Today on Monday Mysteries we explore an oddity of an ice rink in Piazza Bra.
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Monday Mystery: Holiday on Ice
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Category Archives: Daily Life
On Library Cards
Even though Chris and I currently have no permanent address, our current nomadic Plan G tour sees us setting down temporary roots for longer than a month in many places. In order to do that, we’ve been renting vacation apartments which come fully furnished – and also furnish us a way to have a mailing address. Continue reading
Coffee, Milk and Murder
Today we have a quick post for a Thursday that has to do with a mystery, Italian, and coffee. It’s from an Italian mystery book where the protagonist is a barista, i.e. a guy who owns an Italian bar where people go to get coffee as well as alcoholic drinks. In English the book is called Game for Five, by Marco Malvaldi. If you want to read the book, STOP READING THIS POST NOW, as I will reveal a major spoiler at the end of this post.
Food on Fridays: Green and Fried
Today on Food on Fridays we’ll look an American food that I first ran across at the restaurant in North Carolina that I mentioned yesterday. Let me tell y’all about it. 
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Thinking of Y’all
Y’all is a very American English word, used almost exclusively in the southern states in the U.S. Continue reading
Thinking of You
IMHO, one of the most difficult parts of mastering a foreign language is learning when and where to use the right form of the pronoun “you”. You see, in many languages, including Italian and German, the two which I have most recently attempted to master, you need to figure out when to use the “you-familiar” familiar and when to use the “you-polite” form. The rules that govern when one does this vary from language-to-language and culture-to-culture, and they aren’t necessarily written down or easy to follow. Continue reading
City of Serendipity: Part 2
Today we’re back in Trieste so I can reveal the mother of all serendipitous things that happened to us in the city of serendipity. Continue reading
Monday Mystery: Odd and Orange
Today on Monday Mysteries we consider a curious fruit-shaped structure along U.S. Highway 1 in Melbourne. Continue reading
Food on Fridays: Pumpkin Dunkin’
Today on Food on Fridays it’s a seasonal look at pumpkin, American-style. Continue reading
Almost like home
Today I want to talk about vacation apartments, in particular the ones where we stayed while in Venice stst May. Continue reading