Last Sunday was La Domenica delle Palme, or Palm Easter. Six years ago, my good friend Lucas and I were strolling through Rome on that particular Sunday. Unaware of the day it was, we passed a random church where someone handed us some olive branches. While Lucas looked a little puzzled at the branches he was …
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When you think of the ultimate winter destination to get yourself into the Christmas spirit, you might not immediately think of Rome. As a teenager, of course heavily influenced by the film “The Holiday”, I always dreamt of spending Christmas in London or some other English city. A good friend of mine even moved heaven …
Exactly 99 Mondays ago, I published my very first blog post here. And that means that this is the hundredth. A hundred blogs! One hundred weeks! Have you ever done something you managed to keep up with for a hundred weeks? I certainly didn’t before starting this blog, so that makes it my biggest personal …