Firenze: Affittanonna / Rent-a-Nonna
Italian culture depends heavily on the participation of energetic, committed grandparents in a well-supported retirement phase to help their adult children and young grandchildren. It
Italian culture depends heavily on the participation of energetic, committed grandparents in a well-supported retirement phase to help their adult children and young grandchildren. It
Cars. I do not need a car in my life to feel happy. In fact, the opposite is true. They cost a lot. Don’t like
The sun shone bright blocks onto the uneven flagstones of Via della Colonna. I pedaled my bike as fast and as carefully as I could,
About a month ago, I decided that my time of intensive Italian language learning in student mode had run its course. All Italian, all the
It’s the last day of summer, and Victor has now got three full days of first grade under his belt. He did seem to even
I always hated the produce at the Norman Super Target, and yet that was, for years, our regular grocery destination. Nothing tasted like anything. Purchasing
The longest summer break known to the whole of mankind came to an end yesterday as Victor began first grade today. September 15, people. By
Florence, you can be such a cruel mistress. This past weekend our old friends Alice and Jonathan were visiting us from the UK, where they
I was so engrossed in my work that I did not even hear him open the door. “Signora?” he said softly. “Signora, mi scusa.”I was
We have a handful of days left in Spokane before we return to Florence on Friday. We’ve found our pace here – Flavia has made