Category: Culture

It has been a year and a half since I’ve seen the fountain of Neptune. That’s how long he has been undergoing restoration. I did take a tour of the restoration in progress a year ago and have been anxious to see the results. Now somewhat polished, sans pigeon droppings, oxidation and with cleaned water […]

I have found that as my language skills continue to improve that I read more and more books. That’s partly because it doesn’t take as long to read them. It used to be a bit of drudgery because I was looking up so many words or phrases and making notes that it would take a […]

I just have a bunch of photos that I think are interesting without any particular theme. I hope that you find them interesting too. Well, that’s all folks, move along, nothing more to see here.

One day two or three years ago I happened upon this little shop. There had been a big political demonstration in the central piazza (Piazza Maggiore) by the Lega Nord – the right-most party in Italy in Bologna, one of the left-most cities. So they had closed several streets, there was a significant police presence […]