For a people with such a fun-loving reputation, the Italians are very serious about some things – coffee, for instance, and food. As it turns out, they also take their summer holidays – le ferie – very seriously as well. Although I’ve been in Italy during the summer plenty of times before, this is my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘culture’
la vita estiva
Posted in reflective, summer, year 1, tagged beach, culture, Italian idiosyncracies, summer on Wednesday 13 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
not about Italy
Posted in reflective, summer, year 1, tagged culture, Iran, people, politics on Thursday 12 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Across the street from where I work there is a bar that I frequent for emergency caffeine boosts. The same barista is always there, from 8 am until 7:30 pm. He’s Iranian, though he hasn’t been back in 30 years, and his favorite topics are a) how wonderful Iran is, and b) how the current [...]
