I’m beginning to feel a little like Lucille Ball manning the conveyor belt at the candy store. No matter how fast I churn out a post, the days move more quickly and a bunch of candy comes falling off the belt and onto the floor. Guess I’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do. Continue reading Lucy, I’m Home →

How do you follow up a night of food debauchery, of excess so excessive that it should be spelled with three x’s?  After the triumphant first and final performance of “The Gilocchi Show” there was only one way to atone, physically, mentally and spiritually.

Sunday mass in Assisi. Continue reading Mass Easy →

You know it’s hard to keep up with the pace of life, even here in slow paced Italy. So it is Tuesday afternoon and we are busily preparing for Round I of the Perugia-Terni Throwdown and I haven’t yet posted about our Sunday at Simone’s. Continue reading Homecoming →

Yesterday was to be our “getaway day,” similar to when baseball teams play the final game in a series (usually a day game), after which the visiting team boards a plane to head to its next destination. Often the teams seem distracted and perhaps not as completely focused on the task at hand as during the first two days of the series. Yesterday, a day we planned to spend in Rome before heading north to Umbria with a stop in Terni for dinner with some business associates, promised to be a getaway day for us. No complicated or important itinerary, just following up on a few loose ends.

It turned out to be one hell of a getaway day. Continue reading Get Away! →

You would think that on a two month trip to Italy there would be plenty of lazy, carefree, unstructured days. Well, three weeks into our trip we haven’t really had one. Yesterday we finally did and boy, was it nice. Continue reading Niente →

Another Sunday down. Our third Sunday on this trip. It sort of helps you keep track of the passage of time. Continue reading Big Papi →

So the first chapter of our multi chapter, months long odyssey comes to a close today, as our sons and their schoolmates return home to their final semester of high school.  The past several days have seen them receiving news from colleges and thoughts have begun to turn from ancient civilizations to unfinished homework assignments.  But before flying home we have one last day to explore together.  It is a perfect day in Rome and we plan to take advantage of it. Continue reading Roamin’ Holiday →

Let me get this off my chest at the outset. I’m not big fan of RyanAir. I don’t hate it per se, but I’d be perfectly happy if it didn’t exist or if I never had to fly it. Continue reading Flyin’ There on RyanAir →