Post Gries Bolzano

... out that late.

The weather here is beautiful. When I mentioned to people in the south of Italy that I was moving up here, they told me the winters get freezing and I was a little worried. Turns out freezing is -10 at the most! I laughed at that one. They should come visit Alberta in February.

Now that I`m basically settled in life is a little boring. I`m glad I have books to read but I kinda wish I had brought some English DVDs to watch or something. Unlike an ...

... The open the door and sit down and begin to question this guy. I have my music playing so I was not really paying attention but I figure this guy has no documents with him. He appears to be fluent in German and wrote down his name, date of birth, phone number and maybe where he originated from. I could kind of hear them talking about some of the places this guy came from but I am not really sure what he did. They got off at the next ...

... for my family, my team, my legacy, and my wallet.

To start the game I squibbed a low kick to #19 their best Italian receiver. He collected the ball on the 20 and weaved right through our coverage team and came running up the middle of the field. I stepped up and dove at his legs to get him on the ground, but he hurdled me and ran for a touchdown. I got hurdled, it was embarrassing. The play was called back on holding penalty so Bergamo had the ball on ...

... had my photo not been buried on a back page somewhere after the horse racing preview A, B, C, and D-league soccer coverage as well as youth BMX racing. I mean hell they had a picture of a 5’1 guy riding a horse on the cover of the sports section, and I couldn’t even beat them out.

I called Beppe who came out with his girlfriend. We betted on a race, Wood won, we all lost. I wasn’t that alarmed because the minimum bet was 2 euros ...

... over the safety's head to Panzani for thetouchdown.  Our defense finally gota stop and we had the ball on our own 20.

 

On first down Fabio our center, snapped the ball over myhead (I was in the shotgun) and I chased after it, finally scooping it up onthe goal line.  Ancona was bringinga heavy blitz, and I recognized that no one had Reggie in pass coverage so Itold him just to free release to the left flat.  When I finally scooped the ball up I just spun, barelytaking a ...

... pounding does not do much to lift your spirits. However every search must come to an end and we were very lucky. The place we chose could not be more perfect. In the small village of Penia the Inn was friendly, good food, quiet and the owner spoke Engish!! He gave us a few ideas should the weather change ... and change it did. We woke the next morning to brilliant sun. After breakfast we headed straight to a gondola ride at Pas ...

... far in looking out and taking care of hisguys (look at the Giants car or apartment we've been given).  Reed likes to say he gives us theminimum and expects the maximum and for the most part he is right, but at theend of the day I'm out in Italy collecting a check to play football, so I trynot to sweat the details.

 

In other new, Edwin (who I am now getting along with verywell) had informed me that a girl (whom he didn't really know outside ofFacebook contact) from near ...

... am happy with where I am at, where I am going, and that is important - because out here, with a lot of time and few distractions, the lens is brutally magnified. Saturday May 23rd  Gameday vs the Reggio Emilia Hogs   The RE Hogs are a wing-T team.  And not a modified wing-T team like I played on at MHS where we at least were going to throw the ball 10-20 times a game.  No RE is a 3 yards and a cloud of dust, 3-5 passes a game wing-T team.  I'd rather watch paint dry than this ...

... to it. I was ecstatic; I hadn't had peanut butter and chocolate since I left the states back in '87. Ok maybe since February '09 but it felt more like '87. Back at his house we played Madden on Nintendo Wii which is quite an experience. You have to simulate various football motions to move your players on the screen. My Redskins defense was too much for Larry Fitzgerald and the Cardinals (Fitz is Andrea's favorite player in the NFL) We drove up to the ...

... in tight. But I couldn't audible because most of receivers didn't know the signals. It was an extremely frustrating situation. I hit Mario on another post corner to salt the game away. The PAT was blocked and it ended with the Giants 20 Firebats 0. Tisma asked me why I wasn't kicking I said my groin but downplayed it. He told me Andrea hasn't been practicing so I need to kick. As if I practice PAT's during the week. Our defense forced 5 ...