From two weeks in Italy. I didn’t take a laptop, i wanted to see if life is possible without internet.
It is, provided you’ve got enough pasta and red wine…and we certainly did.
More tomorrow.
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4 Comments
Cyrus:Doctor,
If you happen to drive/walk buy an Iranian diplomatic mission in your travels, kindly extend a middle finger to it on my behalf. Hope you are enjoying your travels boss, have a good weekend!
Cyrus
May 18, 2007 - 7:01 am Curt:Welcome home.
May 18, 2007 - 10:59 am Carlos:Ha,yes Michael,the life is possible without internet.And May 17 is the Internet Day.
ML: You see, Carlos? I didn’t even know that. Certainly life in Naples and environs has very little to do with internet, although even there it is making headway.
May 18, 2007 - 5:14 pm Winston:Glad to see you back, sir. Hope you enjoyed it. I am also back from Germany
May 20, 2007 - 1:54 am