Lewald Bolzano

2 planes - 1 bus - 3 trains - 1 taxi later and we arrive in Bressanone. About 40 hrs of transit was well worth it... this place is adorable - its like walking around in a postcard. Have been snowboarding the past 3 days which was lots of fun - bussed up the mountain to Plose ski fields area... have added some pictures and will caption the pictures if we can.

... dorm, the hostel is not really a social place. The communal kitchens are ususally abandoned, and the `games room` they advertise is a basement landing with a foosball machine you have to pay for and a folded up ping pong table. There are conference rooms with TVs but I think you have to book them first, and there is a library but all of the books are in German or Italian as far as I can tell.

The other day I was walking by myself to find an electronics store along a ...

At 2:48pm the train arrived in Bolzano/Bozen as indicated. Northern Italy is quite hilly with some great landscape for one's viewing enjoyment. I was quite surprised by the city of Bolzano. The very first thing I did was purchase a SuperEnalotto ticket! 146.9 million euros, who could say no? My next train was not until 4:32pm, I went out to have a look at this city. This city is close to Germany and has a huge German influence. That is ...

Semi-Final Saturday

In the two weeks before the Bergamo Lions, I thought of little else besides the game. I had seen film, played Bergamo, and watched Bergamo play live. From that I knew they were not a great team. But they had won the last 11 IFL Super Bowls, and something like that isn’t a flukey deal. They get breaks and expect to win. And to win 11 in a row you need to make some plays in crunch time too. Ancona had them beat until their QB goes ...

... was right up my ally. For the next race, we went to look at the horses but before we could get back and bet, the race started. I blame that one on Beppe.

The next race was the biggest of the day and I went crazy with my two euro bets and even summed up the courage to make a couple 4 euro bets. But I could feel victory in the air, it was palpable, it tasted sweet on my tongue.

The problem with my betting method is that I try call the horses that will ...

... I droppedback eyeing the rush, thinking about running when I realized that Piva was openon post-corner route.  I threw itjust as the pocket collapsed but it was under thrown to the inside, and #28 whowas beaten on the play got gifted an easy interception.  Playing quarterback you can feel therush, but you have to keep your eyes down field, and on that play I hadn't donethat.

 

I walked off shaking my head, just feeling flat, devoid ofenergy and emotion much like how ...

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What a breathtaking place .... and I'm from Canada! The mountains are rough slices of rock jutting straight up to heaven. In many ways I am reminded of Patagonia. The light plays on the rock as the day gives way to night. From White to gold to red. Beautiful!!
At the end of our three days we had done a few hikes and taken hundreds of pictures ...

... to be.  He dominated everyone that tried to block him in that game before he was hurt.  At 6'3 240 now he is an athletic specimen.  If he would have had it together when he was younger or a better work ethic now, body type and athleticism wise, he maybe could have gotten a shot in the league.)   I am writing a good amount and reading more than I have in the last five years which I love, but at the same time it's just a big transition from living in Southern California with ...

... he could find. It started with the left over pizza (tuna) but I stuck through it and it wasn't too bad then came mozzarella, scrambled eggs, bread, bananas, and a pastry. And I turned down ham, apples, various other cheeses, and more bread. Next we headed down the street and played ping pong at the table I had scouted out weeks ago. It was a bit uneven because the weight of the concrete and stone table had sunk into the dirt but we played on and it was ...

... over, maybe he'd bounce off, and maybe somehow I'd get in the endzone. My whole body vibrated on impact and I got up seeing stars. Valencia's sideline was going crazy and I realized I was having major dejavu. I had experienced this before in a dream; the big hit, the light headedness, and the sideline yelling at me it was this exact scene, I'd dreamt it all before. It was very surreal. They stopped play for the penalty so as I jogged back toward our ...