topics: polpette (food), modern family life, Marche Region, Ancona's port, a very long bike day; jump to dispatch

BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM May 10, 1998
Sunrise (local): 5:49 a.m. Sunset (local): 8:17 p.m.	Weather 73°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 0 mi / 0 km Cumulative Total 4660 mi / 7504 km	Lat: 43° 37' 06" N Lon: 13° 30' 32" E Elev: 0 ft / 0 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Ancona
Where We're Staying: host homes
Places We Visited: Ancona (port), coast from Ancona to Pescara, Pescara
Featured Site: port of Ancona
Person of the Day: Feroce family , and Gabriele and Lilly - our SERVAS hosts!
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: polpette - meatballs with very little meat; Breakfast: biscuits, jam, coffee, and milk; Lunch: spaghetti and polpette meatballs, marinated salad, bread; Dinner: pizza; Olive count: 2144
Word of the Day: "Buon appetito" means "Enjoy your meal." "Grazie, altre l'tante!" is what you say when showing an extremely fine use of table manners. It means, "Thanks, the same to you!"
Tech Fact of the Day: modello Marche regione - the special Marche Region way of doing business and trade: Flat Count (Cumulative): 25; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 32


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