Sarah's choir (the Elm City's Girl's Choir) is on tour in Tuscany, and I was fortunate to be selected as a chaperone. It is pure joy to spend these days in a beautiful place with an incredible group of 37 young women. They are brilliant musicians, and between rehearsals and performances I am surrounded by wonderful harmonies many hours each day. As to "seeing Italy," it is not the trip I expected. But as Rebecca Rosenbaum, the choir director, said to the group on the bus to the airport, "Expect the unexpected and find the opportunities in that."
I came expecting to see "the sights." But the Ponte Vecchio in the picture above was a quick glimpse out a window of the Uffizi, one of the great museums of the world, during what became a fast walk to "finish seeing" the paintings. To be clear: the issue was the guide, not the girls. Still, there is not enough expertise or group interest to take us in detail through the millenia of history embedded in the buildings and land of Tuscany.
Instead, I have the chance to see this:
What could be better?
Steve, your blogs always make me smile, I hope that is enough reason for you to keep them coming.
ReplyDeleteAsante Sana, James
(As I am currently in Mombasa that is Swahili for 'thank you very much'.)
Can not work out the profile bit so I will do it as anonymous and then sign it!