Category: Italy
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The Galileo Tilt
Evidently Galileo lived on a 10% incline, and it’s a long, weary hike from the flat ground. Maybe that’s why he was always looking up. He could have had a permanent kink in his neck.
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Rimini to Figline Valdarno
This was a trip of its own. When you’re checking into an Airbnb, you want to respect the host’s time and not show up too early or too late. Check-in and checkout times are pretty similar to a hotel’s, but there’s nobody just waiting around at a desk in a lobby for you, so you…
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A Good Day Hunting
Here in this ancient land, sometimes I must forage for food as our hunter-gatherer ancestors once did, long, long ago. The hunting is good today: a 5-minute walk yields 3 kinds of salami. Three!!!
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Beach Towns
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brent Toderash (@toderash) From the ‘gram I think no matter where you go, beach towns all have basically the same vibe, especially in the shoulder seasons. A bar advertising live music has nobody booked. Another one, beach themed in its decor, has maybe 70 tables, 67…
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Goodbye Again, Winnipeg
22 April, 2023. Leaving Winnipeg again. It’s a long story. This trip flies YWG-YYG-ORD-FCO, which is Winnipeg to Toronto to Chicago to Rome. If you’re keeping score, that’s +1 time zone, -1 time zone, then +7 time zones. I always like saying goodbye to Winnipeg. It’s not you, it’s me. Okay, to a large degree,…
