First Night in Florence

October 15, 2021 at 9:30 pm

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Florence — my first night here. Wow!

From @lloyd.kahn’s Instagram

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Dinner in Mendrisio

October 14, 2021 at 3:03 pm

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Dinner in Mendrisio with Leopold and friends after my talk on the 13th.

This was buckwheat polenta which the waiter loaded on each of our plates and then brought out steaming bowls of venison, rabbit, porcini, and sausage, big bottle of house red Chianti.

From @lloyd.kahn’s Instagram

My Talk in Switzerland Today

October 13, 2021 at 4:17 am

“60 Years of Natural Building” at 6 PM Swiss time tonight, I believe 9 AM West Coast US time on Zoom:
Lloyd Kahn Lecture

eu01web.zoom.us/j/6159923307?pwd=RFo2Um83azNuZ0JFSHh5MklKdFlWUT09

ID: 615 992 3307
Code: 924679

Let me know if anyone watches this.

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Exhibit of Interactive Machines of Leonardo da Vinci in Venice

October 13, 2021 at 3:42 am

Leonardo never built one, but apparently sketched one, along with a chain, in the 1500s. There’s a lot of controversy over who really designed the first bike.

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Duomo di San Marco

October 13, 2021 at 2:59 am

Way less tourists now due to Covid, even less so in early AM.

Justified obligatory shot; it is just breathtaking.

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Unusual Lathe

October 13, 2021 at 2:54 am

Builders: Check out this lathe using a saw blade instead of lathe turning tools. In the bottom floor of the Japanese pavilion.

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Small World!

October 11, 2021 at 3:00 am

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Lukas and I were having cappuccinos and croissants just now in the morning sun at a cafe near the Arsenale and talking about running.

I was telling him about Jeff Galloway, the author of our book Galloway’s Book on Running and Jeff’s “run walk run” method of training when this man, who had overheard me, came over and told us that he and some of his friends had used Jeff’s method to run three marathons in a year. In Italy.

Small world!