Garden Park Hotel Bolzano

... loud at night, although it doesn't really bother me. The worst thing is my power kept going out! One time there was a surge and it did something to my computer, which now does not work right. My computer won't connect through an ethernet cord, which it did fine before, and I was quite concerned about this until I learned I can get university wireless in my room.

A big problem is the language barrier. A lot of the hotel staff don't speak a word of English, so it was very ...

Thedrive from Davos down to the Stelvio Pass was pretty good, and we stopped a few times to take it all in, and to let the engine cool down a bit, as it was working fairly hard.


We took a small road from Santa Maria, and that was really good, with some tight U bends, and magnificent views. This road took us across the Swiss/Italian border.


And then we joined the ...

... the highest drivable pass in the Alps. On the way, we happened across a familiar sight in Italy, which was the walled-in cemeteries. These are completely enclosed small areas with high walls all around, probably to keep people from getting out as everyone is just dying to get in.

The first 75km or so was through a low valley in the mountains and once we reached the end of the valley at a ...

... Meyer went on to speak highly of Harvin, as a person and player and say how much he loved him.

After that game Meyer was again speaking at a press conference. Tim Tebow had just thrown the entire University of Florida offense on his back and willed them to a victory against a stout physical Alabama defense as only Tim Tebow could. Meyer said that after the third quarter he went up to Tebow and told him that they were going to put the game on his ...

... is often is too much.

 

Wednesday 27th

 

Tisma had decided to fly out Mike Wood, former GiantsDefensive coordinator, and current Chapman University defensive linecoach.  He was the reason I wasable to get out to Bolzano in the first place, he recommended me to Tisma.  I don't know what he did, but Tisma andthe older players out here LOVE him, so everyone was very excited for him toget in.  Andrea the DC threw abarbecue and we watched the European ...

... landed at 8:50. I told him I was leaving and finally he let me go. I got the beer and put it in a plastic bag with my icepack to keep it relatively cold, missed a call from Mike, then jumped on the Autobahn with TomTom leading the way. The call made me pretty nervous that Mike had gotten in early and would be waiting three hours for me to get him, or maybe he was stuck at a connection and wasn't even going to be in Milano. I was thrilled to have a nice ...

... something big enough to win. Only my drive didn't get us a win. Easter Sunday I'm hurting. My heart, and my body. One thing I love about being out here is I get to be a football player. Once I finish a game, I know I played a game, and there is something very satisfying about that. My knee, neck, feet, ankle, back, and left shoulder are sore because I get to play football out here. Playing corner, returning kicks, multiple quarterback draws and sneaks ...

... has ever experienced. Unfortunately, by the time we got back from skiing and had some dinner, we were too late to go to the local spa. This spa is famous and it is one of the reasons that we decided to visit Merano in the first place. We were pretty disappointed. On the brighter side, this gives us a reason to return to Merano some day!! The next day we left bright and early to catch a train to Trieste, Italy and from there a bus to Pula, Croatia.

... I am very hopeful my wishes will be coming true ;-) Afterwards we went into a huge restaurant and apres-ski bar, where we celebrated new years, drinking champagne and watching the fireworks from the balcony. And just after midnight the snowfall began, so the next morning we had some lovely fresh snow. Very nice but taking some more strength to ski in it. Another nice, but very cold day in the resort ...

... Marmolada and Sasso Piatto, which I climbed last year. I contented myself with eating an excellent barley and bean soup, a plate of sautéed mixed mushrooms, the best panna cotta (with berries) I've ever had (plus an apple strudel with pine nuts and sultanas to fill up any remaining spaces in my stomach), accompanied by a couple of glasses of Teroldego wine from this region and a local grappa, then sallied forth through the snow and climbed Piz Boè (3152 m). While sitting ...