You can tell a good day from the morning

Sunday Espresso I.

Buona domenica!

There is this Italian saying, il buon giorno si vede dal mattino, which roughly says, ‘you can tell a good day from the morning.’ I picked this not just because it is a bit fatalistic, but also because it signals a start. I started Anywhere Italy a week ago. Our community already needs a 3-table reservation at a trattoria, which makes me even more optimistic about something that started as a love project.

The best thing about being an expat in any country is the ability to see things with fresh eyes. I don’t see the deepest depths, the transgenerational problems, or the nuanced details, since I don’t work with other Italians, haven’t married an Italian, don’t have an Italian family, or even a circle of local friends here. But for sure, as a straniero, I see things without any social pressures. Fresh. Not correct, just honest. I want to share this honest view with you every week, and through the posts we create on our page.

Allora, since this is a weekly newsletter, I’l…