March 20, 2008

buon giorno

3/20/08

Greetings from Amelia, Italy! We're here visiting your old friend David Petrarca, staying in his stone house atop the ancient walled city, dating hundreds of years before the Romans. So you know what my priority is, right?

Exactly! Finding the right broadband SIM card so I can watch the Heels on the internet. What's the frickin' holdup?

Anyway, I'll be reporting from here for the next week. Tell me if you want something!

Posted by Ian Williams at March 20, 2008 11:53 PM
Comments
Posted by: Sean M at March 21, 2008 05:47 AM

I'll have one of everything, please.

Posted by: Anne at March 21, 2008 05:51 AM

*green with envy*

:-)

Posted by: kaz at March 21, 2008 06:56 AM

oh, ian, if you were closer to rome and i wasn't going to fiji for my chiefdom on wednesday, i'd ask for coffee from caffe sant'eustacchio...alas, enjoy your time there, and say hi to dave!

Posted by: kevin from NC at March 21, 2008 07:00 AM

Aceto por mi, per piaceri!!!!

Posted by: Andy at March 21, 2008 07:09 AM

Ian - as much as you travel around I can't believe you haven't invested in a Slingbox yet.

Posted by: cate at March 21, 2008 07:11 AM

hey, did you see that obama picked the heels to win it all? whoo-hoo!
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/obamas-ncaa-bracket/#more-4576

Posted by: DB at March 21, 2008 02:56 PM

aside from a late entry into the contest, i'd like some euros, please--now that gwb has made the greenback so worthless...

Posted by: eyetal at March 22, 2008 11:41 AM

Anyone notice how much Paulus looks like Pinto from Animal House?

Posted by: T.J. at March 22, 2008 01:42 PM

Dook barely escapes the first round upset and loses in the second, resulting in the following in the Yahoo! Sports recap:

"[Huggins] is back home in West Virginia, at the school he played for, and back among basketball’s elite.... His Duke counterpart, Mike Krzyzewski, is heading in the opposite direction."

It's all gravy from here on out! Go Heels!

Posted by: scruggs at March 22, 2008 05:42 PM

I just read in the UNC alum mag that Peter Kaufman is leaving UNC for Univ of Richmond...NO! What a big loss for UNC, but he is working on a great project and seems like he'll have better resources at his disposal. The story was very cool in general. Though I skipped most of my classes the fall of my soph. year, I skipped his Hist. of Xtianity the least!

Posted by: Bozoette Mary at March 24, 2008 04:37 AM

Gelato, please - any flavor.

Posted by: Tanya at March 24, 2008 04:41 AM

Ding Dong! dook is gone!! Oh happy day!

Posted by: caveman at March 24, 2008 05:36 AM

Omnes Gallia es divisa in tres partes

Posted by: emma at March 25, 2008 03:33 AM

I'll take a friend named David Petrarca to visit in a stone house in a bella town in Italy.

Posted by: zia at March 26, 2008 01:32 PM

oi, you not popping to London town on your travels?xxx

Posted by: Ian at March 27, 2008 03:11 AM

Zia, we'll be at heathrow tomorrow for 45 minutes!