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See Scott, lump really is a geographical term! Especially when you are biking over one. I am a few days behind reading and catching up tonight. I wish we could beam ourselves in, but since we can’t, reading your blog is the next best thing.
6 years agoI’ve never been on a cruise, but I love it he idea of arriving in Fenoa by sea. That seems like just the right Ishtar way to get here,
6 years agoI don’t think so, but I’m glad you asked because we see these here every now and then and I wasn’t that clear myself. It’s a granite stone used to crush olives as part of the oil extraction process.
6 years agoOK, cycad, but is that an old sharpening stone on the left?
6 years agoMy wife and I stopped off at Genoa on a Med cruise.. Looks like you guys are headed in the same direction our cruise went.. We're enjoying the sights..
6 years agoHey, thanks! With other palms all around, I just assumed this one was too.
6 years agoNope, it is a cycad. I remember this from my Botany class in 1965! Also have seen a few in botanical gardens to keep it fresh in my mind.
https://wimastergardener.org/article/cycads/
What a good test track for bad knees.
6 years agoI never joke about mummified frogs.
6 years agoGood to know that you weathered the storm well. I was kind of wondering how it might have affected you.
6 years agoOur timing was pretty good, alright; and we obviously can’t complain about the weather we’ve seen - yet. Even our timing for leaving Torino was good - many trains south were delayed this morning because of storm damage, one by almost two hours - but the lines were cleared by the time we neared the coast.
Great news about Steve and Dottie. We’ll see them with a new travel journal yet, I’m sure.
Enjoy the off season, and thanks again for sharing your travels with us.
Oh! My apologies. I thought you were joking.
6 years agoPretty hip clip joint, alright. I especially liked the business manager, on the left - very welcoming, speaks English well, wanted to know why I was in town, shared the information with the barbers who acted impressed. My barber spoke very minimal English so we communicated mostly by pantomime (I showed him a photo to indicate the look I was after). You’ll have to wait for the next selfie to see how well he did.
6 years agoI’m a believer. It is incredible that there is claimed to be such knowledge and understanding of their society - the names and lineages of these families, for example - but I think they know of what they speak. I remember reading Gods, Graves and Scholars as a child, about the history of archaeology. It’s fascinated me ever since.
6 years ago
Yes, that’s a well recognized term - I recognize it from my Geology 101 class from 50 years ago. Wish you could be here too! If you don’t mind a bit of rain, it’s brilliant.
6 years ago