by Peter Civetta | Jun 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today was the Feast of St. John the Baptist, patron saint of Florence, and the highlight of it is the historical soccer match called calcio in costume. It dates back to 1530 when the 4 churches banded together to repel a siege of the city. Ever since, they celebrate...
by Peter Civetta | Jun 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
It was a quieter day today. Apparently, I can tell a lie (but don’t believe it, Alice- I am true to you). I tried on a leather jacket to up my cool-ness factor, but it was a large. I had some great food that Nancy translated as fried string- trust me, it was...
by Peter Civetta | Jun 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
It was a hot one today. The kids and I switched hotels this morning to Nancy’s friend’s place. I am happy with that as construction started at 8:00am – it sounded like they were cutting through metal pipes 6 inches from my head. Of course, the...
by Peter Civetta | Jun 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Well, it has been a great few days in my life. At the Lamborghini factory, I pulled some strings and got a test drive for me and Eli and Houston. They let us on their race course, and as you can see, I smoked those fools! Next, you can see that I was able to hold up...
by Peter Civetta | Jun 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sorry for the delay in posting- we had an adventurous couple of days but now are settled into Florence. We went to leave Venice on Sunday morning, but when we got to the rental car place (a bit of a journey in itself), they had screwed up our reservation (which I...
