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Monthly Archives: March 2020

Can’t reach to your heart

Italian Living Posted on March 30, 2020 by DanitaApril 20, 2020

I’m not crying! Who knew this would be so touching!

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We’re having our groceries delivered now

Italian Living Posted on March 23, 2020 by DanitaApril 20, 2020

We received our first home delivery from Conad (supermarket) this weekend. Next week we will use Carrefour, as it’s the closest to us, but I couldn’t bear trying to make an order over the phone, and Conad had an order by email option. Today our local library posted the WhatsApp numbers of all of the places in our town that deliver. The two supermarkets, three butchers, the Polleria (who also has rotisserie chickens), a baker, a fresh pasta/gastronomia shop, AND the local brewery!

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The town rang the bells today to bring us smiles

Italian Living Posted on March 20, 2020 by DanitaMay 15, 2020

Today at 11:00 a.m., both churches and our town hall in the town center rang their bells as a “message of hope” for our residents.  Many were out on the balconies watching and listening.  Here’s a little video for you!

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Hmm – I’m not sure the US quite gets the situation here!

Italian Living Posted on March 16, 2020 by DanitaMarch 17, 2020

Today I watched the press conference with Mayor Andrew Cuomo of New York.  For the most part, I saw his understanding of the situation to be so much clearer and more concisely stated that the Federal Government’s.  I do have one beef that I’ll state up-front.  I know when US officials say “we don’t want to be like Italy”, they really mean that they see our plight, and would love to avoid some of the consequences of not acting as quickly as you can.  However, in reality, outside of maybe China, which is an AUTHORITARIAN country, Italy has actually done a pretty stellar job!  I know that what they mean is that they would like to avoid the outcomes we’ve had in Italy, but they way it is said is highly offensive to me, because I think Italy has really taken the lead in understanding how serious this situation is, and has taken extraordinary, exemplary action in this crisis.  You DO want to be like Italy when it comes to your dedication to stopping this virus.  You just want to act more quickly, take lessons from what we’ve learned, and try to avoid some of the dire consequences of not acting quickly enough!

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A good virtual day!

Italian Living Posted on March 15, 2020 by DanitaApril 20, 2020

Today was a really good “virtual” day.  I spent the day with a bunch of English speakers on Zoom – we had 22 people at one time (maybe more total, but never more than 22 on the call simultaneously).  It’s a group of English speakers living in Italy.

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What I’d like my US friends to learn from Italy re Coronavirus

Italian Living Posted on March 14, 2020 by DanitaApril 20, 2020

Our Coronavirus journey began on February 11 when we landed back at Linate Airport in Milano. The death toll in China had gone crazy, and the first death in Europe had happened in France. Italy was on alert. As we walked towards the exit after baggage claim, we were screened by hazmat clothed workers with a touchless thermometer to see if we had a fever. Wow, we thought – that was unusual. The country changed dramatically in the next few weeks as millions were put in “restricted travel” for weeks, and ultimately the entire country went into quarantine on March 11, a month after we returned home.

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Can we leave home?

Italian Living Posted on March 14, 2020 by DanitaMarch 15, 2020

It seems like every day since Sunday, something has changed just a little in our little corner of the world.  On Sunday, we went to our “Sunday bar” for our breakfast.  Sunday we were told that our province of Parma had been added to the “red zone”.  That meant that were were not allow to travel out of our comune, and the bars and restaurants would only be open from 6:00-18:00. 

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