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{ Daily Archives } Monday, April 2002

Civita di Bagnoregio

20:19 Location: Civita B&B dining room, Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy Well, as you’ll gather from the location, I made it. (See the first post for today for an explanation). And what a spot: I’m sitting along in the B&B–Franco the owner and his daughter Elisabetta have gone home for the night, presumably to Bagnoregio, the […]

Beating the strike

Monday, April 15, 2002 14:40 Weather: Sunny, and warming up Location: Car 3, Intercity 591, sitting in Florence station Amazing, the power of the written word. Three hours ago I was leisurely finishing the paper over a cappucino, planning to spend the afternoon on some palaces, wandering up the Duomo’s bell tower, etc., when I […]

Hold the phone

Ok, looks like I may be able to get to Civita this afternoon. Must go make a phone call to the hotel there. More later…

Strike one!

Curses! The best laid plans… Apparently the Italian rail system is being shut down by a strike tomorrow. I’m working on options…