimize saydık ve paramızı ödeyip otelden ayrıldık. Bugün "Alman şarap yolu" maceramız bitiyor... Nermin 'i ayarladım (GPS ) ...önce manasız yerlere girip çıktı, her zamanki gibi..... Bugün nedense tüm iyiliklerim üzerimde ..."Sana uyacağım ne halin varsa gör " dedim ve keyfini bozmadım. Her neyse Allah'tan sonunda benim tanıdığım bir yere bağlandı ve gönlümü aldı. Biraz bağımsız ve özgürlükçü bir karakteri var ama ne yapalım ... Tıkır tıkır bir yolculuktan sonra, nasılsa açık bir benzin istasyonu buldu... read more

Well, of all the thousands of potentially interesting things that have happened to me and around me since I last wrote a blog, I can't seem to think of any when it actually comes down to writing it down.... though I suppose I will have to do my best. Labor day weekend my friends threw me a surprise going away party, It was a bit premature, but there wasn't any other time I wasn't busy. I didn't expect it in the least despite what now seem to be pretty obvious hints. I gather it was organized for the most part by my second host sister Giulia, and was all outside in the olive orchard about my second host house. There was a BBQ Italian style, so very good sausages, and all of the friends and ... read more

Geo: 45.6947, 9.66871We didn't get up very early, and wandered down to breakfast then out to the nearby town of Bergamo. It is a lovely hill top town – it was very wealthy during the medieval times, as it was ruled by Venice (despite being so close to Milan and the Lombardian dukes). We drove up through the walls of the city, feeling extremely lucky when we got a park just metres from the historic centre of town. We were lucky the whole day – we immediately stumbled on the tourist office, established that there was plenty to see but nothing that we had to push ourselves to do in one day, then just wandered. The little streets were gorgeous, and the town certainly feels like a real place – not just for tourists. It's also ... read more

Blog: This blog will follow the general form of all my blogs in the sense that it won't really have a for. If any of you find this annoying, please tell me and I will do my best to remedy it. I just find that the things I have to say rarely have a common thread with which I can sew them together. The risk of snow has left us for the certainty of rain. Tuesday evening brought the sort of spectacular storm that we just don't have in Mendocino. The abruptness and violence with which it came and left reminded me strongly of Georgia. I was enthralled by the deep, loud bangs of thunder and the bright blue flashes that preceded them. Looking out the large windows of the house I thought it looked as ... read more