A telling minor difference between the UK and Italy is that virtually every time we saw an Italian flag, an EU flag was next to it and flown at the same height. In the five years I lived in England,…
Grilling Faijtas with Classichef Silicone Gloves and a Culina Grill Basket
We have grilled a fair number of things now with the excellent gas grills our property provide, but by far the most impressive was Chris’s chicken fajitas. We’ve made them a few times now, but the first time we made…
Arizona: The Delightful, The Delicious and the Dusty
Now that we have been here for a while, we are quite certain that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. As far as we can tell, the information we gathered on the road about Arizona was fairly accurate. We will start with…
Bologna, Italy: Part 2
The next day, we walked to the University of Bologna. I was supposed to study there for a year, but decided to graduate a year early, end my second major in Italian without finishing it and run off to Brazil instead.…
Minor Ridiculousness: Winter Clothing in the Valley of the Sun
Even though Arizona basically doesn’t have a winter int he same sense most of the country does, all the swimming and grilling things disappear from major stores at the same time as they do in Wisconsin, and presumably, the rest of the…
Doctor Who: Ranking the Russell T Davies Era Part 2
Originally I had considered making the Russell T Davies era three posts as he was show runner from 2005 from 2010 and that was divided up into 4 full series and then 2 years of specials. That said, there are…
Bologna, Italy: Part 1
In both England and Italy, when we arrived in the evening, it was quite sunny, but we woke up to clouds in both places. It rained a fair amount on our first day out in Bologna as well. A nice…
Arrival in Italy
After a single whole day in England, we flew off to Italy. As we went with parents, we went to the airport very early. We ended up getting to Bologna proper quite late. This was because we arrived after my…
Fish ‘n’ Chips
As most people know, fish ‘n’ chips are popular in the UK. Chris has only tried them in the US on a few occasions, but found it to be quite dissimilar. His parents’ neighborhood happens to have an excellent chip…
England via New York
For various reasons, we ended up going to England and Italy this summer. I realize to many Americans, this probably sounds like a treat. It wasn’t actually for tourism though, and either way, it ended up being quite a grueling trip.…