Perpetual Change

ironic how life repeats

I went through the small Rovereto train station last week, much the same way that I went through it 6 years ago, but here are some of the differences: this time...

I had detailed information as opposed to a phone number of someone who may or may not meet me;

I had company money for a taxi to get there instead of figuring out the countryside bus schedule;

Which I could have done the next morning, but instead they gave me a FULL 4 days to become familiar with what I am to do;

and this was a schedule change at the last minute which still meant a full week ahead of meeting any guests, where as with my old company, I didn't even know my schedule for the next week until 3 days before.

The next morning I met someone, who gave me a car, a bike, some directions, and off I went to explore.

The Dolomites is an amazing place, and Backroads has amazing process.

It is so different from working with ACLE, but maybe just as exhausting.

PS. The last night, as I studied books on the area, and ate my dinner on the terrace, an acting/pantomime troop played in the small town square. They sang the Austrian Yodelling Song, that I always sang at camp, but it was a much prettier (and probably more original) version; on top of that, the other day, as I hiked with the kids on the family trip, we were singing camp songs and that one came up. Some rather elderly hikers nearby began to clap us on. They tried to sing, but they also knew another version. It made their day, and mine too.

posted by jjs @ 4:57 PM