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Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Glorenza to Rablà by Whitney Claire

Whitney Claire — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:49:03 +0000

Yes! Mom is with me and we’re both having a wonderful time! It rained some today, but the countryside is so beautiful that we hardly noticed it!

Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Glorenza to Rablà by Wanda English

Wanda English — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:02:54 +0000

You lucky person you! Looks and sounds like you are having a “WONDERFUL”time. Is your Mom with you? What an adventure. You will have to tell me all about it when you return. Stay safe. Wanda

Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Glorenza to Rablà by Whitney Claire

Whitney Claire — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:41:28 +0000

What’s so funny is that all I can think about every time I pass a “Pension” is the Pension Grillparzar! No bicycling bears on this holiday though.

Which dish is the one with the apples? The Kaiserschmarrn? Cause that’s not caramel… though I think it would be good with it! We learned today how to make it. You take milk, a couple of eggs, and some flour and you really, really, really work it together. Then you put butter in a pan, and pour it into the pan like an omelet. And then you break it up with a wooden spoon. Those were the exact directions. No measurements or anything! We’ll have to experiment when we get home.

Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Glorenza to Rablà by Cece S

Cece S — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:02:24 +0000

I hope the Pension Gstirnerhof was not like the Pension Grillparzar!!!

Everything looks lovely but not Italian. Except the raviolis and breadsticks Actually the countryside looks like Northern New Mexico! I think you need to find out how to make that dish with the apples. I can make the caramel.

Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Glorenza to Nauders, Austria via Lake Resia Loop by Whitney Claire

Whitney Claire — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:02:57 +0000

Hey… forward motion up a climb waits for no woman… not even her mother!

Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Glorenza to Nauders, Austria via Lake Resia Loop by Cece S

Cece S — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:14:05 +0000

You left Jean Jean the Biker Queen behind??? As I say to Ivan, good thing your mother has to loves you even when nobody else does! Cyclismo is having a photo contest. You should enter the Belltower picture. It is just gorgeous. Keep it up, Rock Star bikers!

Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Getting to Bolzano by Cece S

Cece S — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:37:33 +0000

Obviously your mother has mistaken me for Yoga.

Even if you weren’t at your best for that part of the trip, keep in mind that you are a hell of a help in a crisis even when under the influence of major cold meeds (e.g., Montgomery/Westminster).

I have found that its always alot easier to stay calm in a crisis when its not your personal crisis. If it is yours the best you can expect is to write a good country song afterwards and to try not to dwell on your own lack of serenity.

Also, plenty of grown men won’t take any form of public transportation in the U.S. (besides an airplane) let alone trains in Europe. What y’all are doing, 2 women traveling in a not totally English speaking/not totally organized country/possibly at times still slightly misogynistic country is 20x harder than taking the Metro to the Archives Building. It would have been a project in England, a chore in Germany. In Italy it was bound to be a fiasco. Aside from the $, that is probably the #1 thing that made me not leap at the opportunity.

If there is a stabilizing part of my personality, its just a bi-product of being a fiasco-phobe.

Looking forward to reading about the biking!!!

Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Getting to Bolzano by Phillip

Phillip — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:24:34 +0000

Wow – what an ordeal! I’m impressed that you were able to work it out despite a few meltdowns. Things should get easier after you connect with the tour group. Always easier when you have a guide that knows the language.

Tell your mom “Happy Birthday”!

Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Getting to Bolzano by Whitney Claire

Whitney Claire — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:52:20 +0000

I’m just excited that as of 12:00pm today I will no longer be in charge of myself! I’m assuming (hopefully correctly) that after Ciclismo picks us up we’ll be in much better shape. We were really wishing that you were with us yesterday… I think mom feels like you bring calm and stability to my life!

We thought the same thing about kangaroos in Austria… I mean, aren’t they supposed to be in Australia? I’ll try to be better about posting more food pictures, but honestly, we hadn’t eaten much of anything until last night!! We were starting to wonder if we were going to starve to death in Italy. Such irony!

P.S. we already told GG… the nun story was too good to withhold from any Catholic. He did mention the fact that we could have gotten a car and driven in that amount of time. Trust me… in Padova, I wanted one!

Comment on [Italian Alps & Sud Tyrol] Getting to Bolzano by Cece S

Cece S — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:49:34 +0000

OMG! I’m sorry such a horrid hectic day! Please don’t tell GG lest he say he told you so (re the train) and lest you have breakdown #4! That dinner looks fantastic. I’m so glad you made it and am looking forward hearing all about cycling day Uno! (not to be confused w/Dog Uno!).

P.S. Magnolia dog misses you. She totally loved on me last night at Flyball. It was like she smelled estrogen and it made her feel better.

P.P.S. I had to get a new iPhone. I am truly the mother of all iPhonespazes (or I would be if I had been a slut in high school).

P.P.P.S. Kangaroos in Austria??? WTF?