I’ve never seen Siena’s dramatic annual horse race, Il Palio, but I’d read about it before we visited last fall. And I very quickly saw traces of the city’s horse culture throughout the winding narrow streets of its historic centre. Walk through it with me? click to read the full post.
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After a month of travel, every day somewhere to go, meals eaten out, scarcely a morning alone, I’ve plummeted into the relative stillness and isolation of a bout of Covid. Most symptoms gone now, the fatigue yet keeps me on the other side of all the December busy-ness. I’m trying to see that as a good thing, using the quiet time to sketch up some travel memories.
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So often in Italy, I found my ochre accessories matching my environment. Our room in Naples, for example. But I also wore navy and red and white and even cobalt there, for daytime temperatures that ranged from 13 or 14 Celsius up to 25 or 26. My Carry-On-Only Wardrobe kept coming through for me. Click through to see What I Wore.
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In a fishing town in Lazio, Italy, I was delighted to see signs of another Mender of Textiles . . . in a surprising medium: fishing nets! Click through for my photos of this Practical Random Beauty . . . and my musings on the way this encounter with mending far away from home brings Travel and Domestic Life together.
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One month, one carry-on case, two countries, five cities, 25 degrees Celsius and sunny to thunderstorms to walking home after dinner when the thermometer’s dropped to 8C. So far it’s worked well, with only one embarrassing wardrobe malfunction . . . click through to read and see more.
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