Writer In Florence Ela Vasilescu
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Day 240 – Befana and a nice walk

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Today is the holiday of Befana and wiki tell us her lovely story here. On short she is an old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) in a similar way to St Nicholas or Santa Claus. But children get gifts from both Father Christmas and Befana. There was a cool parade downtown today , but unfortunately Ephia had other plans for us, so we just...

Day 226 – Short diary entry

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Ah the joy of Christmas shopping! I said this so many times: I live in a neighborhood where nothing ever happens, that shuts down completely whenever there’s a holiday, so no matter what you cannot feel the frenzy of the holidays because everyone here is calm and peaceful. Today I had to run off and meet Santa Claus for Ephia’s presents and do some last minute shopping. Santa chose a...

Writer In Florence Ela Vasilescu