Today has been a very good day. Not because of anything I have done, but because of how I feel. I am starting to have glimpses of that “travel mode” frame of mind, of just paying attention to what is right before me, of what I am experiencing right now. Just being. That is enough. I think this is the key to my love of travel.
10 observations about Rome:
1. There is not the same pedestrian street crossing etiquette here.
2. It is really difficult to sweep the sidewalk in front of your shop on cobble stone roads.
3. Tourist kiosks are sometimes not very helpful.
4. There are sooooo many people in Rome today. I wonder if spring Break has started.
5. Some little Italian cars do not have to worry about parallel parking.
6. There was a trio singing opera in the Piazza del Popolo. I stayed a listed to their whole set. It turns out I recognized all of them. I had no idea I was acquainted with so many Italian opera songs. I did recognize one from my youth when I watched Gilligan’s Island.
7. I have now had 2 experiences with patisseries. The chocolate croissant was not so good. Maybe the Italians don’t make the French desserts very well. Maybe it was just this patisserie. Maybe it was because it was the afternoon and it had been sitting all day. So I decided to try an unrecognized dessert: pasticciotto pistachio. It was maybe the best thing I have ever eaten.
9. This building seems to follow me all over Rome. I know it is the same one because of the color of the walls and of the shutters.
Laundry shot from my balcony this afternoon:
pistacchio! ❤️
ReplyDelete4 / I think private schools are on spring break now woohoo
ReplyDelete7 / definitely stick with Italian rather than French pastries, baked goods etc. all so deliziosa, so reason to stray. don't sleep on gelato & panna cotta!