tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43793497828981098812024-03-05T10:27:38.252+01:00Life with the FortinosJust married, and back in Milan. Life is different but so wonderful!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-44282389041743336842012-08-24T21:12:00.000+02:002012-09-12T21:14:55.818+02:00Outlaws...I mean InlawsAugust brought both sets of parents across the pond for a visit as well as Lico and Stephanie. First Meek's parents came for just shy of week. It was a crazy busy week as we took them all over: Milan, Como, Monza, Modena. Then Lico and Stephanie were in Venice for the weekend so we headed over there to meet up with them. Finally my mom arrived for a week. It made the last few weeks of summer vacation simply fly by. Here are some photos of their visits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lake Como.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vinegar tour in Modena</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meek and his tasting some amazing vinegar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicious white vinegar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They even have a line of sparkling red wine.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the shed where the vinegar is kept to age for many, many years.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grapes that will in many years become some amazing vinegar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Around Modena.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monza</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mini Duomo in Monza.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a surprise we get to Venice and it rains!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next day, it was hot a sunny in Venice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Venice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us, with Stephanie and Lico right behind. On a boat over to Burano.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking around Venice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making fresh sauce for my mom!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Burano with my mom.</td></tr>
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We feel so blessed to have had Meek's parents and my mom come, visit and stay with us this summer. It's not like we are within driving distance, so their willingness to fly over here just to see us means a lot!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-24911653996901770902012-07-30T20:43:00.000+02:002012-09-12T21:14:23.734+02:00CroatiaEarlier this year we decided to take a trip to Croatia. We'd heard great things about it and after doing a little research we learned that next summer it is slated to join the EU, meaning they'd switch to Euro and their prices would sky rocket. I did some research and found a few companies that did boat trips along the coast. We inquired about one but it was sold out for the one week we could go. We ended up opting for another trip by the same company. Big mistake!<br />
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Don't get me wrong, Croatia is beautiful and the people we met we wonderful, but the boat we ended up on was terrible! Add to that we got the one week of the summer with terrible weather, shocker since it rained nearly the entire time we were in London and Paris why wouldn't it rain in Croatia too? That made for rough seas and forced the boat to go in a reverse route, which lead to docking complications at the end of the week when we arrived at one of our stops there was no room for our little boat so we had to go dock the boat at a remote town with very little in it. Long story short we liked Croatia but the boat trip was terrible and we'd never do one like it again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day one, setting sail. Excited for our week at sea!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicious sea food for dinner, the first night.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing white peppers, these were in every salad we ate, delicious!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second Island we got stuck here for 2 nights because of the bora winds. The surf was kicking up quite a bit at this beach the first day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went in, the water was warm, but the surf was too dangerous to really get in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meek going in for a quite dip.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just kidding, more rain that night. Here is a huge solar compass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One night, on some island.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swimming stop. Funny, if we needed the one life raft, we wouldn't be able to use it. But at least the recycling would be safe.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the little fish swarm as we tossed bread into the water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near the end of our trip, the storms were finally gone and it was hot and sunny. The way summer should be!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-34816809339070275812012-07-14T18:09:00.000+02:002012-08-14T19:18:04.948+02:00Paris Part 2We decided we would climb the Eiffel tower as one of the thing we would do. Little did we know that we would end up spending nearly an entire day waiting in line. Over four hours standing in line. The French could learn a few things about cuing from the British. I was appalled by the number of people cutting the line. It's really sad that some people have so little self respect not to mention the people teaching their children to do it. After many hours of waiting we did eventually make it to the front of the line and up the lift into the tower.<br />
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Waiting for the bus to take us to the Eiffel tower.</div>
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Due to heavy traffic it took over an hour to get to the Eiffel tower.</div>
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Waiting in line.</div>
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Still waiting...</div>
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After over 4 hours we finally go to the front of the line!</div>
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Waiting for the elevator</div>
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No we did not walk I was feeling too lazy.</div>
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Up we go!</div>
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The isn't all the way up. We did buy tickets to go all the way up but we opted not to for two reasons. One Sarah's anxiety over heights and two there was a crazy line to go the rest of the way up.</div>
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Anxiety in full effect for Sarah</div>
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The two of us :-)</div>
The next morning we got up early to get to the Louvre. Meek isn't really a museum person but he went because I really wanted to. In fact I have wanted to come here since I was in high school.<br />
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Meek eager about going to the museum</div>
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We thought we would be early, oops so did everyone else.</div>
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Waiting in line, this line took only about an hour!</div>
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Finally inside!</div>
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We got our tickets, used the restrooms and set out to see a handful of specific pieces.</div>
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We started with the Venus de Milo, I uploaded this photo to show just how many people flocked to see her.</div>
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Later we went to see Vermeer's The Lacemaker. Not a large of a crowd here.</div>
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She lost one of her hands, but it was over here.</div>
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I don't think I need to say what painting all of these people are waiting to see.</div>
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I went into the gift shop and this display reminded me of Egypt (only way over priced).</div>
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The inverted pyramid on the way out.</div>
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Our last stop before leaving Paris was this little import shop next to our hotel. He we bought, Bisquick, fluff, Kraft Mac n Cheese and Cinnamon Toast Crunch to take back to Milan with us!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Paris, France48.856614 2.352221948.773036 2.1942934 48.940192 2.5101504tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-55435292174769126452012-07-14T17:54:00.000+02:002012-08-14T18:05:27.856+02:00Paris Part 1On our way home from England we decided to spend a few days in Paris. Last June we had been in Paris for 6 hours and did a bus tour of sorts so I was wanting more! My wonderful husband agreed to a few days in Paris, I'm one lucky lady :-)<br />
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Walking around Paris in the morning.</div>
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Meek at Notre Dame</div>
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Me at Notre Dame (I've been trying to teach Meek how to better compose photos)</div>
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The front of Notre Dame</div>
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There is so much detail on this cathedral.</div>
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We actually went inside because it's FREE, thank you Catholic Church!</div>
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Some a tad old school over the top Catholic.</div>
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The money it most have cost to create such a beautiful cathedral is mind boggling; to think it was nearly torn down years ago.</div>
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Walking around Paris we caught our first glimpse of the Eiffel tower,</div>
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One place I cannot wait to go see in a few days the louvre</div>
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Walking past the louvre to catch our hop-on-hop-off bus.</div>
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Listening to some narration and music as we drive through the streets of Paris.</div>
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Paris was busy getting ready for the final stage of the Tour de France.</div>
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Meek and The Arc de Triomphe</div>
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Sarah and The Arc de Triomphe</div>
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Driving past the Eiffel Tower</div>
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Walking around Paris.</div>
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Such a beautiful city.</div>
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WE had dinner at this little plaza, while Meek was paying the bill, I noticed this guy setting this contraption up. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-73948658588240955992012-07-08T16:03:00.000+02:002012-08-14T16:04:31.490+02:00Vacation Starts for MicheleAfter Meek's classes were all done we went to another part of London to stay at a Marriott, thanks to my older Brother Adam who works for them. We got a great deal on the hotel, the only down side was how far outside London it actually was. We were both every happy with hotel itself, disappointed that there was not shuttle to the local train station so we had to take a taxi to and from.<br />
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We had afternoon tea after arriving at our hotel. I typically do not put milk in my tea but I figured I'd do the British thing.</div>
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What we ordered was called tea for two: more like tea for five or six, way more food then we could eat.</div>
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The next morning after we arrived in downtown London we grabbed som coffee (boy do I miss real coffee)</div>
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As we passed Parliment there was a procession of soldiers, no clue why.</div>
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Our first stop of hte day was the Churchill War Rooms</div>
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This is the actual location where Churchill worked underground during WWII</div>
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Inside the War Rooms</div>
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Churchill liked stuffed animals.</div>
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This was one of his childhood report cards, if I wrote comments like these today I'd be fired.</div>
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Meek looks at a replica of Churchill's home</div>
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Westminster Abby, we didn't go in because unlike Catholic Churches it was not free!</div>
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Next stop Buckingham Palace. The guards are now inside the gates thanks I think to crazy American Tourists.</div>
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We ate a delicious lunch at Sticky Fingers.</div>
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Meek being sneeky with photos</div>
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Tower Bridge not to be confused with London Bridge (which is not worth taking a picture of)</div>
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More Rings!</div>
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Stealing a kiss on the bridge.</div>
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Loving London!</div>
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London Tower</div>
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Tower Bridge</div>
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Took my husband to see my favorite musical of all time.</div>
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Carnaby Street is where I spent quite a bit of time wandering around before the stores opened.<br />
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Made my way to this random church.</div>
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More wondering after shopping at TopShop. Your Michele and Sarah, he he he.</div>
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Wandering around London I passed the American Embassy</div>
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World War Animal Monument.<br />
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Wish I could remember what park this was.</div>
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Canadian Embassy in London.</div>
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Another odd phone booth</div>
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One of Big Ben with the real Big Ben in the background.</div>
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London Eye, we didn't get to go on this because the weather was pretty lousy all week.</div>
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Parliament</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.5073346 -0.127683151.3492066 -0.4435401 51.6654626 0.1881739tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-39647912818853362102012-06-29T13:20:00.000+02:002012-08-14T13:52:21.776+02:00Arrival in London & Wimbeldon!Since Meek was signed up to take 2 classes in London this summer, I decided I would join him for part of his trip and do some shopping and sightseeing. I arrived by train a few days after Meek and made my way to his hotel in South Croydon. London rather England is wonderful! <br />
London was busy putting the finishing touches on the city to get ready for the Olympics. <br />
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When I arrived Meek was finishing up his first class and had really enjoyed it and meeting lots of new people. Since he finished early the next day he too me to see where he used to live and work. When he lived here years ago.<br />
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The pub Meek live above when he first arrived in England.<br />
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Another view of the pub.<br />
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Old building near the pub.</div>
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Stop for lunch, the British sure due international food really well!</div>
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Where Meek moved to later during his time here.<br />
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The school he used to teach at, it's been renevoated since he left.<br />
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Since his Birthday was the last day of his class I decided to surprise him the day after with a trip to Wimbeldon! I've never really been a fan of tennis, don't get me wrong it's not as though I dislike the sport, I had simply had limited exposure to it.<br />
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Since I had been advised not to purchase tickets before hand we got to wait in line or in a cue! It really wasn't bad for two reasons. One it was one of the only nice days we experienced in England. Two because they gave us these great cueing cards, that prevented people from cutting the line or buying tickets for other people.</div>
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Since Meek prefers watching the women (their matches are faster) we found one on one of hte side courts. Neither of the women in this match went very far.</div>
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We caught the end of one of the men's matches.</div>
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Time line of Wimbeldon.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Church Road, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, London SW19 5AE, UK51.4347832 -0.21342851.429833699999996 -0.2232985 51.4397327 -0.2035575tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-14410011983217883392012-05-20T09:56:00.004+02:002012-05-20T09:56:49.607+02:00Earthquaking<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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4AM I was jolted awake by a 5.9 earthquake! My eyes popped open and I felt as
though the walls were going to fold in upon me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since Meek had fallen asleep on the sofa, I practically
jumped out of bed because of the shaking and lack of his presence!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I walked easily
to the doorway where Meek arrived seconds later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Hugged me and we realized this was for real.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span> It probably last 10-15 second, a lifetime when you’re
scared. After the walls stopped shaking Meek walk around the apartment to see that
things were okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to inspect a
clanging sound, which was the pipes in our walls banging into each other. Nothing fell or really even moved!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Finally the </span> clanging pipes stopped and we went back to bed; tried to
fall back to sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was way to
keyed up so I tossed and turned for over an hour before finally relaxing enough to get back to
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One of Michele's favorite side dishes are stuffed Zucchini flowers. While I was in the grocery store the other day I noticed that the flowers were in the produce section. So being the good wife that I am I picked up a package of them. Then with help of my iPhone did a quick search and found a few recipes that helped me get all the necessary ingredients. I ended up creating my own filling as I could not find all the original one's ingredients. Below are the ones I used, as a whole it's tweaked from the <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/fried-zucchini-flowers-recipe/index.html">FoodNetwork</a>.<br />
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Ingredients<br />
Vegetable oil, for frying<br />
2 large egg yolks<br />
1 cup ice water<br />
1 cup all-purpose flour<br />
12 zucchini flowers with stems<br />
Salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)<br />
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Stuffing:<br />
1 tbsp Fresh Basil<br />
1 cup Fresh Ricotta<br />
1 tbsp freshly ground Grana<br />
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Pour 3 inches of oil in a deep fryer or large, heavy pot and heat to 375 degrees F.<br />
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Combine, basil, ricotta and Grana in a bowl then transfer to a pastry bag.<br />
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In a deep mixing bowl, lightly beat the egg yolks and pour in the ice water; mix to combine. Add the flour and continue to mix until the batter is the consistency of heavy cream.<br />
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Using a pastry bag fill each flower with the mixture of Basil, ricotta and grana. Once all flowers have been filled dip 2 zucchini flowers at a time in the batter to coat completely, letting the excess drip off.<br />
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Fry the flowers in the hot oil for 2 minutes until crisp and golden brown. Drain the fried flowers on a platter lined with paper towels, season with salt and pepper while they are still hot. Repeat with the remaining zucchini flowers.<br />
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Our friend Peggy, decided to throw a birthday celebration for her husband Angelo. It was on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, it had been raining all week so it was great that the weather cooperated. It was at this adorable little place in the village of Quintosole between Opera and Milan. If you blink while driving toward Milan you'd miss it completely. There was such a spread of food, I cannot believe I failed to take pictures of it all.</div>
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As a wedding gift Peggy and Angelo gave us 2 gift certificate (not a simple task here in Italy) to 2 for their favorite restaurants. One is this place, we're very excited to come back and enjoy a delicious meal here. Now if it would just stop raining for more than a day at a time we might get there.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angelo thanking all of his guests for coming out today.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-37618977530867663872012-04-16T13:54:00.000+02:002012-05-01T14:04:03.936+02:00Easter, a tad late.My mom loves to give her kids gifts, so Easter time is no different we still get Easter baskets. Mine was a tad late thanks to the Italian postal service. She packed in some of my favorite Easter treats and even check the ingredients on the Peeps to ensure they were cocoa free! But neither of us could have predicted that I'd have a reaction to the Jelly Bellies, since when to they make chocolate flavored ones! Michele enjoyed finishing them off after we realized I was reacting to them, my hero.<br />
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She also included another kitchen towel, cupcake papers and a few other things. She's so thoughtful! It was almost like having her here for a little visit.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-37152636535897081262012-04-16T13:33:00.000+02:002012-05-01T14:29:48.319+02:00To Rome and backDuring our April Break we had hoped to do a few day trips to see more of the area near Milan. However, as with all things in life it didn't go quite as we had planned. We did go to Verona again, but this time only to get our revisione redone on our car (inspection).<br />
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We went into Milan one day in search of the Canadian Consulate to renew Michele's passport, only to find the building but discover that the consulate closed in 2007! I think someone needs to update their website.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving to Rogerado to take the train into Milan, the car in front of ours was smoking!</td></tr>
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We then learned that we needed to go to Rome to get this done, so we did the very next day. We too the train from Locate (the next town over) into Milan and then from Milan on to Rome arriving mid afternoon.<br />
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After checking into our hotel (near the train station) we headed out with my iPhone in search of the Canadian Embassy. It was a short 30 minute walk, along the way we saw several other embassies. We both came to the conclusion that the way they do it in the USA and Canada is much better with their "Embassy Row" area. We finally arrived at the Embassy only to find out we were way, way, way too late for today, good thing it was Thursday.<br />
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A few sights a long our walk to the Canadian Embassy.</div>
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We went back to our hotel and relaxed for a bit before heading to Campo di Fiori for dinner. We'd been to this little place last April when it had just opened and it had been delicious so we went back. Well we were sadly disappointed. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking to Campo di Fiori</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some how I always forget how incredibly strong <br />
they make thier drinks in this country.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a groups of high school kids having some good, clean<br />
fun. They would pick a person at random and follow them in<br />
a long line mimicking them. This made dinner far better.</td></tr>
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The meal was sub par compared to what we remember from last year. After a disappointing meal we walked back to our hotel to get some sleep, we had to be up early tomorrow to get to the Canadian Embassy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old run-down building near our hotel.</td></tr>
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Saudi Embassy</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Less than flattering photo of my husband (Michele) outside<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Canadian Embassy, somethings just aren't equal.</td></tr>
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The weather was threatening rain so we made haste for the Embassy, no need for the iPhone to guide us this time. We got there and still no rain. After 4 trips up and down the elevator to access our cell phones for data Michele and I finally left. His new Canadian passport should arrive at the school in Milan in about 3-4 weeks. Who knew it could take that long! But at least we were done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Cross Piazza, I thought it said something else, <br />
guses I still need to work on my Italian.</td></tr>
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We headed to the Colosseum, to go inside it. Last year when we were here we didn't go in and Michele's never been inside it. As we walked we encountered a protest of all things. This was great because it enabled us to easily walk down the street without thinking about traffic. <br />
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We stopped for some lunch and then the rain began. We enjoyed a touristy lunch spot near the Colosseum. After refuelling we headed to the line to get into the Colosseum, the rain was really coming down. We got into the line and the poor tour guides standing their begging people to take their tours. Claiming you can skip the line. Why would we want to do that, the longer we were in line the longer we'd stay dry!<br />
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After spending quite a while exploring the Colosseum, we headed to the metro to go to a different part of the city to do some shopping. I know, I know we live in Milan why shop in Rome. Michele ended up finding some great shirts at the Gap of all places. I had no luck, so we headed home to dry off and take a nap.<br />
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For dinner we wandered around the corner from our hotel and found this amazing little place called <a href="http://www.ristorantealessio.it/">Alessio</a>, what a fantastic find. We enjoyed the meal more than any other we've had in Italy in quite some time. We were very disappointed to learn that it would not be open for lunch tomorrow, our last meal before heading to back home to Milan.<br />
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Saturday morning we awoke packed up checked out and had the hotel hold our luggage. We headed back to the shopping area we were in yesterday and got Michele more long sleeve shirts. After we stopped at <a href="http://www.anticocaffegreco.eu/index.php#">Cafe Greco</a> for Michele to grab an espresso. They had a delicious display of treats, but we resisted the urge to indulge.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Via Nicola Salvi, 00184 Rome, Italy41.8905198 12.494248627.8927428 -7.7205953999999988 55.8882968 32.7090926tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-81293023196540209932012-03-13T22:40:00.000+01:002012-05-01T14:30:12.897+02:00Weekend in Verona<div class="MsoNormal">
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around 3pm. Along the way we saw a
fire in what looked like a factory.
We got to the center of Verona, but the GPS wanted us to drive through a
piazza that was closed to car (and always is). So after circling the area a few times we got lollipopped! And thus ended up getting ticketed, we
though at first it would Meek’s lack of driver’s license but in the end it was
the inspection, that had not been done in 9 years! Meek pleaded with the cop told him why we were here for the
weekend but nothing made a difference.
We got hit with a 300 Euro ticket and if we didn’t get the inspection
done and were “caught” again it would be a 3,000 Euro fine. The cop did help us get to our hotel
though. After arriving at our
hotel just steps away from the heart of Verona we made arrangements to have an
inspection done in the morning at it was now too late to make it an inspection
center. We checked into our room
and headed out to find some dinner.
After a wonderful dinner with some serious conversations about the future
we walked around a little before we headed back to our room to get some much
needed rest.</span>
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After a lovely breakfast in our hotel we headed out to get
the inspection done. It only took
a few minutes to drive there. They
however failed us, for the wrong tires.
Mind you we just bought these new tires and the only difference was one
letter. The inspection guy didn’t
want to give us a pass or a fail.
We pleaded for the fail; in the end he did give it to us. This however means we will have to come
back to Verona once we get the right tires and redo the inspection. We got back to the hotel and parked the
car then went for a walk around Verona in hopes of shaking the rough week we’d
just had. It took quite a few
hours but by lunchtime I was starting to come around. We ate another delicious meal, and then decided to do what
Italians do and take a nap. After
our nap we checked out a few stores but neither of us felt much like
shopping. So we walked around a
lot more then had some dinner, then went back to the room. From our window we could hear/see some
commotion down the street. There
appeared to be a parade but given how cold it was tonight we decided not to
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March 11, 2012<o:p></o:p></div>
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We got up had some breakfast, while Meek showered and shaved
I went for walk, it was peaceful and quite this early in the morning. Last night we’d walked past a bakery
and I’d planned to get some bretzel to take home with us, but sadly when I got
there this morning they had not made the bretzel yet. I made my way back to the hotel, got Meek and we checked out
and went home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Verona Province of Verona, Italy45.4383395 10.991727745.2600775 10.6758707 45.616601499999994 11.3075847tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-15222674848082333242012-02-22T17:41:00.000+01:002012-05-01T14:30:39.062+02:00Skiing in Switzerland.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Feb. 21<br />
The drive to Switzerland was a little over 3 hours and we
left just before noon time on Tuesday to get here. The snow was crazy
deep through the pass, and less so in the valleys. But there was
basically snow everywhere. In fact the little town we are staying in
looks like it's Christmas time not the end of February. We had
dinner at this lovely little Chalet I had a delicious tomato soup,
something not found in Italy oddly and a pasta dish that was only okay, not
because we were not in Italy but because the soup had been so wonderful the
follow up was bound to fail. Meek had a salad with an amazing house
dressing followed by chicken cordon blue again bound for failure for the same reasons.
We called it an early night so that we'd be able to get a good jump on the day
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow at least 4 feet deep, probably deeper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At least the Swiss know how to plow all that snow!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost to Tasch where our hotel is.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tasch, or at least the mountains around it.</td></tr>
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Feb. 22</div>
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We woke early had a quick breakfast and hopped on the train to
Zermatt. The short train ride over to Zermatt was beautiful! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michele on the train to Zermatt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both of us on the train to Zermatt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful river along the train route.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun light peaking through the mountains.</td></tr>
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We couldn’t have booked
Meek’s ski rentals at a more convenient location, it was right outside the
station. However, we were about 40
minutes behind schedule at this point.
We went in while Meek got fitted for his skis I had my tuned up. At 9 am the time Meek was supposed to
start his lesson we were trying to find our way. The rental place claimed they had no idea where we needed to
go. So we called and got some rough
directions but 30 minutes latter we were at the base-station and Meek was
whisked off to have his lesson. I
went and bought my 2-day lift ticket and headed down the tunnel to the tram to
get up the mountain. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting his binding sized to fit the boots.</td></tr>
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All of the
sudden I head my name, looked around and there was Meek with his instructor
Will. I went over and waited for
the tram with them. When it arrived everyone piled in, it was worse than any
train during rush hour that I’ve even been in. Just when we thought no one else could squeeze in, on came a
German woman and her twin two-year olds who where whining and crying. Oh joy. After about 5 minutes in screaming tired toddler land we
arrived at the top. Will pointed me
towards a good warm up run while he and Meek headed to Wolli land to start his
lessons. I walked out of the tunnel and saw this... </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Matterhorn!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to stop and take my favorite kind of photo with the Matterhorn in the distance!</td></tr>
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The first run was a very, very easy blue and a short one for
the Alps. But it was a great run
to test out my ski legs. After I
headed to a different trail that was longer than any that I have ever been on
in the USA. I kept wondering when would
this trail end so I can take a break.
I finally made it to the bottom of the trail and hopped onto an old
school chair lift and headed up the mountain a bit higher than I had been
before. Since the trail I’d just
finished was a red and a bit steeper than I’d have liked I stuck to the blues
after that. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wolli land where Meek started his day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A great little learners area, where those beyond beginner don't want to go.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a bathroom and water break.</td></tr>
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About 2 hours later
and 8 or so runs in I got a text from Meek about where and when to meet for
lunch. No sooner had I read the text
then I looked up the mountain to see check for on coming traffic and I was
him! He was off the Walli hill and
onto the blues and doing great! I
called out to him and followed he and Will down the trail. I passed them a time or two and skied a
head to take pictures, what else would I do! At just before 1 we stopped to have some lunch we asked Will
to join us. After lunch we headed
to do a few more runs before heading in for the day. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's Meek with the orange bandana, he's doing better than great for a first time skier!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting at the bottom for Meek and Will I took another short of the Matterhorn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here they come!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am so thrilled he like skiing!</td></tr>
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Most of the trails and lifts close by 4 at the latest. No night skiing here. We headed down this long blue that Meek had been doing with
Will. We got 2/3 of the way down
and Meek fell. He got right back
not problem and continued on. He
only made it a tiny bit further and he was down again, this time he didn’t get
up quite so easily. Once on his
feet he looked at me and said, I think I’m done. I was more than happy to call it day as my legs were burning
and tired. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the Matterhorn from Zermatt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meek and the Matterhorn while waiting for the bus.</td></tr>
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We went back to our hotel shower and changed then headed
back into Zermatt to shop a little and eventually meet up with Micheal and his
family who are visiting from the States for a wonderful dinner, before calling
it a night.<br />
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Feb. 23<br />
When we awoke Meek looked at me and said, I don’t think I
can ski today, the fall from yesterday have my whole body hurting. So we got up and had some
breakfast. Meek took the train
over with me to Zermatt and I went to ski the Matterhorn Glacier! He was going to return his rentals and
get some ginger ale and pickles to take back to Italy with us.<br />
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I took the bus to the glacier
lift. This was not like the first
lift yesterday; it was a mini gondola and went up several lengths of the
mountain all the way to the top.
It probably took about 15-20 minutes to get to the top. Once there, it was reds to get to
blues. </div>
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But
this is the Matterhorn
and I was finally here! I went
down 2 gondola stops without falling, but it was a long, long way and my
legs
we getting tired very quickly. I spotted
the next spot to get back on the gondola and go back down. I was nearly
there when splat! I was down. To be honest I was hardly moving in
fact I was in the
process of stopping so much like yesterday it was rather hysterical way
to
fall. I got back up not problem and
skied to the gondola got back in and headed down. </div>
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I had a gondola all to my self on the way back down. It was nearly 12:30 by the time I go back down but I’d skied
the glacier!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the gondola.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the train ride back to our car.</td></tr>
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I met up with Meek who had my street clothes and gold Uggs,
I changed in the train station restroom and we headed for the car. We decided to make a stop in one of the
cities we would drive through to do one last run for ginger ale and a few other
Swiss items like cheddar cheese, tomato soup and syrup.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everything is still frozen in this area. Fortunately this is not the case back in Milan!</td></tr>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Zermatt, Switzerland46.0210726 7.747937245.932864599999995 7.5900087 46.1092806 7.9058657tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-69650511756213314692012-02-18T10:27:00.002+01:002012-05-01T14:31:01.788+02:00Wedding PhotosLast Sunday we got an email from Jennifer Storer that our wedding photos were ready! We didn't have the energy to look at them until late Monday night. They are truly amazing! We are so lucky to have found such a wonderful photographer. Over the next few weeks we will be working with her via email to create our wedding album. She will be sending us the pages she designed for her sample book that she made using our wedding!<br />
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In the mean time I ordered from Photobox.co.uk custom thank you cards with some of the photos, I also ordered some prints and stickers lol. What's truly ironic is that the UK site was cheaper than the Italian one even after adding in shipping! When ever I look at these photos they bring a smile to my face as I remember that truly wonderful, perfect day. Here are a few :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At my parent's home before the ceremony</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">first kiss</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">us and our wonderful wedding party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group shot!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canadians</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So glad it was a warm night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this one, can't quite figure out why though.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-89654886465669341092012-02-15T08:43:00.000+01:002012-05-01T14:31:14.543+02:00Love-sagana timeValentine's Day and the fourth annual love-sagana day! During our first year together Michele and I decided we would not exchange gifts but instead cook for each other. Michele made lasagna and cut out hear shaped pieces of pasta to put on the top thus creating the first annual love-sagana.<br />
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This year we invited a few friends to join us. Michael, Doug and Harriette. Michele made the lasagna from scratch on Saturday and we cooked it up on Tuesday night. It was best lasagna yet! Think and delicious and the homemade sauce was amazing. Doug made a lemon meringue pie, he'd had quite a challenge give my chocolate allergies and Michael's dairy allergies. But Doug out did himself his pie was amazing. We had a wonderful dinner with great friends and were even able to share some of our wedding photos with them.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-7143720077538689442012-02-13T08:46:00.000+01:002012-05-01T14:31:32.959+02:00Getting more organizedValentines night will be our first time entertaining in our apartment this year and
as a married couple. We'd spent this weekend cleaning and organizing to get ready to host a few friends for dinner on Tuesday night. We went to Ikea yet again to get a few new items to help us be better organized.<br />
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When we got home Michele installed a new shower head in the tub; in fact he installed
all new hardware in the tub. I put together a new under sink
storage unit for the bathroom and a file cabinet. Then I set to cleaning and finishing unpacking and putting away the few items from our honeymoon.<br />
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We're both very much looking forward to Tuesday night and eating our annual lasagna dinner with some wonderful friends.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-59493443639280270882012-02-03T08:48:00.000+01:002012-02-18T09:14:27.310+01:00Snow Day!Feb. 2, we awoke early to the hopes of a Snow Day. The snow had been falling since late in the day on Tuesday; much to our dismay we had, had school on Wednesday. But just before 6:30 Michele's phone rang and the good news came! Shortly after my phone rang to ensure I'd heard the news. Surprisingly we couldn't fall back to sleep. So we got up had breakfast and took a good look at the winter wonderland that was outside.<br />
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We both sat in the living room and watch some TV together. The next thing we knew it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, we'd both slept away most of our snow day! I suppose we both really needed the rest.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-69990058369391870062012-01-30T21:42:00.000+01:002012-02-05T21:51:50.992+01:00Visit to the DoctorJanuary 30, after developing a fever and nasty cough I decided to stay home to rest and see my doctor. I emailed the school nurse to confirm office hours 3-7. At just before 3 I walked over to her office to get in the cue and hopefully make my wait shorter. My Italian is still terrible but I quickly learned that the Doctor was out today and a substitute would be there at 4 not 3. At this point I was 4th in line and took out my kindle to read and wait outside in the cold January afternoon. <br />
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Before too long 3 of the 4 people who arrived prior to me left and a hunched over little old Italian nonna arrived. She babbled at me in her dialect (which instantly lowers my level of comprehension). I smiled politely at her and said my classic, "Io no capisco italiano." She continued to babble at me a while longer, so I walk away from her. <br />
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Finally there was more than 20 people waiting outside in the cold and the doctor arrived. We all filed into the waiting room. About half were there to pick up prescriptions and drop of test results, this took over an hours, but I was now the second person in the cue to see the doctor. <br />
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As the people who arrived after the 1st person and I discussed who when after who, the little old nonna started to yell at me. Indicating that I was taking her place. I tried to explain to her that I was there at 2:42 ( only know because I text Michele to tell him about the substitute doctor). Finally others including the woman ahead of me convinced her that she was in fact mistaken. I honestly think she knew this all along but realized that I would take longer because of my limited Italian. Which in fact was not actually the case, it;s my asthma that made my visit take longer. <br />
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After an hour wait out side in the cold, and hour and half wait in the office (w/o heat) and 20 minutes with the doctor I left with 3 prescriptions and walked over to the pharmacy paid 11 euros for all of them (thank you government health care) and a note that instructed me to stay home again tomorrow. I had to negotiate to get to go back on Wednesday, in hindsight I shouldn't have fought for this, but at the moment I only wanted to get back to my class.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379349782898109881.post-46178384163868413502012-01-16T21:51:00.000+01:002012-02-05T21:51:32.110+01:00Back to Milan!We arrived bright and early at MXP, so early that our flight couldn't get to tit's gate. No idea why this makes a difference but it's Italy so I don't really give it much thought. We get all our luggage! And Michele goes to get our car while I wait with our 4 checked bag and 4 carry-ons. Flying business class has it's draw backs. Wait, no it doesn't. After nearly a hour Michele texts me that he's out side. I make my way out, navigate the over flowing luggage cart to the cross walk. I manage to get across the street and am turning up the ramp when. Thud! The luggage cart tumbles over in slow motion. Michele is running towards me but alas half the luggage falls of. We pick it up and hurry over to load up the car. Have I mentioned it is freezing cold and everything is covered in a beautiful, cold layer of ice. Everything, the trees, the cars and the roads. <br />
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We take the nearly hour long drive very slowly because they don't really salt or sand here and plowing, forget about it. Finally we arrive home. Get all our luggage in and collapse in our bed. We're 12 hours off our sleep schedule, but Hawaii was totally worth it. Thank goodness we have tomorrow off as well!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0