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Latest blog posts from Living in Florence, Italy

La mia bicicletta accomodata
pTuesday, October 7, 2008/ppAfter the new ileggi/i (laws) that passed this summer, I've had to find a new place to park my ibicicletta/i (bicycle). Initially, I parked it on a side street where ivigili/i (police officers) left a note saying that I had to move it or else it would be irimossa/i... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

Parco Regionale della Maremma
pSunday, October 5, 2008/ppimg width="200" height="150" alt="" border="1" align="right" hspace="5" src="http://www.melindagallo.com/blog/images/blog/img48ec9e54c499b.jpg" This morning we left for the a href=http://www.parco-maremma.it/Parco Regionale della Maremma/a (or Parco dell'Uccellina)... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

Fiera della ceramica
pSaturday, October 4, 2008/ppimg width="200" height="150" alt="" border="1" align="right" hspace="5" src="http://www.melindagallo.com/blog/images/blog/img48ea522a924df.jpg" I met one of my friends for a coffee this morning. Because we were close to Piazza Santa Croce, we ran through the... Read more...
Published 7 days ago

Due castagne per non ammalarsi
pThursday, October 2, 2008/ppAlessandro came back today with two icastagne/i (chestnuts) in his pocket. When he placed them on the table, I asked, iCosa fai con due castagne?/i What are you doing with two chestnuts? I held the two small, raw icastagne/i in my hand as he explained. iUn mio collega... Read more...
Published a week ago

A later run along the Arno
pTuesday, September 30, 2008/ppInstead of leaving the house at 6:30 am with Alessandro to go running, I went out alone at 7:45 am. I didn't think there would be a big difference only an hour later, but there was. The first thing I noticed was the amount of people outside. The minute I left our... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Corri la Vita
pSunday, September 28, 2008/ppimg width="200" height="150" alt="" border="1" align="right" hspace="5" src="http://www.melindagallo.com/blog/images/blog/img48e1f0922ce95.jpg" The last thing I thought I would be doing was running alone in the a href=http://www.corrilavita.it/home08.phpCorri la... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Longer and earlier run
pSaturday, September 27, 2008/ppThis morning we somehow made it out the door a little after 6:15 am. The air was cool in the early before the sun rises, so I prepared myself for the low temperatures and put on my sweats, wool cap, and gloves. The streets were even quieter than they were during... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Sending in my absentee ballot
pFriday, September 26, 2008/ppI was ecstatic when I received a large white envelope from California with my voting materials on Wednesday. Alessandro was shocked that it was so thick because he thought I'd only be voting for the president of the United States. I explained to him that each state... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Sarah Dunant at the British Institute of Florence
pWednesday, September 24, 2008/ppEarlier this evening, I was walking briskly down the street alongside the Arno to get to a href=http://www.britishinstitute.it/The British Institute of Florence/a. I had planned on meeting two girlfriends to attend a speech by the author a... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

A morning run as the sun was rising
pTuesday, September 23, 2008/ppAt 6:30am, we were in the ipiazza/i below our apartment about to run along the Arno. When we reached the ifiume/i (river), I could see the dark outline of the Tuscan hills that we were running toward. The sun had still not come up, so a sliver of yellow light behind... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago