Bolzano
Travel Blogs from Bolzano, Italy
June Swoon
... first of June. It was opening day at the horse track in Merano (Home town of the Brother Bonacci, about 20 kilometers from Bolzano). I told him I was in then rolled over slept for a bit longer then hustled to the gym for a lift. I have ...
Poot Pooting, Demolition Derby's
... guys showed up but didn't sit with us, it turns out everyone sits with their city, Merano, Trento, Bologna and then the Bolzano guys usually just sit wherever. Nothing big, nothing really divisive, but I guess you just make sure they guys you drive ...
Indiana Marty and the Quest for Holy WiFi
... ...I clicked on the scientificnetworkofsouthtyrol but alas it asked for a username and password. My dreams of wireless Internet access in Bolzano (I have searched, there are no wifi spots in Bolzano) had again been foiled. Who knew on the old ...
Bolzano Touristas, and Welcoming Mike Pants
... pushed it into the parking lot of a nursery then called Tisma. We were very lucky the Giant's Macchina broke down in Bolzano and not somewhere in Tuscany. He asked me a bunch of questions insinuating that my negligence or putting in the wrong ...
Game Week!!!
... still have those peaks looming and then disappearing into the fog and clouds. While I peddled through the rain, I noticed many Bolzano bike riders were riding with one hand and holding an umbrella with the other. I laugh because I swear ...
Feel good Friday
... I focused on chatting up Irene as much as possible. She had been to the East coast last fall, and had never seen a Bolzano Giant game. I thanked everyone profusely and before I left Irene's office asked her if she had a card in case I got in ...
Physicals, Anti Pasto, and Pavel Nedved
... was in shock, and that's why she moved away and came back several times before deciding to settle down permanently in Bolzano again. We all walked Cookie, their dog to the supermarket; Christine and I went inside while Chiba stayed with Cookie ...
Philosphizing and Finishing February
... , Mummy, or Hoff, We would have bought paddles and balls and pounded forehands and two handed back hands (Mummy) into the Bolzano twilight. I suppose I wouldn't be feeling this low at the moment if Giants casa had power, but sitting in my dark room at ...
Between Bologna's
... him about his job before he retired. He said that he was in charge of all the property and facilities in and around Bolzano, that he managed many people, worked long hours, and it was stressful. But he admitted that while he wasn't the second ...
Sledding in Bolzano
The trip from Innsbruck, Austria to Bolzano, Italy was amazing. The scenery that we saw is like nothing I have ever seen before. We drove past massive, snow covered mountains, along roads that had ski fields running below them, and saw some amazing ...
And then it was March
... Green position." At Chapman they used to kick me off the field when I tried to be the scout team kick returner - in Bolzano they encouraged me to do it. By the time special teams ended, I was assigned to kickoff and place kicking duty as well ...
Day 7 - Fluelapass and Stelvio Pass...
... to ache a little, so Andrew took pity and took us down to the AutoStrada for a 20 mile, dead straight, 90 mph blast to Bolzano. Where were greeted by the 4 star Sheraton Hotel - reet posh it is. Fantastic grub (Wild boar wrapped in Pancetta, yum!) and ...
A Friday without Football, sort of.
... the wiring up in the remodel. Friday I woke up to the sound of rain. I think it's my first rainy day in Bolzano. Then I feel rain. I'm still delirious from my disturbed REM cycle, and squint ahead of me. I feel little bits ...
Disco Inferno
... ; However the gaslight was going on and off. I was pretty nervous that I was going to run out of gas a few kilometers from Bolzano with a cell phone that couldn't call out. With gas at a premium, I knew I couldn't afford a wrong turn. ...
Firebats & Fisticuffs - Well Maybe Not Fisticuffs
... blatantly stare. At the stadium everyone I knew asked me if I was going to the beach or the pool. Like I said, Bolzano is long way from Orange County. I got to the stadium just before halftime. The Giants were up 22-8. I walked ...
The First Practices - Football Italiano
... Edwin, Reggie, and I have practice Tuesday and Thursday nights with the few guys on the team that live in or local to Bolzano. Most of the players there are part of the junior team (Think middle school through high school farm team). Or ...
Dolphins and D-III Players
... "Tutti a Bolzano." Everyoneto Bolzano. When the game endedthey started to chant that and Ciba joined in the chant standing out with hisblue Bolzano Giants jacket on. We got back to Tisma's about 9 and I wanted to cut out buthis wife The' (Tay-uh) ...
April brings Lakes, Slumber Parties, and Haircuts
... that were willing to move to the newly acquired region. Still Italians have always been the minority in Bolzano. Alto Adige is the only region in Italy that is autonomous, their taxes and profits are not shared with the rest of Italy. ...
Running Bolzano
... see a vineyards placed on the side of a cliff. I believe the stat. You look up at the peaks surrounding Bolzano and there are numerous cultivated patches on steep inclines. It's really quite remarkable. Back to the run, about this ...
Beating Bergamo
... the pressure they must feel. I have had a good season to this point but I’ll just be another good player in Bolzano lore if I can’t lead us to a championship. I have to separate myself. The guys on this team have waited too ...
Cooking American
... English. We drove to the main square and sat at a café and had a drink. It is the trendy thing in Bolzano to sit outside and drink vibrant orange liquid out of wine glasses, so I asked Allessia what it was. She called it a ...
Ice Man
... home to the Ice Man a 5,000 year old man found frozen on a near by alpine pass. The Italians went all out, renovating the Bolzano Archaeological Museum from top to bottom just to hold the Ice Man. Aside from the Ice Man, who resides in a special viewing ...
Contra Marines Lazio
Sunday May 10th VS LAZIO - A Match of Grande Importance The Lazio Marines (Lazio is the region Rome is in) are sitting in second place, having only lost one game, like us. We woke up ate, and got to the stadium. I felt great in warm-ups and ...
Dolce Vita
... et meme la motivation ne suffit plus totalement... alors je dois mettre en action mes jambes. Apres deux nuits a l auberge de jeunesse de Bolzano, la plus belle auberge et la mieux tenue que j ai connue, je reprendrai la route demain en direction de la ...
Saturday March 28th
... back in the car. If the night ended right there, it would have been a great day. Instead just over a kilometer from Bolzano on a main road going down a long decline in the steady rain, Edwin says something about the car dying. Now I had ...
The day before March 28th
... over the river to LD for some groceries and then finally got back home. I had ridden my bike just about everywhere I could in Bolzano. My legs were feeling it. At 8pm, Luca came and picked Edwin and I up, and we headed back to his apartment ...
My first night in Italy - Bolzano
The hostel was full - thanks to the helpful staff at the hostel - they found me a reasonably priced hotel up the road - a room to myself - a nice ...
Parma and [expletive] John Grisham
... back and watched Stand By Me in Italian. Monday I woke up on Chiba's couch and we went up into the mountains above Bolzano. It was breathtaking. The views, the farms in the valley above with the grandeur and ruggedness of the Alps ...
Solo in the Bozen Again, Hogs, and Wing T's
... and Mike got to play and stay with me for a couple games, but now they are gone and I must entertain myself in Bolzano - a beautiful but fairly docile place. My Mother wrote me saying that she figured as much would happen. The week has ...
Working out in Italian and Speaking Spanish
... learned from a few trips to Mexico, and living in Southern California pop up at terrible times here in Italy. For example Sunday afternoon, my second day in Bolzano, Edwin and I stopped at Alex's stand. He made us burgers and then fries. ...
