Another beautiful day here in Milano with blue sky, temperatures in the high 70s, and abundant sunshine.We either have this sublime experience or the complete opposite with thunder, lightening, and dark skies for days.Italy: go hard or go home.Funny that this philosophy's close cousin, work hard, play hard, does not apply.I'm taking advantage of this cultural preset today as I sip tea in which I'm dunking my homemade biscotti.Time for the second installment of Ci...

Venerdi 24.04.09 It was still dark when we all met up in the lobby that morning to catch the train to Cinque Terre. Among the bleary-eyed travelers: ·Josh, so ready to go that he was practically panting ·Hilary, barely had her eyes open just like me although we were the first ones in the group to arrive ·Aamir, happy-go-lucky as always and kept exclaiming "I'm so EXCITED" ·Charles, silent, obviously keeping his excitement on the inside These ...