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I arrived back from my vacation two days ago and I am already back at work. How I wish that I had a few more days off to relax and settle back into my routine before taking off for work again! Alas, thus is life, and I do appreciate having been able to go on a real vacation for once.
The trip to Italy was amazing. We flew into Milan, then spent four nights in Rome, three in Amalfi, and three in Florence before heading up to Venice to fly back to New York. We did everything from pilgrimage-type visits to different churches in Rome including, of course, the Vatican, to taking side trips to Capri, Siena, and the Chianti wine region, and even took a day to hike the famous "Path of the Gods" on the Amalfi Coast. It was a whirlwind full of activities, running for trains, enjoying the most wonderful pizza and pasta and seafood and steak and wine, and of course, getting my fill of gelato.
The eighteenth was my birthday, and possibly the highlight of the trip. We attended the Papal Audience and, thanks to a seminarian friend, were fortunate enough to end up in the special section on top of the steps where usually only bishops are allowed to sit. It was amazing to be that close to the pope, and hear from his mouth words of encouragement and guidance.
As for my time management book and my book about fearlessness... Well, they stayed in my backpack through the entire duration of the trip, completely accessible and completely untouched. I did do a little bit of reading towards the end of the trip, but that was from a book about the life of St. Catherine of Siena that I picked up at the church here. So here I am, at work, with only three days left of the month of May in which to finish up my time management reading and at least make a dent in my fearlessness book. I think I'll stick to the small time management book for the purpose of enhancing my success ratio as I am still only in the beginning of my project. I'll let you know in a couple of days how the reading went. I'll also try to share some photos over the next few weeks as I work on creating enough space on my computer to upload the 1800 photos I took over the 11 days that I was in Italy.
Here's the first of several to come. It is a photo of our first pizza in Italy. We discovered halfway through ordering that you can have as big or small a slice as you want because they charge you based on the weight of the pizza. We ordered every different kind of pizza and then shared them all. My favorites included the one with the fresh mozzarella as well as one with lots of tomato.
I arrived back from my vacation two days ago and I am already back at work. How I wish that I had a few more days off to relax and settle back into my routine before taking off for work again! Alas, thus is life, and I do appreciate having been able to go on a real vacation for once.
The trip to Italy was amazing. We flew into Milan, then spent four nights in Rome, three in Amalfi, and three in Florence before heading up to Venice to fly back to New York. We did everything from pilgrimage-type visits to different churches in Rome including, of course, the Vatican, to taking side trips to Capri, Siena, and the Chianti wine region, and even took a day to hike the famous "Path of the Gods" on the Amalfi Coast. It was a whirlwind full of activities, running for trains, enjoying the most wonderful pizza and pasta and seafood and steak and wine, and of course, getting my fill of gelato.
The eighteenth was my birthday, and possibly the highlight of the trip. We attended the Papal Audience and, thanks to a seminarian friend, were fortunate enough to end up in the special section on top of the steps where usually only bishops are allowed to sit. It was amazing to be that close to the pope, and hear from his mouth words of encouragement and guidance.
As for my time management book and my book about fearlessness... Well, they stayed in my backpack through the entire duration of the trip, completely accessible and completely untouched. I did do a little bit of reading towards the end of the trip, but that was from a book about the life of St. Catherine of Siena that I picked up at the church here. So here I am, at work, with only three days left of the month of May in which to finish up my time management reading and at least make a dent in my fearlessness book. I think I'll stick to the small time management book for the purpose of enhancing my success ratio as I am still only in the beginning of my project. I'll let you know in a couple of days how the reading went. I'll also try to share some photos over the next few weeks as I work on creating enough space on my computer to upload the 1800 photos I took over the 11 days that I was in Italy.
Here's the first of several to come. It is a photo of our first pizza in Italy. We discovered halfway through ordering that you can have as big or small a slice as you want because they charge you based on the weight of the pizza. We ordered every different kind of pizza and then shared them all. My favorites included the one with the fresh mozzarella as well as one with lots of tomato.
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