Recently we got to perform with/for the students in our town. When we moved here in November 2019 we really wanted community service to be a part of lives, but then the pandemic hit. We have been able to perform several times for the local senior center, but our dream of playing in schools was impossible… until now.

We took a quick overnight trip to a town on Lago Trasimeno, in Umbria about an hour north of our town. We splurged a bit at a boutique hotel, taking a room with a hot-tub on a rooftop terrace. We explored the tiny and adorable castle town of Castiglione del Lago, as well as some outlying and hard-to-find sites - like the leaning tower of… Umbria?!?

Recently we got two holiday cards, and one package, mailed to our Italian apartment from the USA. Completely different result!

In which Zeneba relates her first mammogram in our new country… A piece of real life in Italy.

Today I had my first mammogram here in Italy. I despise going to the doctor. Since I have been here, I have not even met my primary care physician! I have not had cause to.

Today we went over to Canepina, the next town over from our own Soriano nel Cimino, for lunch at Trattoria Linetta. When we moved here we planned on eating out a few times a week, but the pandemic changed all that. As things have changed, it has been hard to change our mindset too. Would we feel comfortable enough to eat indoors, and really enjoy it?