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Sunday in Outer Blogness: deferred edition…

chanson, August 22, 2015August 22, 2015

Hey folks, on Sunday I’ll be visiting Milan — hanging out with my sister who is on vacation in Italy — and I have a day-trip planned for next Sunday as well. So I’d like to do a middle-of-two-weeks edition on Wednesday to make up for missing these two Sundays. Thanks for your patience! 😀

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Comments (3)

  1. Donna Banta says:
    August 23, 2015 at 7:20 am

    Have a great time!

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  2. Circus watcher says:
    August 23, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    Enjoy your time off.

    Reply
  3. chanson says:
    August 23, 2015 at 11:22 pm

    Thanks, I had a great time!!

    It’s actually kind of awesome that it’s so simple to do a day trip to Milan from here. I had to leave my house at 6:30, and got back a little after 11 p.m. — and I spent more time in transit than I did in Milan — but still. The train trip itself it pretty relaxing, so all-in-all it makes for a fun day!

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