Piedmont, Italy Robin wrote that a tour of the hill towns of Italy is “Everyone’s Favorite Day!”™ So today Jo, Dan, and I dutifully put on our sunglasses and long white scarfs and headed east. A few minutes later we pass through Monte Carlo, and then into Italy. No border crossing formalities… it’s all the [...]
vienna, austria In the Stephansplatz the bucksters are working the crowds, but badly. One guy wearing a silver-and-black harlequin costume argues with his girlfriend in German. I wander through the square several times during the day, and they’re always arguing. Maybe they’re discussing Nieche, or maybe they’re deciding whether to have a baby. Or maybe [...]
So Dan and I bought our tickets to France, and several weeks later looked to one another and said “What day are we flying?” We were amused when we realized that we’d booked flights for September 11th, and even more amused that the the United Airlines agent hadn’t mentioned it. I wasn’t worried, because this [...]