A simple plan for the day - we will stay at the hotel all day. This is our first day in the sun this year. For once, I remember to cover myself in factor 20 suncream. There are several musicians using the pool today - some talk about today's soundcheck being at 5pm and signs of a PA being set up in the park near our hotel
Today's reading is Barry Miles's Bukowski biography. I have read four or five of Bukowski's books, but years ago. I am quite a big fan of Ferrera's film Tales of Ordinary Madness with Ben Gazarra and Ornella Muti in the lead roles. Apparently Bukowski hated this film and preferred Barfly.
Gazzara and Muti in Tales of Ordinary Madness
Following this, I have started on Graham-Dixon's book on Michaelangelo and the Sistene Chapel. It is apparent that the town is gearing up for some festivities of some sort. A huge cooking area has been created and seating set out for loads of people. At this stage, we are unsure what is going on - is it for the Blues Festival?
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Preparing for the night's festivities.
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Linda at the Mayfair Bar
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Crowds begin to gather in the streets and we discover that today's event is some sort of boat race between four of the local villages.
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The boats themselves
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Il Molo - where we ate last time we stayed here and is very good indeed
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Linda with her antipasto di Mare - the £16 starter that one of us had each time we went hereSo to the boat racing. There are four teams, but appear to be loads on team members. There are actually two male paddlers for each boat and they steer a course across the lake front road a buoy in the distance. Once back at the jetty, a girl who leaps out of the boat with a flag, after which more males carry their boat along the main street.
Not feeling 100% tonight following our day in the sun. My guess is slight de-hydration despite drinking 4 litres liquids today - coke, water, lager and wine.
But of course the Trasimeno Blues Festival is in town and we are able to watch the set by "Lightning Malcom and Cedric Burnside" on the small area of park near the lake. Actually this is a pretty good show. Afterwards we stay and see the first couple of tracks by Otis Taylor and his band (who turned out to be the people we had been with at the pool this morning). But we were pretty tired by this point and didn't stay for the entire set.
Tomorrow night's festival is headlined by Dr John and is in Castiglione just round the lake shore. We are quite tempted by this (or at least I am, Linda doesn't know who Dr John is)
Tonight's movie is Couples Retreat which is pretty poor except for some very funny yoga class scenes
Tonight's movie is Couples Retreat which is pretty poor except for some very funny yoga class scenes
Very much how I looked while teaching yoga - the body, the postural adjusted, everything was exactly like this
Saturday
First thing I am unable to resist working out the trades for the past week per the systems - I rationalise this by noting it is necessary as data doesn't last long enough till we get home. But really I am very excited to see how the trading has gone having just about managed to avoid looking at the markets during the day while we are on holiday. I am also concerned that I will be annoyed if the days would have been good and regret not having been trading. So Saturday morning seems like a good time to review things and it looks like it has been a very good week.
First thing I am unable to resist working out the trades for the past week per the systems - I rationalise this by noting it is necessary as data doesn't last long enough till we get home. But really I am very excited to see how the trading has gone having just about managed to avoid looking at the markets during the day while we are on holiday. I am also concerned that I will be annoyed if the days would have been good and regret not having been trading. So Saturday morning seems like a good time to review things and it looks like it has been a very good week.
At breakfast we spot Lightnin' Malcom having some food and feel compelled to tell him how much we enjoyed his set last night. He accepts our compliments with good grace and we leave him alone.
Another day by the pool - Linda is especially keen to just crash out and read. My reading today are articles from the magazine Philosophy Now - which reveal again how much I know little about, or only have a little knwledge e.g. the excellent article about Oedipus that I read today.
I am reminded of the Emo Philips joke from Oedipus - what has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night? A donkey, which has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon after you cut two off, and three in the evening when you stick one back on again
Another day by the pool - Linda is especially keen to just crash out and read. My reading today are articles from the magazine Philosophy Now - which reveal again how much I know little about, or only have a little knwledge e.g. the excellent article about Oedipus that I read today.
I am reminded of the Emo Philips joke from Oedipus - what has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night? A donkey, which has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon after you cut two off, and three in the evening when you stick one back on again
Oepidus battles the Sphinx
Antigone leading the blind Oedipus out of the CityDinner out is at Il Molo again - tonight sitting on the road. No boat racing tonight, though the feast take place again
Linda dining in the road - more racing to come on Sunday apparently
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