http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Reggio-Emilia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy , Emilia Romagna , Reggio Emilia en-us Fri, 11 Dec 09 12:46:10 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 09 12:46:10 +0000 Allora...I have had many dreams in the last week from desires about my future to nightmares. I'll tell you about some of these in a bit. I've done a good job avoiding thinking about reality up until now. It was easy when I was oblivious to what was going on in the world and didn't even know when I'd return to America. But now I'm catching up with people and news and my return date and all the re http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Reggio-Emilia/blog-429665.html Today is Sunday so I'm not supposed to work but I've been such a lazy bum for the past week or so that I insisted on some hard manual labor this morning. I weeded around raspberry bushes for 3 hours in the shade and while I was working near the pear tree it said Sara you've been working hard and you seem hungry. I was hungry. Then a perfectly ripe fruit fell at my feet and I ate it. Okay http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Reggio-Emilia/blog-427282.html I am on another agrotourismo for 2 weeks but this so is very different from that previous hell hole. The scenery certainly isn't as beautiful but everything else is better. I was worried about coming here but after one day I was sure I would have a wonderful stay. Check out the website httpwww.boscodelfracasso.itThere is a husband Maurizio and wife Anna. She speaks excellent English and h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Reggio-Emilia/blog-426134.html I stayed for a week maybe more in a small village outside of Bologna Italy. My cousin Danny had hosted Marco the son of the family I was to stay with. Extended travel takes a lot out of me so I was pretty much rendered useless for the first day a pretty typical outcome when I travel. Marco and I had been talking via email for a few weeks and I discovered that he was in a band and had a guit http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Reggio-Emilia/blog-339046.html I can't leave Emilia Romagna without talking about edible life. Nevermind the sights what you eat is the most important thing and of course those who share in your meal or had a hand in its creation are revered. People aren't joking when they say they left Italy ten pounds heavier they are dead serious but I'll bet they leave satisfied and content. Once at home they must have visions of d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Reggio-Emilia/blog-258051.html As an Israeli Irsquove always thought of fire as something beautiful powerful exotic fascinating romantic dangerous unpredictablehellipOur almost only contact with fire is when we have a BBQ and even then fire is not wanted we donrsquot want to burn the meat Some of us want only to heat it a little...Here in the countryside in Italy itrsquos a necessity. This is the main way t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Reggio-Emilia/blog-229545.html