Tw Cen MT is not Futura.

Acqui Terme, Italy.  October 11, 2008, 2:24 PM.

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Tw Cen MT is not Futura.

Acqui Terme, Italy, October 11 2008, 2:16 PM.

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Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head, and just like the guy who’s feet are too big for his bed–nothing seems to fit, those raindrops are fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’;

It’s miserable out–grey, wet, icy and shitty–and I’m here listening to two plumbers rip out my toilet to fix a giant crack that’s leaking…something into the basement section underneath the pharmacy below us, and therefore we will be without a toilet until at least tomorrow.  Add to that a sizable 1/5th of our bedroom celing [...]

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Il pranzo primo in Italia;

One of the last pieces of information my then-brand-spanking-new-mother-in-law relayed to me over the phone as I was scribbling down the directions to Baur B&B was “there will be a bottle of wine waiting for you two.”  And when we arrived late that morning, that was an understatement.
We lugged our bags up to the room, [...]

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La citta d’Acqui Terme, parte seconda;

One of my favorite distractions during the wedding planning process was researching as much as I could on Acqui–unfortunately, there wasn’t much to be found.  The city’s main website is written only in Italian, and even books written about the Piemonte region (two that I purchased) maybe devote a paragraph at most, and usually only [...]

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Le erbe;

Another unexpected perk of staying at Baur B&B was the plentitude of herbs around the property.  Diana has the most ENVIABLE herb bushes I’ve ever encountered, and it was more than tempting to go and pluck some sage leaves and a few sprigs of thyme (timo) from the gorgeous and lovingly tended herb gardens:
 

So many [...]

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La citta d’Acqui, parte prima.

Expectation is a funny thing, especially when it concerns an upcoming vacation, and even moreso when it’s a honeymoon. Especially if it involves European travel in some capacity. The most common response I received from others when mentioning we were going to Italy for our honeymoon was “so, are you going to be [...]

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La cucina;

One of the less-expected aspects of our trip was having a kitchen at our disposal to make dinner at night, which of course sounds completely counterintuitive to going on vacation.  Growing up, going down the shore usually meant that we would eat out every night, something we never did while at home.  But this vacation would [...]

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La cartina d’Acqui Terme;

A map, courtesy of Google, of Acqui.  Fitting in part due to the fact that my most popular post is dedicated to transit cartography.

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I dettagli;

Baur B&B is a unique place to spend a week, and for me, the little details of the property drew the camera out of my bag before I even took any pictures of the actual buildings.  We had spent Tuesday morning in town buying food for dinner, and while there the sky was a cloudy–the [...]

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