Bucharest
Hushed views when our address was in Paris 2006-2009, Prague in 2012, Bucharest in 2013 and Piemonte, Italy, back in the winter of 2014.
It wouldn’t dare snow in Malta and we didn’t have a view in Amsterdam. There was none to see from out boat when I lived near Venice for 6 months, a short time that produced profound and positive results. There was no snow in Rome when it was our home 2002-2005. Otherwise, the eternal city was ideal.
It’s comforting that cultural realities exist pretty much in the same way they did a decade ago. Life is happening fast but the quirks and qualities that make cities and societies so immensely fascinating – these identities have lasted an awful long time – they’re going to stick around a while.
On occasion…like end of year… I do wonder whether we jumped off too many cultural cliffs – yet most made sense in the end.
And travel has changed me; an ideal time to feel grateful