Overall, I've already come to terms with how different this trip will be from the one I took to Tanzania. A good kind of different. Not just the clothes, but the living conditions, food, and people. A nice change of pace. A packing process that makes my carpet invisible. I'm just as excited, nervous, and anxious, so get ready for me, Italia; I'm a hot mess. Ciao for now!
"I don't speak Italian." I'm headed to Italy and Greece for the next two weeks and am not familiar with either language. Yikes! (Or as the Italians say, “Mamma mia!”) Though being blindly immersed into each culture may include me accidentally entering a closet rather than a bathroom or confusing the salt for sugar, these mishaps, if not for the sole purpose of keeping my blog followers entertained, are what make trips like this an experience rather than a future memory. Wish me luck! Ciao!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω: Give me somewhere to stand, and I will move the earth
This title has absolutely no pertinence whatsoever to the entry it's proceeding other than the fact that it's greek, and I love it. Oh, well! This morning was rough (as I'm sure many more will be over the course of this trip). And when I say "this morning," I don't meant 8:45 am when my mom woke me up with a smoothie, telling me I'd overslept... I'm talking about the early morn, 12 am to 4 am: PACKING. Packing, for me, is not a process, but an art form. I spend literally hours just trying on outfits in my closet, grabbing a belt and shoes to match, walking to my bathroom to choose which statement necklace and earrings look best, laying it all out neatly on the floor, etc., etc.. It's ridiculous. I kept convincing myself, "Okay, you have to go to bed at 2, Claire," but 2 turned to 3, and 3 soon turned into 4. Mamma mia! I couldn't stop! Though I still have a generously sized, last-minute shopping list which I am on a mission to complete today, I am content with what I have laid out so far! Take a look-see:
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