I’m home. Leaving Trieste Tuesday morning (April the 8th) around 6:30 am and arriving in Spokane Tuesday evening around 9:30 pm combined with the 9 hour time difference had us traveling for 24 hours straight, the vast majority of which was daylight! On the return trip I wore the same comfy black slacks and slip-on …
Arriving by train in Venice on a gorgeous spring day, I quickly became aware of the differences in how people relate in a tourist city versus in Trieste. In Venice, most of the service personnel in the street spoke to us in English. In Trieste, hearing English spoken tends to draw curious stares; in one …
I think I’m Italian. That is, there are alot of things about the life and culture here that I prefer, not the least of which is their style. But I digress. The real reason for this post is just personal. I’m having a great time, but today I started to get homesick. No doubt it …
