Quote of the week No. 45 : On guests

Coolish and overcast. Damp after light unaccustomed rain.

There is, I'm told, a Russian proverb which goes like this: 

"The guest has not to thank the host, rather, the host should thank the guest."

After a week in which Carmine Superiore has been visited by hundreds of intrepid walkers, and our house in particular has been graced every day by the presence of guests who arrived from the length and breadth of Europe, the day promises to be a quiet one.

Before 'normal' life resumes (it's all relative), I'd like to say thank-you in the Russian way to all who came to our home, and made our Easter so happy and, having mixed business with pleasure, so productive. 

And thank-you to all who came to Easter Mass, for which the church of San Gottardo, jewel of Lago Maggiore, was heaving at the seams.  

Spasibo!