September 27, 2006

Clouds over Florence

It was fascinating to watch the sky and the moving clouds over Florence, very impressive. It must have been inspiring to the famous painters some hundreds years ago, which are exhibited in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florenz. Somehow it reminds me of their paintings...

Bella Italia

Well, I'm back from Italy. It's such a great country with a rich history, a beautiful landscape, friendly people and great food and wines.
There are way too many tourists roaming the Tuscany, but where beauty is, there are always admirers too...

Photo: Ponte Vecchio crossing the river Arno in Florence
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Vecchio)

September 16, 2006

Away in Italy


I'm away for a week, enjoying the beautiful landscape of Tuscany in Italy, so probably I'm unable to post during this time.

Photo: the leaning tower of Pisa, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa

September 13, 2006

Men and shopping

I don't know why it's so hard to buy clothings. Maybe there are too many options to choose from and the simple male mind cannot handle it. Today I stood in front of a tie rack with some hundred different colors and styles. After some hours of looking and thinking and again looking and thinking and moving around the rack every 10 minutes, I decided on one particular color. Now I had to make an apparently more easy decision between three equal good looking ties.
Some hours later I was about to buy all three of them, because there was no point to justify a decision in favor of one of them. Finally I decided to buy the one who looked a bit more different from both of the others, so I prevented to die by exhaustion in front of a tie rack. Now I need a recovery of some weeks before I'm able to enter the next clothing store...

September 12, 2006

Sunday night delight

The NFL season has started, probably the best thing of autumn. This brings up memories of sweat, dirt, bruises and unbelievable euphoria. The harder and more exhausting the sport the higher the emotions.
The quote of the most famous football coach Vince Lombardi is so true: http://cogniproc.blogspot.com/2006/07/victory.html