Good morning! We made pancakes today and had Vermont Maple Syrup with them that I brought from my trip up there. Kyle had never tasted real Vermont syrup and fell in love with it!
We drove out to support site today to go to the market out there to buy groceries. We were going to stop at Sean's before hand just to say hi, buy our groceries and come back home. But once we got to Sean's he started up the BBQ and told us to stay for dinner. Also we couldn't go to the commissary because my pass to get on base wouldn't let me into the commissary too so we decided to just wait. But on the way out to support site I photographed some of the Italian flavor to give you a glimpse of what real Italy is like.
Hanging your clothes and sheets off your balcony is what all Italian's do. Most of them don't own dryers and use their balconies to dry all their clothes.
Surprisingly they do own trashcans in Italy. They are regulated though and you can only dump trash at certain times which makes it more convenient for most Italians to just burn their trash in the streets instead.
Hard to tell here but this car is half on the sidewalk half on the street. Most Italians park like this, or wherever they feel like pretty much.
Tiny cars everywhere!
Italians also make up their own rules on the streets, this guy in the blue car is driving in the middle of 2 lanes right now. Also the car on the far left is parked on the sidewalk.
Lots of tunnels, which are a good and bad thing. When they get backed up is when its bad because theres no ventilation in the tunnels so they have huge fans in there to keep the air moving.
Italian signs are kinda interesting and not really helpful at times. At busy areas signs are all over everywhere like this intersection, but where theres less traffic you don't have any.
Cherry trees are in bloom! Among many other fruit trees out here and nut trees too. They don't just have olive trees in Italy!
Agip is one of the chain gas stations. This one is off the freeway but like most of the gas stations off the freeway you can only get to it by freeway. Its like a rest stop.
This isn't unusual for a name to have over 10 letters in it, Circumvallazione has 16!
This guy is true definition for Italian Flavor! White boy style.
Italian billboards! Me and my design eye, I can't stand any of their advertising. They are also usually just clustered together like this or on top of each other.
Vacant buildings are't unusual either. A lot of the time the Mob has come in and taken over the place.
Umbrella Trees! Also known as Stone Pine trees, these are all over Italy and I think they are so interesting!
Sometimes the Mob takes over before building even gets too far underway.
More development that was probably stopped by the Mob
Look I have a new blue tattoo!! So when we showed up to Sean's house, his son Joe (2) was covered in red and blue marker. Apparently he decided he wanted to draw all over his arms and legs with markers. It was pretty cute but because he was covered in marker when he sat on me then I became covered in marker. I had blue on my arms and legs too, just like little Joe!
We left the hotel at the Neapolitan time of 10ish or 11ish and headed back to the town to find some breakfast. We parked in another paid parking lot so Kyle was happy. After breakfast we looked in a couple of shops after to see if we could find a ravioli cutter but still no luck. So weird. It was so nice out again, such good luck with the weather. We found another cute look out area that was apart of the "public gardens" we found in the guidebook at the hotel. It was just a little area with benches and the look out, not many flowers or garden like things. When we were walking back to the car we saw this sign on a wood shop and I had to take a photo for dad. I thought it was so clever! Still on a mission for a ravioli cutter we headed towards Pozzuoli to try and go to their "Costco-Like" or "Walmart-Like" stores they have. One is called Leroy Merlin and the other is Auchan. The one we went to was apart of this huge mall. Kyle and I h...
2 January 2013 Boston, MA and Newport, RI This is Kyle again, I have returned to write another blog about my trip to the East Coast. Laura and I had an awesome time on New Years and New Years day. We woke up early this morning in preparation for our trip to Boston and rushed to Kinkos so we could print our bus tickets. We hauled our stuff quickly to Chinatown and hopped on the Fung-Wah bus. Laura and I slept on and off throughout the ride and finally arrived in Boston 4 hours later. We quickly departed the bus station and headed directly to the Sam Adam's brewery. On the way we saw Kady's street! We got there just in time for the tasting session of their final tour of the day! The beer was so fresh and amazing! We met up with some of Laura's friends who were also in Boston (the same ones we met up with on New Year's Eve-Day). Lily, Laura, Me, Alexian and Eric at Sam Adams! We headed over to the local pub called Doyles that ...
I feel so completely overwhelmed right now. At this moment in time I have pretty much seen everyone and said all my good byes. Its been a rough week knowing that when I do get back from Italy, I may not have time to see some of the people I've seen this week. But at the same time I can't even freaking wait to get on that plane and head out of the country! Pretty much tomorrow is my last day for me to do anything and EVERYTHING! I do have quite the list of things I need to double check and finish tomorrow before I take off on Tuesday, seeing how I won't have any time to do it that day. I went to get my nails done and had dinner with the girls tonight, minus Natalie :( poor girl. But Ash did show up for dinner so that was nice and it was a good send off after spending the rest of the night with my second family. They will be missed most definitely but it is good preparation for my move, which I don't even want to think about. Ugh this craziness needs to die down soon! ...
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