After a dearth of visitors in the first part of 2022, after Dalia’s dad left in February until now, partially due to Rome’s light winter weather and partially due to a series of illnesses in our home, both covid and daycare related, we were very happy to welcome my older cousin Jacek (adopted, invented Italian name Jacinto) to our home for just over a week today.
Jacek has always been an older figure to look up to for me in my life, smart, charismatic, worldly and a generally interesting fellow. As he’s also prone to not following through on declared plans, it took some follow up to ensure he actually booked a flight to Rome but, in the end, he showed up at the airport, ready for all the coffee and cigarettes that Italy could offer.
Starved for childcare options, we naturally put him to work as soon as possible with Aleksander. The two grew their bond, despite uncle Jacek’s tendency for fearful faces and profound cynicism.
We spent the weekend touring around the typical spots of Rome, thankful that we had an independent traveller on our hands who had already visited Rome a number of times.
We’re thrilled to be opening summer visit season with Jacek and hope that both covid and the war in Ukraine don’t manage to scare off too many of our anticipated summertime guests.
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