"I'm allergic to Italy"

August 27

This was Alex's strategy today.

I know culture shock goes in stages: 1. Honeymoon period of euphoria, 2. Homesick, frustration, negativity, 3. Retreat into self and own culture, 4. Moderation/balance, and then 5. Reverse culture shock (on return).

Alex delighted in #1 and now I think he is stuck on 2 and 3. I'm not sure where Eleni is right now and I don't think Neil and I have the luxury of analyzing ourselves.

Anyway, in honor of the 'keep moving forward' and distraction strategy, we went back to the free public hot sulphur baths today and that got some smiles from our young friends. Here are the baths from a distance.

And here we are up close.

And, we've been here for 11 days - this is the first cloud sighting we've had!