I have my own blog at leotree.com but I thought I'd drop a line in here, too.

hmm...what to say, what to say...

che parlo ?

I guess I have nothing to blog about today...

I have a neighbor that I secretly admire (well, okay, lust after). He’s a Fireman. And he came right out of Central Casting. He is such a dark-haired hunk that I’ve often thought about setting fire to my apartment just so I can get him to come over. Each day, I see him come and go, off to work. But sometimes, I just can’t help but think that he must have been so totally disappointed to have passed all his endurance tests and exams and whatnot, only to be sitting around the Firehouse with absolutely...

Thanks to the ruling of a Sicilian judge, it seems that Italian bloggers are guilty of "stampa clandestina" - clandestine publishing. As this article from the Register explains, even freedom of speech in Italy, is a highly bureaucratic affair.

However this ruling may not only jeapordize Italian blogger, but it seems to make the entire Internet illegal under Italian law...WHAT

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Spending time with family in Switzerland during my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, well, makes me think about all those wonderful Thanksgiving Days celebrated by all us 'expats' in our adopted country. In much the same way that Italy (and Europe, for that matter) has made Halloween their own, well, in industrious Milan, even the store owners readied when Thanksgiving was around the corner; stocking their shelves with many items that ordinary Italians would probably have fed to their pigs if they...

A few quick notes from the journey...

Trips: We took a Medieval walking tour on our last day (Sunday) there to Castello Monaldeschi before leaving for Fiumicino the next day. Wonderful walk! It started from the Piazza San Rocco, up the stairs by Sartoria Alessia, and all the way up past Via de' Medici to the castle area. (You can read the details on this and other suggested walks in Fleur Kinson's guidebook "Bolsena - Everything You Need To Know".) Amazing views -- not to...