I have been taking extended coffee breaks this week…mostly because this coffee is the best and because coffee breaks here mean stop for a moment and do nothing.

The local response to doing nothing is “brava” (good) or “hai fatto bene” (you did well) and whatever needs to be done today can be done domani (tomorrow) or dopo domani (after tomorrow).

There is a constant elasticità (elasticity) to life here.  The future tense (I will, I’m going to…) never seems to be used, advanced planning is more of a concept than a plan as an 8am store opening could easily sway to 8:15am.

The rhetorical question that often follows this elastic planning is…“Che devo fa?” (What can I do?).

“Niente” (nothing)…absolutely nothing…other than enjoy another coffee.  Sounds good to me.

Enjoy!

Leslie