Dorotea wrote: "Many friendly greetings from CROATIA! ... I come from a beautiful town of Sisak, which is famous for the fortress from 16th century and for three rivers, Kupa, Sava and Odra."
I also recently received a postcard from Zhizhi, who lives in Shaoxing, China, and is a fan of Taylor Swift. They wrote: "Contrary to you, it often rains here. I'm really tired of the rainy life everyday. It's just too painful, holding an umbrella every day. I am very interested in history, especially war history. I don't know why, but it really interests me, even though I'm someone who doesn't support war. Thank you."
I think our last measurable rainfall here in Florence was sometime in August, so I can't fathom the idea of disliking rain.
To tie all of this together in an oddball way: Dorotea is a fan of Clint Eastwood and, coincidentally, Ashar and I watched Eastwood's Kelly's Heroes last night. It was the first viewing for both of us. I knew going in that it was more comedy than drama, but didn't expect it to be as trippy-hippie as it was. Also, parts of Kelly's Heroes were filmed in regions that are now part of Croatia. I think both Dorotea (Eastwood presence) and Zhizhi (historical war action mixed with anti-war messages) might find it interesting.
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