Category: Culture

This latest Sunday I went to two, count ’em, two parties. The first was for a lunch at Paolo’s house in the country. I took a train to the nearest train station and he came to pick me up. There were already a bunch of people there, for the most part people that Paolo knows […]

So how does a trip to the Monterey Bay aquarium fit with an Italian theme? I guess that I really need to stretch a little to make it fit. It could be that I and the sweetie stayed at an AirBNB location (as I did a year ago in Italy) – a tale in itself. […]

It seems that it is longer and longer between posts. When I’m not in Italy life seems less noteworthy. Not that I haven’t had anything to do but it all seems (and is) just more ordinary. I suppose that if I were actually living in Italy it would be the same. However there is one […]

I don’t know if they actually say that in Italian so I mayhave just invented a term. Still that’s the way I think of it. I had, with the help of Barbara (and some help from Cesare) arranged a lunch with Italian friends that was timed for just a few days before my departure. The […]