Surviving the Supermarket

Before we moved to Europe, it had actually been at least 15 years (and probably more) since I’d been the primary grocery shopper in the family.  Chris was the one who did most all of it in North America. It wasn’t until we got to Italy that I took over that responsibility.  My challenges in Bolzano’s grocery stores were mostly tied to figuring out where to find things in the store (e.g. learning that the sugar is stocked next to the coffee and not the baking supplies, etc.). Here are  links about some of the challenges to supermarket shopping in Bolzano: Continue reading

Driving with Gigi

OK, well, it really wasn’t entirely Gigi’s fault for what happened last week on a road near Orlando. But since it was Gigi’s instruction to take that on-ramp, I’ll put the blame on her. After all, that’s part of the fun of driving with Gigi – you get to put the blame on someone else when the directions go wrong and you wind up taking a wrong-turn. Continue reading