Yes, here it is: another Monday blog! Three weeks have passed already since I published the last one. I did start putting something on paper last weekend, but then the sun took hold of me. And that’s how a new week dawned in which it was time for five full nights of Sanremo, the historic …
“Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi” is the most famous Italian saying for Easter, and a phrase that’s addressed in probably every single blog on ‘How do Italians celebrate Easter?’ It simply means that you celebrate Christmas with your parents (“i tuoi”, which literally means “yours”), and Easter with whoever you want (“con chi …
Last Tuesday night, or actually it was already Wednesday as it was after midnight, the phone rang. My aunt called to ask if she could come to our place immediately, together with her husband and dog. Family that wants to stay over is not exactly what you expect when the whole country is in quarantine, …