First days in Italy

Maite and I have arrived safely in Italy and we seem to manage very well with a mixture of 3 languages (Spanish, Romanian and English) - Maite speaks Spanish to the people so they can understand us, they speak Italian back to us, which I understand.

So far we were in Alessandria with my friend Oana, where we did some shopping; then we visited Milan and set off to Venice!

We are now in Florence getting ready to start the day! :)

Milan was quite and adventure, especially with the Metro system that we kind of figured out only when we left!

Venice is out of this world!!!! Very beautiful and just amazing! Whoever has said that Venice is expensive was very wrong.... we have managed to find good food for cheap.... and restaurants seem to have affordable food!!!!

We took a boat on the Grand Canale and just enjoyed the ride.... we spent a lot of time in St. Mark's Square and then getting lost on the narrow streets.........

More to come!!

Spring

For the past weeks I have been waking up in the morning, opening the balcony door or the window and just breathing. There is something special about it ... reminds me of spring at home; although it is only March it gets really hot during the day now, the mornings are just perfect... I think of the spring days of my childhood when I used to investigate the first blossom of a tree. The air is still fresh in the morning, in spite of the pollution and it just made me think of home ... i guess home is where your heart is and you are carrying it with you, just like a snail. I have carried home with me to Cairo in the form of the morning freshness (which sounds weird as there is nothing fresh about Cairo), but I still manage to find the freshness in it.

I am thinking of Ireland ... the green of Ireland where a close friend from Uni years is ...