Another way

1st day of school, Verona

Lucky, aren't we.  We are able to stay in this one place for a while, so there is time to plan, shop for groceries, do the washing..
We are staying in Verona itself. We are organizing our own outings/adventures, which takes some time to research.  In addition, we don't want to rent a car, we would rather travel by public transport or walk. We enjoy the challenge. We are having some close encounters with the locals and we are seeing the place from many different perspectives.  We are still tourists,  of course, still outsiders.
The start of the school year.  "Buon Inizio"*
So today, for instance, we were up for the early bus to head out of town on the intercity train. We saw hundreds of school buses with thousands of high school students, obviously coming from far and wide. And, by contrast,  yesterday we walked around town about 8.00am and we encountered all the 'littlies' going to school for the first day with their parents.  Really cute. Especially the little preschooler in his dust jacket/smock anyhow, all the kids were all carrying a shoe box with their name. These are their gym shoes which they leave at school from now on. So Italian mothers never have to say where are your joggers on sports days.  Interesting to see how others do things differently.


*"Buon inizio" is the greeting on the first day of school.  Means "good start"
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