We trekked off to Bingen, home of Hildegard, the 12th century saint and composer of the first opera, to see what was there. We found interesting graffiti everywhere. Lots of Mother & Child paths. A beautiful garden of pear, apple and plum trees, as well as grapes and blackberries. The convent of Hildegard makes Sekt, […]
Finally found the schedule format I’ve been looking for! Deutsche Bahn has it!
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Posted 18 August 2008
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The first time I was in Milan, in 1989, I hated it. I was there because a friend I was traveling with had her passport stolen while sleeping on the train to Venice. So we had to get off in Verona and go back to Milan. We wandered around looking for a hotel (nothing had […]
I had planned to drive to Bassignana today, hometown of my great grandparents. However, the combination of the late night before, the rain, and the holiday, convinced me to put that off until another visit. The rain was off and on, mostly while we were driving. Nothing torrential really, rain here kind of comes and […]
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Posted 15 August 2008
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Isabella made this delicious corn bread for our driving and train trips this weekend before we left. We adapted a recipe from epicurious: 1 c white flour 1 c polenta 1 T baking powder (we used baking ammonia because that’s all we had… but I think it might have been too much) 4 T butter […]
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Posted 15 August 2008
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Our last day in Tuscany, we picked up Annie at the Lucca train station. She was supposed to arrive on Wednesday at 1, but somehow she couldn’t get on a train from Florence to Lucca. We waited until 1:30, watching a train from Florence arrive, but not seeing her, getting hungry and worried that we’d […]
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Posted 14 August 2008
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We have a bank account here at Banca Toscana where our utility bills are paid automatically every month. Convenient, but expensive! They charge about 30 euro in fees every month. We asked, is there a no fee account? They said, yes — keep a minimum deposit of 1000 euro in the account. Ok… well, that […]
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Posted 13 August 2008
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Bella made this very delicious dessert for us tonight! She did all the work: scooped out the cantaloupe, mashed it up and mixed in a little water with miele di girasole. Then put it in the freezer, examining it every hour. The pizzas also turned out fabulous.
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Posted 12 August 2008
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Tonight we are making pizza… yay!!! I think we’ll make three kinds: 1. Quattroformaggio: we have local pecorino, gorgonzola, fresh mozzarella, and parmesan. 2. “Gourmet Garlic Chicken”: David’s favorite! I have one more chicken breast that needs to be eaten, and lots of garlic & rosemary, along with a bit of chopped red onion and […]
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Posted 12 August 2008
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