I've been compiling creepy photos for a super spooky halloween blog, until then, here is Razor Ramon.
Okay, to be fair, Rome is awesome, but everywhere you go has a little suckitude in it. Life's not always peaches & cream, you know? Here's a short list of things that grind my gears
We went on a day trip to Orvieto, north of Rome, in Umbria. It is a quaint hillside town with a beautiful cathedral. It seemed to be quite popular with the tourist crowd. We (the family and I) went with the PROLAW group from Loyola and had a wonderful day, shopping and eating and taking photos. I hope you enjoy... Baby's first train ride! The Funicular, a super steep tram that takes you from the train into Orvieto proper. Hills and cliffs, kinda the reason for the funicular Afif, Khanyo, Louis and Charity. PROLAW represent! Myself, with Louis and The Wee Baby Constance, as we stare into the sun Some stunning architecture on display in Orvieto Dragon?, maybe hippo? I have no clue. Weird door knocker a la Labyrinth. PROLAW eats salad, because salad is good for you. Pear and Gorgonzola pizza. Very CPK, molto delicioso. I climbed a big ass clock tower, surprisingly I was the first one up and the first one down. The Climb was tiring, but totally worth it. The view was amazing and Italy really does look like California in a lot of ways. (Note the huge ass cathedral in the background) The cathedral at Orvieto, all gilded and majestic. So much detail, it would take a month to take it all in. Beautiful variegated marble on the cathedral One of Orvieto's magical little alleys, lined with shops of all kinds. Charity says hi! Charity and the baby take a brief pause. The size of these truffles! I shudder to think at how much they are worth. The main road into town. The community garden at Orvieto Who doesn't love a little fish pond? Some sweet fountains, I tell you what. This is the definition of pastoral. Constance made a friend on the train ride back. Sunset from a filthy train window. Bye Orvieto! Hope you enjoyed the photos!
Italy has tons of grocery stores. They call them "alimentari". Some of them are tiny little shops with a bunch of random crap, others are big deal, chain store type thingies. Being American, I prefer the latter. I like getting everything I need at one place. Some of the smaller spots though have great stuff. One by my place here has a killer deli and they are more than happy to offer suggestions on meats/cheeses/etc. That isn't what this is all about though. Italy has some crazy ass notions about what food should be and this particular blog is going to highlight some of the crazier things I've seen. Tuna + Tomato in a tube! Ick. (In my younger days I would have brought this home and tried to pass it off as toothpaste) Speaking of tubes, hello again McD's. I find this funny because Mayo is everywhere here and this seems unnecessary. Stop following me, McDonald's. You're creeping me out. (I know, ketchup isn't all that strange...) Yup, that's pureed fluffy little bunny right there. If your kid ever asks for a rabbit, you can scar them for life with this! They also had proscuitto baby food. Or, y'know, you could feed your baby horsemeat... A snob is a person who believes in the existence of an equation between status and human worth. The term also refers to a person who believes that some people are inherently inferior to him or her for any one of a variety of reasons... (from Wikipedia) This is just the tip of the iceberg (ironic because no one in Italy uses ice), but Connie is tired and so am I. Laters, y'all.
My laptop is having issues, like serious "I'm dying to death" kind of issues. I'm working on fixing this but it appears my Airport is one of the first things going out. Fortunately my lovely wife has a laptop too and she's letting me use hers, here and there. I have a quick placeholder blog post that I'll put up in a little bit, but it isn't all that good, in my opinion. Thanks for your patience and support, Internetizens. Ciao.
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