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Tuscany Report

Day 1

At exactly 4a.m. we started our engines  and set off to Italy. After 11 hours and 900km Read the rest of this entry »

Sandra, Margit, Andi and myself are going to Tuscany the following week. And judging from the past years I’d say there aren’t any public access points or internet cafés. So no news until next Saturday. See ya

The weather was (except for one day) beautiful, the water was warm, and totally algae and jellyfish free in contrary to what every newspaper reported: coasts infested with zillions of jellyfishs and tons of algae, making it impossible for you to swim.

The accomodation we did rent for that one week was huge, except for the bathrooms (yes we had two). Those zones of refreshment and easement where that small, we had to get in with the help of a shoehorn and out with a handgrenade.

We had plenty of food and wine - so all of us gained a little weight. Andi and I got tanned like gladiators, Margit a little bit less, and Sandra - well Sandra has her own kind of tanning (sorry for that - I love you).

The temperatures were mostly over 35°C, and the sand at the beach was at least as double as hot - we were well advised to wear sandals outside of the shade. Lucky us, the “Squishy-Tank” arrvied and provided us with ice cold drinks and ice-cream.

At the beach there was that one cop driving a quad and being an Chief-Wiggum-Look-A-Like

On one day we went to San Vincenzo, to dine, and what was more important for Sandra, to buy a new Murano glass ring. The last one she got from me in San Vincenzo was destroyed a few months ago at home, it just did break - glass is sharp and she did bleed a little. Sandra is smart and did let me buy her two rings this time - one in reserve so to say - she dropped one on Thursday, and the second one on Saturday. Lucky her, those rings can also be bought online.

After dinner in San Vincenzo we went for a walk, a gelati and for some shopping, when out of a sudden some loud heavy metal music filled the air. First we thought of a band, then we saw him: the Ghettoblasterguy. He looked like Ozzy Osbourne in earlier days, volume at 10, cigarette in his mouth, angry glance on his face, and walked straightway down the pedestrian area. Ten minutes later back again, and another ten minutes again the other direction. We just couldn’t figure out what the hell this guy was up to.

Then, in the window display of the ‘Gardenhouse’ shop (like Ikea, only more luxuriously), we saw it: The Grillum Romanum. George Foreman’s Grilling Machine for Gladiators, with the weight of a compact car and the price too.

Andi and I also constructed an impressive sandcastle, which stood against the floods for some time. Lucky us, Margit and Sandra took some pictures.

That one day the weather sucked we decided to take a trip to Livorno, via some coast road.

Then in Livorno we saw the Uber-Yacht, and some Pakistani warship. That yacht had second smaller yacht, as kind of a jollyboat. Compared to what you and me see when we hear warship that Pakistani one was more like a Greenpeace-is-trying-to-stop-a-whaling-ship-boat.

Finally I would like to thank my friens at the ‘La Ribotta’ in Castagneto Carducci for serving the best Italian food at all times, grazie mille.

“Wir san im Urlaub - Wir lossns krochn”

On holiday

Dealing with the risk of losing some visitors from Germany: 0:2 Goodbye!

The match of yesterday was quite exciting, Italy was a pinch better, and scored two goals in the last two minutes of overtime. Well, this brought Italy to the finals, and today Portugal will play against France. And I hope that I can say ‘au revoir’ tomorrow and Portugal gets to win the cup

Tomorrow Nadine, Diemtar, Sandra and I are going to Italy for our long planned and deserved holiday. You may ask yourself now ‘he has only worked one week and is already taking off time?’, then let me tell you that this holiday was booked in early January this year
A very special thank you goes out to the web department guys at lomography.com for equipping me with two LOMO cameras, a LOMO Kompakt Automat and a Frogeye Underwater, as well as 7 films. As soon as I am back from Italy I’ll upload some pics on maze.wogri.at and on my LomoHome.