Giovanni&Criz

A couple of weeks ago I managed to take a picture of a dolphin in the Swan River. I was on a boat and it was amazing to see a couple of dolphins that were competing with the boat :)

Last Sunday I took part to " The Great Bike Ride " around the Swan River in Perth with some colleagues. It was a 53 km long race and I did not take it really seriously, but it was very well organised and safe. My final result was very bad, in fact my final position was the 1500th. I can not complain after a three month stop caused by my back pain and my sciatica. During the race I was together with my colleague Carsten, as usual I forgot the bottle and Carsten pointed a place where I could take some water. Unfortunately there were just two kids that were not part of the organization but they were selling some water with the addition of some "gatorade" or something like that. I did not have my wallet with me and I could only exchange my muesli bar for a glass of water :)

There is a funny story between and Mark. It was last June... I do not remember exactly when but I was in Rome waiting for the streetcar at the Trastevere tram stop. Well, I noticed a couple of foreigners with a lot of bags. Then I offered my help to get on the tram asking where they were from. It was surprising to discover that Mark and his wife, Simone, were from Australia/Perth. Mark gave me his phone number and I manage to meet him with his wife in Perth!

Finally I have got some free time to write something. Let's start saying that it is very hard to get used with a different country. Actually, it is the same thing that I thought when I was in the USA and in the UK :) My discover of Australia is going on very slowly. I have got some problems with my back, but it was an excuse to get together with different people. I started to visit a physiotherapy centre and my therapist is a big Croatian/Italian/Australian guy who is able to speak three different languages and fix the back of the people in the same time. It was funny when I started the therapy with him, when I told him I am from Rome, he answered that his father was born in Rome, then moved to Trieste and finally lived in Croatia. He is just an example, cause most of the people, here, have a similar background. Justin, my therapist, reminded me a lot Igor, my advisor professor during my studies in the USA, he was from Croatia as well and the way to speak some Italian words was the