I’m blogging from Bologna, Italy (where the players play) and I can report that yes some national stereotypes are true.
- Italians do drive fast, very very fast actually. I saw a sign asking drivers to slow down to 110 Kph. Although when the route from the airport takes you past Imola and you make Ducatis, Lamborghinis and Maseratis in your town you can’t really expect people to be happy plodding along at 50 kph.
- Italians do eat big lunches. 5 course today and they were still going strong.
Bologna is famous for having the oldest university in Europe. I am more impressed by the fact that they invented the famous Bolognese sauce and fully intended to sample it. Not for me you understand but for you!
Buonasera nona and all that!










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October 27, 2006 at 5:54 pm
mshairi
Seen any mafia yet? Sorry - silly joke
October 28, 2006 at 5:39 am
bee
Send me some cheese! Hey and maybe you techinically don’t know this (wink) but are the guys hot?
October 28, 2006 at 12:02 pm
KenyanMusings
Italy?!! Alaaaaaa, I could have sworn you were drinking goat soup with chilli in this Nairobi mimi.
Since you are there, I will need;(Its my birthday imagine woiyee…)
KM’s Shopping list;
- Photographs.
- Shoes…3.5/4 please, thank you
- Chocolate. Pass by Belgium, Yes, I kow its out of your way, but from Amsterdam during transit, it’s half an hour away ama?
- Penne pasta (specifically penne Mental!!)
-A Lamborghini (tihiii, washana)
- A skipping rope (well, just because I need one and since you are there…I would like what the ropes look like from there)
Enwei, haiya, now what are you doing in Italy? *smh*
I hope you letea the rest of we mortals photos ama?
And, jienjoy.
October 28, 2006 at 12:36 pm
kipepeo
i sincerely hope you didn’t say buona sera nonna to any italians…its would result in a look of….uhm…ok!!! and like km, I have a shopping list…I know ur getting back to nairobi at some time…so here goes….
go to perugia and get me some perugino’s….but u can get them most places in italy anyway,
uhm…there is this shirt shop in venice…specifically for ladies shirts….any shirt from there shall do….some muranno glass jewellry while ur in venice, some italian icecream…i know u will find a way…ur smart like that….thats about it….hope ur having fun in my fatherland!!
October 28, 2006 at 12:53 pm
KenyanMusings
@ kipepeo,
That is so not allowed!! You cant come and umm ask for real Italian stuff!! Its not fair!!!
D! D! **snaps fingers **, even me I want ummm, a shirt. yeh, from the shop in Venice. Tihiii.
Ummm, I’ll pass on the glass jewellery thank you very much unless its handmade. Is it handmade? Is it pretty? Oh, heck, I’ll take the glass too.
And, and, I will take anything by Michelangelo. Ha! Kip, who Italian now? huh? huh?
Ok, right ummm….**smh**
October 28, 2006 at 7:19 pm
kipepeo
@KM….the jewellery is lush…trust me…D has to get you some of it!! really cool….the shirts….man, ur messing my flow, but if we have different ones, then I guess he can bring both of us some shirts…then something else we want is a good bottle or two of lambrusco or chianti. Offcourse he shall have to go to milan and pick us a thing or two from armani…and I want an import of one of those lush italian men on those big scooter things…in sunglasses and a well cut italian suit….cannot be beaten!!!
October 28, 2006 at 10:10 pm
JKE
@the lads: ROFL…
@Mental:GPRS works! Aiii….so when r u back? And what exactly r u doing in Italy? Ati i thought u’d be in Nyeri…
KM & Mental - when are u comin to Embu for some Mbuzi choma? Ati KM, I am sure I will even find a nice (fake, of course) “Made in Italy” thingy from Maguna Andu supermarket here…
October 29, 2006 at 2:35 pm
Kenyanmusings
Tihiii, D you hear that? Armani, Chianti(yumm yumm, no hangovers), Kipepeo says you letea us.
@ Kip
Thanks. If you say its lush, I trust….
@ JKE
LMAO @ maguna andu Supermarket.Tehehhehe, I’m on the giggle train here. That name is funeeee.
Oi, There is this kahotel on my way to my shags huko called Morning glory, tihi, its supposed to be the coolest, ahem, no comment.
Haiya, Embu! Mbuzi Choma….ati/Aki I am so there!!!!
Kwanza if I am getting fake ‘made it Italy’ thingy, God! the options are endless. Maybe an AiX t-shirt, haiya, si they have a flea/mutumba market in Embu. I’m thinking next month, I dunno about Mental….Mental, when are we going? Eh? Eh?
October 29, 2006 at 9:28 pm
JKE
I think Mental is in Europe to pay this third Arthur ndugu a courtesy call….
October 30, 2006 at 4:32 am
madame butterfly
so when are u coming back. lets talk email..i have much to talk about..check out the girls for me.. hehehehe
October 30, 2006 at 9:51 am
kenyanmusings
@ JKE….I’m still on the giggle train over that link!!! LMAO
October 30, 2006 at 12:08 pm
Ms K
Now, about those red shoes………..
October 31, 2006 at 5:34 am
chi
i should just move to italy… us roads can’t contain me anymore…
November 3, 2006 at 5:09 pm
Mentalacrobatics
waa JKE that “i kiss you” guys website is still up?! I cant believe that! lol. That is longetivity i tell you! ebu get that mbuzi ready
the shopping is here people, now do like that, you all know what to do!
oh and kipepeo - bona sera nona x 100 (evil laugh)