Wa Wa WEEEE WAHA! Another busy week. Are you getting as tired of hearing that as I am of saying it? You should be! I worked a half day today (sunday) deciding on such a plan after adding up the hours I have worked this month and how many days in a row. I have had 2 full days off in the month of May. Aided in the decision was having the house to ourselves to work and a small clandestined delivery of a herbal nature that when burnt and inhaled produces feelings of euphoria and what can only be described as "thuggy-ness"...



...and the desire to harass the Farm cat with a camera lenz despite his already quite surly dispostion.



That's Freccia - but he prefers to be called Frank!

But I am really digging getting the job done, and staying in it to win it, making my work ethic known and felt around the farm, and still having time to help with the stuff that just always seems to come up...like moving the branches from the shade trees that got butchered this week, leaving little for shade this summer, and a massive mess in the yard.





Saturday was a big drive... 4 hours each way. Nothing makes sitting in traffic more tolerable than a waste of high performance auto engineering beauty idling just in front of you...



The mission was a delivery of one bike in Asti, then just north near Cessole where we had a view of the Dolomiti...



can you see the faint monster mountain peak in the distance...



Asti is home to the tradition of sparkling dry white wine called Spumante...





The mission was to deliver 9 bikes and install 3 racks on vehicles we were not 100% sure of (which means you travel with like 6 rack options!) It was a full day for sure, but I met some amazing people. Not the Tourists, but the owners of the Villa where they were staying.

For the first time in a delivery I was brought a beer without asking, and offered the pool to swim before the clients got there. When I replied that I did not have a cosumi di bagno (swim suit), Olga, the matriarch of the house suggested I go "as I was in nature" when they went back to their house, assuring me no one would see. I was about to blast past rob in my birthday suit and splash down when I could hear the clients at the driveway. Belissimo!







After the 2 hour bike fitting and rack install Olga and Max invited us up to the house, made a pot of coffee for the big drive back and said next time we just stay with them and relax in the mountains for the weekend. They sent us off with a bottle of local wine, and got all contact info to stay in touch. Maybe some freaky swingers, but probably just another pair of amazingly friendly hospitable giving Italians who are comfortable and love meeting new people. Its hard not to love it here!

I spent the second half of today in a smile infused haze, rode to town and had a beer in the park while laying in the shade and writing poetry. No Seriously... Sometimes even just half a day off is all you need!

Ciao