#and he would totally have a bunch of nostalgic feelings about some food item & decide not to eat it out of loyalty

[silverwhittlingknife]

Hey I was stalking ur page just now and tripped over the “dick and tim and food” posts and it made me think of how, during the “Robin in keystone city” arc, pizza is brought up at least twice, and both times tim specified that he doesn’t want pineapple on the pizza. BUT iirc tim normally enjoys or at the very least tolerates pineapple on pizza, and I wanted to know if you thought maybe tim was avoiding pineapple pizza bc it’s a tim and dick thing for him and he’d miss his brother or something

Or maybe I’m just being weird or something idk

HEADCANON ACCEPTED I LOVE THIS

(the context of the panel is that dick ordered pizza, and alfred told him that he could've made food, so dick is saying "uh huh but i bet you wouldn't willingly make anoudille and pineapple pizza though" and alfred is all "no i would NOT and i can barely tolerate that you're eating it in front of me")

anyway so YES clearly tim can't eat andouille or pineapple pizza without Dick!! it'd be lonely

[preganziolitaly2017]

7/07/17 - 7/08/17

I have a lot to cover from the last four days! This past weekend I decided to go to the Cinque Terre (the five lands) and I had the best experience here in Italy, so far. Because it is very late and I am exhausted and my back is killing me, I will cover the first two days tonight and the rest tomorrow morning. 

7/07/17

Friday, after a very busy morning of watching the kids, I was ready to relax and head out to La Spezia! although it’s not one of the five seaside villages that make up the Cinque Terre, it’s still right next to the beach (it’s actually a port city) and the mountains! Getting there was a bit stressful for me, because I am still getting used to taking the trains and four separate trains were taking me there! It needed up working fine, though.

The first worry was catching the earlier one going from the town to the main station. I had about four minutes to spare, after buying that ticket and rushing on foot to the station. Then the next worry was when the train attendant found out I was sitting in a nicer coach than I was supposed to sit in (totally unintentionally, I swear); but she just kindly asked me to leave. The final worry was when my train from Florence to Pisa was about 10 minutes late! Previously it had been relatively easy to find out which bin my train was scheduled to leave at (numbered 1-10 usually). There are these big electronic screens stating the train number, which I can never see on my ticket for some reason, and the time of departure. EVERY TIME prior to this one time my train was running late, all the trains had different departure times so I was using that to figure out which train to get on and where it was. Of course, this time, after getting off the very delayed train and then only having about six minutes to get on the other train in a fairly bigger station than I was used to, there were two trains departing at exactly the same time. Either from bin 5, or bin 11. I tried asking one of the train conductors, but of course he misunderstood me and I had to rush off in the middle of our conversation. I stared at the screen hopefully for some miracle, and then I realized that it was scrolling through each of the stops! The second I saw Pisa appear, I ran to bin #5 and literally got on the train just before it left. The journey by train in itself was very peaceful! I really prefer it as a way to travel. I have to talk about the snacks they offered me, as they were far different (and better) than anything complimentary I had received before! The first one, which I will post in a picture, was a delicious orange-flavored pastry. It tasted like something I would buy at home for $3.00. The second snack I had on a different train were these rosemary infused baked crackers. I absolutely love the taste of rosemary in food items, so I really enjoyed the crackers. And they didn’t seem all that bad for you. At about 7:15 I got off the train in La Spezia! First impressions: the location in between the mountains and sea really made me nostalgic for California, there was a busier street with tons of people which made me feel joyful and energetic, the wind was nice and refreshing, and the apartments were the same, typical, Italian structures I had seen previously. Colorful and tall, decorated with potted flowers and hanging laundry. As I arrived I felt this wave of excitement and adventure. A new beginning in a new place.

I headed out to catch the owner of the Air B&B before she had to leave. She was extremely nice and helpful, throughout my entire stay. I already was texting her via What’s App before arriving, so I could tell she would be easy to communicate with. She showed me to my room and then gave me a bunch of brochures, offering to help me book activities if I wanted to! Once I settled in to my room and looked up places to eat, I headed out to dinner. Instead of having Italian food for the umpteenth time, my dearest mother found a cool little Irish/English themed pub nearby. The environment was awesome— little wooden tables with real candles placed on top, stone walls, and Irish music in the background. It felt like a cavern in Ireland. Or Scotland. Or England.. haha. Then there was my beer.. which was actually bigger than the long candlestick. I’m realizing that I actually really enjoy Italian beer. My dinner ended up being pasta (LOL) but it was a pancake-like type specific to the region. It was v delish. After dinner I walked back and decided to take a shower and shave (sorry if this is too much info). Let me just say, I really want to install a bidet in my bathroom when I get home.. for some reason though, there were about 5 packets of soap, and two bottles of body wash but NO shampoo. So I was left not knowing if I should buy some or use the soap. After reading something online I decided I would try just using the soap for my hair and it actually made my hair feel and look way better! Sometimes when I use hotel shampoos the oiliness of my hair is left in a little, even after the rinse, but the soap seemed to really to wash it out well. Then I went to sleep, ready to have a good start to my day!

7/08/17

This day was a bit of fail, but still really nice and relaxing! I actually started out planning for next weekend when I will be visiting Jessica in England for her birthday!! I’m realizing how important it is to plan in advance, before everything gets super expensive. Once I had booked everything, I headed down to get breakfast and check out the sea! The only thing I had planned to do for this day was a kayaking sunset tour, which I was really looking forward to. So I went to a nearby cafe and had a pastry filled with cream and a cappuccino. I’m really starting to prefer them over lattes now! Then I decided to just walk along the main stretch until I reached the water. It took just about ten minutes to reach the pier! It was soooo picturesque. TONS of sailboats were on the docks, the sun was shining, and the water was glistening. Palm trees lined the roads and there were flowers everywhere. Looking back towards the main road, the view was of the many, colorful apartments of La Spezia; some at sea level and some resting on the mountains. It was truly gorgeous.

I walked along a new bridge for fun and saw a few octopi! One was a large white one and the other, a smaller purple one. Later on I learned that the purple one was fairly dangerous. After taking my time walking the strip of the dock and realizing that it was not for unauthorized personnel, I ate at a fast-food seafood place that the Air B&B owner told me about. When you got to the front of the line, you just requested what you wanted and they served it on a tray. I had calamari and stuffed mussels with marinara sauce. Everything was amazing. I also bought red wine to drink with the fish, which warranted me a funny look from the cashier. I now realize white wine is the only kind of wine suitable with fish! Then I came back to the room to charge my phone (this is getting very annoying) only to be met with the disappointing notice that my sunset kayaking trip would be cancelled :((( I was super bummed out, but I didn’t want to let the news get me down too much. I tried looking for activities to do later on that day, but nothing was available. I ended up just relaxing in my room and reading my book until the late afternoon.

When I got back out, I was going to head straight to dinner but got distracted by clothes, which rarely happens. There is this popular store called Tally Weijl (something like that) and for some reason they had exactly the type of jeans I have always wanted to wear, along with a lot of cute other clothes. So I shopped a bit before heading out to dinner! At about seven was when I got to the seafood restaurant, and literally I was the only one there. Everyone eats so late! I had amazing linguini with a variety of seafood and then headed back to my place.

-Tess