Silence & Solitude
9 Agosto - Journal Entry Sunday night. Back home in Milano. Silence & solitude. Ready to be here and it feels like it's been ages! I guess that's the sign of a good vacation. But I tired of the...
“The Full Italian Experience”
9 Agosto 2009 - Sunday. On the Northbound Train "The Full Italian Experience" Fellini would do a good job with this. Train ride home to Milano. (Yes, please!) Left Napoli just before 1:00. Arrived...
L’Isola d’Ischia
The island of Ischia (“EES-kee-uh”) is a 45-minute boat ride off the coast from Napoli. A couple hundred passengers were seated auditorium-style in the boat as it bounced across the water westward....
Milano-Napoli-Ischia
4 Agosto 2009 L'Isola d’Ischia, Italia Today:Milano-Napoli-Ischia, (with stops in Bologna, Firenze and Roma.) We arrived in Napoli by train from Milano at 2:05. We quickly got out of the crowded...
“MysLand”: Milano’s Supergraphic Seaside
It's August in Milano. It's hot and humid, and most people are part of the mass-exodus out of the city for the month. (The whole country takes the month off.) But some of us are left behind (or...
Head Wind
With reports of 103 degrees in Seattle (!) I've been relieved that it's "only" been in the upper 80s and lower 90s here in Milano. Both the weather report and the sky this morning spoke of coming...
Morning Desk, Evening Desk
"Let there be light." "Lights. Camera. Action." "Bring all the sun in." It made no sense to me that I was feeling forever sleepy, always time to take another nap... I'm way over jet lag. I've been...
Orange Eight
There he was, head-to-toe, in orange both light and dark! A camera on the lap is less obvious, unless it has flashing lights on the front. "Red-eye reduction" on an orange-dressed man?
News from Erin and Pete
Erin and Pete are in Switzerland now, "lounging" for a couple of days (or at least not pushing quite as hard). They're storing up energy for a plenty-high mountain pass they anticipate soon. If you...
Favorites Stifle Exploration
A big rule in exploration: don't settle on a "favorite" too soon! (A favorite route. A favorite menu item. A favorite way of doing things. A favorite cheese!) Favorites provide the comfort of...
Number Seven, and Counting
Sitting at a restaurant in the Naviglio District (along the canal) I glanced out and saw "Number Seven" (man wearing orange pants). Grabbed my camera and set it on the window sill to get a couple of...
Obama References
I had wondered what responses I would encounter after Obama's recent election. What references would I find? All over Italy, EVERY store in a given city launches a sale on the same day, cutting...