Bologna too

The smell of chestnuts is in the air...the odd sight of bright yellow pumpkins and other halloween paraphanelia jumps out of a shop window every now and then...it really means nothing here but it has caught on...I think of M and G here and how they might like how young people their age live their lives...sure, there is a lack of green space and it's a completely different environment from what they are used to...but there is so much to see and do here that one almost feels deprived in not being able to take advantage of it more...

Bologna

Hello and ciao

I am in bologna...nice being back...I will be giving two talks at the university tomorrow and thursday...city has changed in the last few years...a lot of nice things happening here...less dog do do on the streets and people actually pick it up most of the time...no smoking in any restaurant or public place and that makes a big difference as well...the streets and piazza are always very busy...protests and strikes today everywhere...I think Mara would enjoy seeing some of the things young people her age are doing here...and Giuliano would also like it very much...Peggy thinks we should come back and that L could even possibly teach a course or two in the Political Science dept. that is connected with law...well...I cannot figure out how to post photos yet but I will work on it when I get back to lanciano...baci to you all...miss you...

babbo