Monthly archives for February, 2014

Three cheers for the Carabinieri (or “How I got a police escort to McDonalds in Bari”)

Ok, so I’ll be the first one to admit that over the past couple of years I’ve tried my best to shy away from fast food if I can avoid it.

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They Won’t Believe It’s Not Butter

One of the things that has plagued me upon my return to Italy is a vain search for “regular” peanut butter around where we live (ok, maybe a bit dramatic, but you’ve got to admit that “plagued” is a word that we should use more often). Amy and I brought with us a couple of jars of JIF Peanut Butter (I’m not going to reveal if it’s creamy or chunky, those fights get as heated as Mac or PC) and every time we give in to the “easy snack” temptation that it is, every scoop from the jar is a reminder that it will not last forever. Oh, and good luck finding it somewhere else.

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The Lost Month

So it’s now February and I’ve yet to post anything about our Christmas and New Years experience. To be perfectly honest we were sick when we got back and essentially did nothing for about a week, but that doesn’t cover the rest of the month. I have no excuse but I will try and be a little more speedy about it (though to be fair, that TV series I started when I was sick wasn’t going to watch itself). Granted it also kinda depends on us doing something interesting, which we haven’t done a lot of the last few weeks unless you count eating out every now and again. In any case, as soon as I can gather the pictures and write something about our time in Germany I’ll put them up (it was a lot of fun except for the whole “sick” part). Thanks for hanging in there with us!