"I don’t think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem." Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer

when in Friuli, it is ob-lig-a-tory to run through the fields as though you are reenacting a scene from the Sound of Music. whether or not you know the movie, the surrounding area will make you want to run through the fields, spread out your arms, open you heart, sing at the top of your lungs, and twirl and twirl until you fall amongst the flowers in the tall grass in a fit of giggling happiness.