Anna and I ringside at the Anti War Manifestazione in Rome. We left Piazza Venezia and the protesters thinking of gelato and a nap at the hotel. Bad move. Notice the Polizia? They are escorting the demonstration in front of us! Now how will we get back to our hotel? Our route of escape has been blocked! But like the weather, if you wait 5 minutes it can change. We spotted a whole in the ranks and made for it!
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Our Italian Adventure
Musing from a girl who grew up on Long Island in New York, married a Finn who is pretending to be an Englishman and the drama that life has become trying to insert our motley crew into a provincial town located on the Italian Riviera.
Books I read lately, and liked!
- Diary of a Failed Southern Lady, Florence King
- Little Chapel on the River, Gwendolyn Bounds
- The Second Plane, Martin Amis
- Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky
Books about Italy I liked
- Miracle at St. Anna, James McBride
- War in Val D' Orcia An Italian War Diary, 1943 - 1944, by Iris Origo
- Italian Neighbors, Tim Parks
- Italian Education, Tim Parks
- Steal You Away, Nicolo Ammaniti
- Io Non Ho Paura, by Nicolo Ammaniti
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