Hotel Torino Parma

... on something else, Anything else to make the pounding go away.

When we left the train station, due to the rain, Greg and his friends decided we were going to the mall to see some of Parmas finests offerings. I could do without the mall as I have no space to put anything that I may buy (sorry everyone, no sovenirs from this trip =) We peruse some stores, as these men trail off into different shops looking at price tags and admiring the sales ...

... out in the gloomy weather. We went to Iseo Lake, which is about a half hour away from Dello. It was a quiet ride there, and then we parked and headed up a path towards the forest. It was a bizarre combination of vegetation and topography. The mountains are like Colorado mountains, but then there's the lake, and then upon closer inspection, the trees are so different from Colorado, they're thick and ferny, it felt more jungly than anything ...

... snack lunch and sat down in a piazza to eat. There were pigeons everywhere and we once again asked eachother why the hell there were so many school kids all over the place. School ends around one o clock but they go on Saturdays too. We finished lunch and wandered a bit before we made it to the office. We started looking for information on checking out the regions specialties - proscuitto and ...

Today we ventured into Parma we had better luck parking today. It had to be the nicest parking garage ever. Each spot had either a green/unoccupied or red/occupied light right above it and there was music playing over the loud speaker very cool! We had a lunch of tomato and basil pasta with a dessert plate of the meats of Parma. We walked around Parma saw a ...

We left Indy on time and made our connection in Detroit with just a few minutes to spare. Once on the plane in Detroit we were ready to taxi down the runway when an announcement came on looking for a doctor on board. We then got word that we were going back to the terminal where paramedics would be boarding the plane. Once we were at the terminal the ...

For a nice little day trip, Zoe and I decided to go to one of the main cities in Emilia-Romagna (the province where our father hails from): Parma.

The city is reknowned for parmesan cheese and Parma ham, or as we call it, prosciutto.

If you like quaint churches and little shops, this place is great to visit!

... frescos (see the face on Christs' chest) and the mosaic ceiling for a about 45 minutes, I stopped at a cool wine bar for a pre-dinner drink.  Parma is another University town, so there are a lot of neat bars and restaurants all over.   After a few glasses of wine, I headed to the restaurant the tourist office recommended.  I ordered the Mortadella (boloney), which was excellent, as my ...

... We met up just as Santy showed up on her bike. We had a nice lunch outside at Trattoria del Tribunale. Later, they went to work and I walked around the Park Ducale, which is quite large. On the way back, I ran into Santy on her bike heading back to work. I stopped along the way having a drink while waiting for a jewelry store to open (3pm). I saw a pair of beautiful earrings that I wanted to buy. Well, I went to the store at 3:15pm and it was ...

... so we could join her friends for a drink or two. I have met them all, but really haven't had much of a chance to talk, so it was a great opportunity to sit down and chat. Elena spoke in Italian to her friends Chiara and Eleonora, while I spoke in English to their boyfriends Lucca and Francesco. Their English was fantastic, so it was Football and Music discussions all evening. Elena thought I had verbal diahorrea. It was possibly true.

June 10, 2002

Back on the bus! This time to Italy!! We went to Pisa (and had pizza for lunch!) We saw the tower, of course, and the church. Got to shop in the souvenir shops and sit for awhile in the sun. Very peaceful day. I can tell I'm getting tired, because the travel journal entries are shorter and shorter!




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