Still trying to catch up on the backlog of events. So here’s Christmas, apart from the duck. When we initially decided to all spend Christmas here in Bologna, we were a little sad, thinking Christmas couldn’t possibly be the same away from home. So we decided to take steps–we bought a Christmas tree (a real [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
Natale a Bologna
Posted in regular, winter, year 1, tagged Christmas, food, friends, joy, Santa Claus on Monday 7 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
the great duck epic
Posted in humorous, photographic, winter, year 1, tagged carnage, Christmas, duck, food on Friday 28 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Now I should talk about Christmas at the Via Varthema 21 household, but one part of the Christmas story deserves an entire entry to itself. Namely, the dinner. And not the mashed potatoes or salad part. Julia and I don’t often eat meat at home, partially because it’s expensive and partially because Emily is a [...]
Slovenija!
Posted in descriptive, photographic, winter, year 1, tagged Christmas, cold, food, Ljubljana, roommates, Slovenia, snow, students, TEFL, trips, work on Friday 28 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, I have a lot to catch up on in these past few frenetic weeks, beginning with our weekend trip to Slovenia! Julia and I finished work on Thursday the 20th. The last week of teaching was nice–most of my classes had tests, and instead of normal lessons I had them do Christmas-themed word finds, [...]
albero di natale
Posted in photographic, regular, winter, year 1, tagged Christmas, friends on Wednesday 12 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today our (well, Julia’s mainly) friend Elena was kind enough to drive us to the outskirts of the city where we bought…. …a Christmas tree! A live one, at that! It’s short but respectable–about my height, perhaps even a little taller if you count the single branch that sticks straight up at the end–and handsome. [...]
la vita va
Posted in regular, winter, year 1, tagged Christmas, friends, holiday, immaculate conception, knitting, students on Sunday 9 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My roommates are in bed, so I turned on some Christmas carols to keep myself company with. It’s funny; the city is decked out in Christmas decorations and lights, but it still doesn’t feel like mid-December. This will be the first Christmas away from home for all of us–we’re planning lots of fun things, like [...]
miscellany (what else?)
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged Bologna, chocolate, Chocolate Festival, Christmas, cold, friends, hot chocolate, roommates, teaching, TEFL, work on Monday 19 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s 12:53 am; I teach at 9:00 am tomorrow (today?) and thus have to get up at 7:30; I should be in bed. Unfortunately teaching until 10:30 pm leaves me wide awake for a good couple of hours (I think the double espresso taken at 8:30 in order to make possible has something to do [...]
