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June Swoon, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

June Swoon

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

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... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Poot Pooting, Demolition Derby's

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Indiana Marty and the Quest for Holy WiFi

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... ...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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Bolzano Touristas, and Welcoming Mike Pants

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

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... 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!!!, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Game Week!!!

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Feel good Friday

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Physicals, Anti Pasto, and Pavel Nedved

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Philosphizing and Finishing February

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... , 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Between Bologna's

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Sledding in Bolzano

A travel blog entry by tom_white_5588

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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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

And then it was March

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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..., Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Day 7 - Fluelapass and Stelvio Pass...

A travel blog entry by kaiserb_uk

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... 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., Bolzano, Italy travel blog

A Friday without Football, sort of.

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Disco Inferno

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... ; 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Firebats & Fisticuffs - Well Maybe Not Fisticuffs

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

The First Practices - Football Italiano

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Dolphins and D-III Players

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... "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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

April brings Lakes, Slumber Parties, and Haircuts

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

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... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Running Bolzano

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Beating Bergamo

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Cooking American

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

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... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Ice Man

A travel blog entry by jeffandmarie

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... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Contra Marines Lazio

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Dolce Vita

A travel blog entry by triptherapy

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... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Saturday March 28th

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

The day before March 28th

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

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... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

My first night in Italy - Bolzano

A travel blog entry by travelinsara

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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Parma and [expletive] John Grisham

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

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... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Solo in the Bozen Again, Hogs, and Wing T's

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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, Bolzano, Italy travel blog

Working out in Italian and Speaking Spanish

A travel blog entry by mavsqb1

... 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.  ...

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