This is just a short post to let you know I made a video where I make 4 of the pasta’s I have eaten in my travels in 4 Trattoria’s. These dishes are extremely easy to make and I did the video with the help of Sarah, Jim and Larry. So if you have a…
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The documents for the Elective Residency
After consulting a series of consulates I came up with a superset of 20 plus possible documents I needed to get. They were: US Passport National Visa application, signed in the presence of the Consular Office 2 Passport Photographs Letter from applicant explain reason and length of stay (some want it notarized) Documents of substantial…
The Journey: A new chapter in this blog
Bologna has been decided. So what now? This blog is going to follow my Journey from innocent San Francisco denizen to harried and exhausted Bolognese. Here are the tasks that are awaiting me and I will take you through my trials a tribulations” Italian Language classes (refresher since my last Italian class was over 30…
Conclusion: Bologna
This concludes my summer trip to Italy. It was a huge success. It was also a great moment of reuniting with Minne. By moving to Italy I will be spending much more time with my daughters and Minne has been very supportive in that. One strange thing is that everyone in the family firmly agreed…
Milano
My Last day in Italy for the summer! I will return in October/November to find my new home in Bologna. Early in the morning, Minne, Esther and I drove from Padua to Milano. Where I am staying at a very nice hotel. It took 3 hours to get there. Then Minne and Esther drove onwards…
Farewell Padua
The last day in Padua was a redeeming day for the city. We got to enjoy the city much more and no see it for what it wasn’t. It’s a charming and friendly city. We had a great time meeting with people and, in particular, talking with the owner of our dinner restaurant, Paulo from…
Venice
Given our lukewarm feelings for Padua, we decided to skip exploring the city further until tomorrow and we headed out to Venice. In the deep of summer, the city was only moderately busy (butt still very busy). Here we are in St. Mark’s Square. Smarting from my disparaging remarks about it, the City of Padua…
Padua
Well we had our walk through Padua and the environs. It was viciously hot and humid way more unbearable than Bologna. Our landlady even was complaining it was unlivable now until late September. Padua was nice, sweltering walk not withstanding, but it just had nothing of the energy and friendliness of Bologna. I was at…
Day 16: Verona beautiful, but no…
Our trip to Verona was a success in enjoying the incredible beauty of the touristic center of the city. Outside of the city center the city was less enthralling than either Genoa or Bologna. So that leaves r=today’s trip to Padua to see if we can unseat Bologna as my next home. So here are…
Opera Arena Rained Out
This is how the opera in the Arena ended. 10 minutes left in the first opera, Cavaleria Rusticana at midnight. There had been two rain delays and we were waiting inside as so many people (stretching back to the Roman Empire) had done before us, though probably without the masks. The evening started out well…