My weekend of doing nothing was over and it is now time to get busy. I missed the first bus through Gova because my alarm didn’t go off and I woke up 7 minutes before it rumbled above our heads. Even if I got dressed as fast as possible, it would take at least 15 minutes to run up that hill. So I
No CommentsI said I was going to take it easy this weekend, and that’s just what I’ve done. The first four days of this week were spent running around in circles with not much to show for it. I spent a little time online yesterday mapping out which towns have DSL access and which don’t. A surprising find
No CommentsI made it to Italy safe and sound and am already in the search for a place to live. Lucia, an neighbor of Karen's, was driving us back from Sunday mass and Karen was wise enough to mention that Castellarano was one of the towns I was considering moving to because of the availability of broadband in
No CommentsI arrived at the airport in Austin on Tuesday with 120lbs of luggage and a one way ticket to Bologna, Italy. I marveled at the simplicity of my itinerary with two short layovers in Atlanta and in Paris and flown entirely on a single airline, Air France. This was encouraging because it meant there wa
No CommentsI drove to the Italian Consulate in Houston on Tuesday to apply for my elective residence visa. The reason I waited so late is because I thought that I'd just hand over my application, the person on the other side would stamp my passport and I'd walk out the door. Apparently not. He said it's a pr
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