Villa Fontana Garni Trento

... 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 ...

... why the name has both an Italian and a German spelling. This is a very quaint town that looks to be fairly old with small winding pedestrian only streets. Street signs are here are written in Italian and German, and a vast amount of people walking around are speaking German. I took some pictures and got myself a quick bite to eat. I have seen a lot of people walking around carrying backpacks with hiking boots and trekking poles ...

... and congratulated by more people than I knew what to do with, beer cases came out, kids were asking for autographs, people wanted photos with me, and most importantly we were Super Bowl bound. I finally realized the opportunity that every red-blooded American kid dreams about (OK just remove Italian from this sentence) playing for and winning the Italian Super Bowl.

Many people said very nice things to me, about my play and thanked me for my ...

Departed Dublin around 07:30, first stop Italy for the wedding. Arrived in Malcesine for lunch. Checked into hotel Alpino, a great little spot, right in the centre of the town, chilled for a while then caught up with friends who were already settled in.
Weather was a bit of a mixed bag, but we still had enough sunshine to make the most of our time. We got the ferry across Lake Garda to visit Limone for the amazing invisible market and ...

... two days of th week, so we were only practicing Wednesday night, Friday night, and then Saturday this week. Late Tuesday night, after a lethargic day I went to the gym at 11pm. Wood happened to be walking by the stadium, saw the light, and knocked on the door. We talked as I lifted legs, which was nice because it broke the monotony. We spoke about various gripes about Chapman and also discussed my career there and my volatile relationship with my former ...

... pulled out of thecartridge. Tisma rewound it and put it back in.  It filmed for another minute then the same problemhappened.  I fixed it and again butit glitched a minute later.  Thetape was old, it had 'Napoli' written on it, indicating I was recording over anold tape.  I asked Tisma if he hadanother tape.  Off course hedidn't.  I was irate.  Christina asked the Bergamo camera manif h had another tape (he didn't) and then the bar keep if any place was open(it was Sunday and a ...

... should be drawn up in hindsight, but rather you say OK they are runningthis defensive scheme and coverage, play 45 Out etc. attacks that defense andshould be a good play.  But insteadI get gimmicks and made up routes.

 

But I just bite the bullet and let him go, because really Ido have the freedom to just call whatever pass routes I want in the huddle andhave spoken with my receivers, so they know the alternative plays that I liketo run.

 

Friday

Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy mavsqb1

... to and jump on it.  Instead the RE player showed surprising agility (especially when considering how bad he was at trying to hit me on kickoffs) and dropped down and tried to save it almost like a soccer goalie diving to his right to make a save on a low shot.  Instead he just knocked the ball down and it rolled a few yards to his right.  I ran and dove on the RE player while Julianna our bus driving outside linebacker dove on the ball.  Everyone went crazy, and I got high ...

... out toward him, to the right then lofted the ball over Marco's head toward the front pylon just as I got hit. I was trying to throw it away more then anything. I hit the ground and heard the crowd yell, and looked up to see the referee signaling a touchdown. Marco made a spectacular play to turn up field and make the catch. Our defensive forced another stop. On first down Mike broke a 10 yard run, but fumbled the football and ...

... the best I could "where is Via Borino?", (my street). He said "Oh yes Borino......about 15 minutes" (in italian). I wanted to ask if he could tell me where to get off, but I did not know how to say that and was very tired. So I went back to my bags and waited as the bus meandered slowly out of the city of Trento and the side of one of the foothills. Eventually, we reached somewhere that said Via Borino and looked like the last stop. I got out and started to look ...