I’ve officially had my first mountain bike race in the Italian Alps. I have also officially never felt such numbness in my saddle. For those male cyclists out there, you probably know what kind of numbness I’m referring to. I thought I almost lost the poor guy around mile 23 when I couldn’t feel anything. [...]
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300 feet. I know you are probably thinking this is another stunt I pulled while driving around Italy, but this time the jokes on me. In Italy, it’s all about service at the pump. Instead of allowing the auto-motorist to fill up their own vehicle they have decided for safety reasons that trained gas pumpers [...]
I’m not sure I like to admit this, but I’ve been known to throw a few triple axels in my hay day. That’s right, Jordan Randall is an Ice Skater.. As it appears in the picture below, I almost landed the Nancy Kerrigan’s Blade of Glory… except mine was self inflicted. The land ended uncomfortably… [...]
2 hours outside of Milan and a few clicks North of Verona, I found myself on a last minute trip to The Dolomites. This was it! The first chance to escape the hustle and bustle of big city life and a rebirth of my mountain man primal instincts. Yeah, that’s what I thought until I [...]
POUNCING through the frosted morning dew of Piemonte, Ringo, our truffle-hunting dog, discovered the knock-your-socks-off, knobby potato shaped truffle we had been anticipating. Ringo darts off into the forest and pauses for a moment… looks at the ground, takes a deep breath, then claws vigorously at the ground. Tirone Angelo, a cheerful old truffle hunter [...]
Ciao a tutti! I hope all is well State side! I’ve been really busy at work the past week gearing up for the recruiting season, but you must always make time on the weekends to play! Just last week my belongings from the US finally arrived including my bicycles, unicycle, and kiteboard so I decided [...]
Here is the latest video of our river rafting trip highlighting the days activities…enjoy! Well, it has been about 10 years since I have been river rafting on the Colorado river so I figured it was time for another. Last weekend I took the team on a day trip to Valsesia, the Italian Swiss Alps. [...]
Weekend in Florence with Riccardo. This was fantastic! Last time I was in Florence was with my sister 2 years ago during our graduation trip. This time, I made the trip with a local, Riccardo, who made it extra exciting. Riccardo and I work together in Milan and he invited me to join him in [...]
Well, I had a couple of ‘firsts’ In Italy over Easter weekend. I’m not sure you knew this, but in Italy the Monday after Easter is National Picnic Day, or Pasquetta meaning “little Easter”. Everyone and there dog (literally dog) goes outside for a picnic. Another ‘first’ this weekend was my trip to Napoli. I [...]
I had another “situation” at the grocery store today. I was looking for some lotion for my sun burn and came across the hair care/body/lotion products and obviously everything was in Italian. So, being intuitive, I thought to look at the pictures on the bottles…. no such luck! just fancy colors and odd shapes. Then [...]
