Recently asked on the Fodor’s travel forum: “We’ve been told it is customary and acceptable for men in Italy to pinch women’s bottoms. Is this true and, if it is, what is the customary and acceptable response?” Over the years I’ve lived in Italy I’ve been asked this question several times. And it always makes… Continue reading Pinching Italians
Tag: India
WOSA NA Reunion 2006
Note: Some of what follows will be incomprehensible and/or dull to those who did not attend Woodstock School. I have recently learned that I have far more readers among Woodstockers than I ever imagined, so this one’s for them – and anyone else who’s interested! The annual reunion of the Woodstock Old Students’ Association /… Continue reading WOSA NA Reunion 2006
Thoughts on the Futures of India and Italy
top: a family of Indian tourists at St. Peter’s in Rome My India travel vlog, from the trip I took with my daughter this summer, is still in progress. There’s more video to edit, more photos (by Ross) to add, and, most of all, more thoughts to share. What struck me throughout the trip, but… Continue reading Thoughts on the Futures of India and Italy
Mussoorie Monsoon
Most Woodstockers are nostalgic about the monsoon, though we’d probably be a lot less so if we had to live through the entire season again! I had not been to India during the monsoon season since 1981, and had forgotten how beautiful the hills are when they’re lush and green and wet. Every tree is… Continue reading Mussoorie Monsoon
Terms of Address: What to Call People in India
In response to my mumblings about “signora” vs “signorina,” Yuti writes: In India, as you know, we are all related to each other. Kids routinely call complete strangers “Uncle” and “Aunty”, maid-servants call the woman of the house Bhabhi (brother’s wife), and the elderly are instantly your parents or grandparents (Maa-ji, Bapu-ji, etc). And so… Continue reading Terms of Address: What to Call People in India