Friday, October 7, 2011

Update on Today's Blog - Imola, Italy

The good news - my clothes are now drying on the rack outside of my door. I am hoping they will dry by morning because I have to catch my first train at I think 10 am. I went to the train station to get my tickets. These were pretty expensive - for me to get from here to just outside of Venice and then from there to Livorno cost 86 euro. I also heard him say that I have to catch 4 different trains to get from Venice to Livorno - Yikes! But that is 4 days away so I'm just going to worry about getting to that organic farm tomorrow.

I have tried talking in Italian to a number of people today and we both end up laughing, it is so bad. I'm still trying to figure out why when I say "forse", which means "possibly", no one understands me. How badly can I be mangling that word? And what am I saying instead?

Anyway, I bit the bullet and bought a new bigger suitcase - not a carry-on. I went to the only 2 shops in town that sold luggage and the second shop was willing to give me a discount, so I ended up getting my suitcase for 60 euro. Only 2 euro more than it would have cost me to ship that small package. Here is my new suitcase next to my old one. I will leave my old one for Cecilia.





As I was walking around the town center looking for the suitcase store, I came across these cars. Some said "winner of" something on them and there was a sign about the Gran Pris - I'm sure it was important since this town has the motor speedway as it's claim to fame. So, here are some of the cars I saw:















Guys reading this are probably drooling!

Time to start collecting my stuff into my new suitcase.

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4 comments:

  1. You're probably speaking Italian with a Texas accent! Good luck catching your trains. You seem to be doing really well. Love, Sharon and Art

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  2. Hey Sharon,
    No one else is able to post comments anymore on the blog. Can you share how you are doing it? I will see if there is something I can fix from this end. Thanks for all of the comments.

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  3. I just go to the comments line under your blog and it brings up the post comment box. There doesn't seem to be a problem at this end. Enjoy the organic farm. Don't forget to find out how they beat off the bugs and slugs. Love, Sharon and Art.

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  4. I noticed that my computer now shows "redirecting" once I post the comment. That didn't happen before. Sharon

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