RGR '09

It could be considered a little odd to start the first blog post about living abroad with someone else's story about a bike race that happened while I was still living in Portland, but the Rapha Gentleman's Race on September 12th was absolutely splendid and was also sort of my last hurrah in Portland before leaving so I think it makes a fitting marker for the start of all this.

The whole story is told here. And for those to lazy to click on a link, here's the video.

Rapha Gentlemen's Race - Oregon Coast to Portland from RAPHA on Vimeo.

With the words from our sponsors completed...I've been trying to keep in touch with people and frankly, I've stunk at it. My mom got so fed up with my efforts that she created a multiple choice email for me where all I had to do was pick a letter to respond to a series of her questions. Her email made me laugh but clearly it suggested something had to be done.

So this is my answer to the number of kind and well meaning requests I've received from people asking me to let them know what's going on with me as I settle into my two year adventure living and working in Ancona. I left Portland on September 15th, 2009 and landed 20 hours later in Ancona, Italy. That was a little over two weeks ago. Since then I've started working, learned how to order a glass of fizzy water in Italian, had the flu, offended the area head of immigration, started drinking coffee, and a whole lot of other things. I'll be chronicling those and other Adventures over time. So, thanks for reading and I hope this helps keep you up to date. Which doesn't mean I still don't want to hear from you!



That's the view from the window of my apartment.