Trieste Pictures 2

After a couple of rainy days, the weather cleared up and turned spring. Yesterday we walked downtown. While I was happy later that I had brought my coat with me, my daughter reminded me that if we had our picture taken with our coats on it would basically be the same outfit we had already pictured.
A few comments about what I am wearing:

1. The pants are the ones I wore on the plane.  They are so comfortable!  Purchased at Value Village, they are Eddie Bauer and I paid a single dollar for them.  I think I got my money’s worth, don’t you?
2. I love my flats and they were great for the plane, but this day’s walk was a bit too far to go in them.  Also, I should add that I am not seeing many ballet flats or moccasin-type slip-on shoes. 
3. For spring of 2008, I am relying on black & white & pink as my basic color scheme and it’s working really well for me.  I am still wearing lots of other colors, but when I’m having trouble making a decision it’s black/white/pink.

And a sad story:  this particular outing, we met some friends downtown and, while the dads watched the kids play in the town square, the ladies went to a fancy “bar” (a gourmet coffee bar).  DD ordered a hot chocolate, which was more like American cooked chocolate pudding than American hot chocolate milk (if anybody knows how to make Italian hot chocolate, please leave a recipe!).  I ordered coffee with caramel, stirred it, licked the spoon, and promptly knocked it over, spilling the entire thing!  I have never come so close to crying over a spilled beverage.  Of course, I knew it was good because I licked the spoon.  And I couldn’t even order another, I didn’t have any euros yet.

More later!