Monday, February 12, 2007
Appearances
Visually, Rome is a matter of extremes. Trash litters the city, dumpsters line the streets, and no one, it seems, cleans up after their dogs (and everyone has a dog)! Yet beauty surrounds you-- in the architecture, patterns everywhere, the shape of the trees, and in the sunlight, which truly is different from the light back home. In the middle of one of our transportation crises, I looked up in the twilight to see three exquisite stained glass windows shining in the center of a dark building. Doors are made beautiful with intricate iron- and woodwork. The Italian sense of dress is also a matter of extremes--many people wear tacky, cheap-looking clothes, yet once in awhile you will spy an elegant gentleman or lady clad in long wool coat in brown or loden green, luxurious scarf, with fine leather shoes and bag. This I was noticing especially on our way to church yesterday. In the service, we were reminded that what people look like does not matter --it's what's inside that counts!
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These are wonderful pictures of a city and a culture far away from our experience..Thanks so much Sharon, for including all the little details, as we can almost "see" and "hear" some of what you are experiencing! What a gift to us!
what an education for the boys! Just the trips on Public Transportation and the trips to the post office to accomplish the residency requirements is a great place to compare how our Government processes are so different! Write a paper! ( sorry guys!..this comes from a homeschool mom! LOL)
How much Italian will they have under their belts by July?
:>)
How things have changed in the years I've been away from Italy. Italians have traditionally been very, very elegant, beautifully dressed with not a hair out of place. I used to feel like such a raggamuffin in comparison with my very elegant Italian friends. I noticed that they don't have a lot of clothes--not nearly as many as Americans have, for instance, but what they have is very well styled and fashionable.
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