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Posts Tagged ‘Italy Travel’

Heart-shaped boxes. Striking red roses. Candy engraved with messages of affection and infatuation. As soon as Christmas trees are down and presents are exchanged, the aisles will be streaming red and pink candies and gifts.

In the United States, Valentine’s Day evokes images of fifth graders exchanging Pokemon cards in fits of puppy love…adults drinking wine by a romantic candlelight dinner.

The character who seems to embody the spirit of Valentine’s Day is the baby-like Cupid, whose arrows inject people with amore. Read the rest of this entry »

When I said I was traveling to Italy in a week my hip acquaintance raised his eyebrow.

“Are you going to live there?” he asked. “Or are you just going for a Three Coins in a Fountain-style pilgrimmage.”

I read between the lines of his arch question. If I said I was going to Italy to live, I’d win respect. But if I owned up to the latter choice I’d be lumped with the fanny-pack-toting masses. What’s wrong with a pilgrimage? I thought. So what if I want to visit all the obvious sites? I wanted to smite the snob and be proud of my tourist intentions, but I chickened out.

“I guess we’re living there,” I said nonchalantly. Then I changed the subject. Read the rest of this entry »