Buondì.
And here we are at the coast!
Hence I’m writing this yesterday evening, so to speak, in anticipation of a Friday morning spent rubbing sun screen on the sensitive parts of small animals, then traipsing back and forth in the burning sun, between ombrellone and mare, carrying a child’s blue plastic watering can.
Experience has shown that wet sand occupies Roomie’s time as effectively as dry sand, while being less likely to get rubbed in her hair, or eaten. Perhaps because it’s gooey, who knows?
With luck, we’ll be getting up late, so by the time you read this, a cold beer and lunch shouldn’t be too far ahead in my future…
Also yesterday afternoon, I published Episode 9 of our Summer series on the Reniassance.
Don’t go telling me you’re not interested in history! This one is about Pope Alessandro, one of the famous Borgia family, who even had their own Canadian TV series!
Sex, violence, corruption, what more do you want? Popes were a helluva lot more interesting in those days:
Il Rinascimento, Episodio 9. Gli scandali del Papa Borgia (1431-1503)
Episodes 1-8, along with the complete Summer Series from 2020 (The Romans) and 2021 (The Middle ages) – sixty episodes in total, are linked to from our History page.
A lunedì.
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I’ve been busy trying to adapt Roomie’s feeding regimen to what beachfront cafes and bars can provide. With success, I’d add – she’s thriving on French fries and mayonaise, with an occasional splash of ketchup for the vitamins.
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Lynne F says
Another week of Italian history and it seems with time things don’t really change, whether religion or politics, sex, violence and corruption, seem to be enjoyed by those in power. I hope you all enjoyed your trip to the coast and Roomie her french fries mayo and ketchup 🙂
Daniel says
We did, thanks, Lynne. And we’re now back in Bologna.