We flew out of GSP, a small and friendly airport with easy check-in. In order to fly to Italy in the age of COVID-19, we were required to take a rapid COVID test within 24 hours of departure. Delta lists sites one can order tests for monitoring online, and we used these. Order these tests…
Our apartment is “furnished,” and our landlady wrote to us that she provided sheets and blankets knowing that, arriving on a holiday weekend, we would not have these with us. We know there are some dishes and cookware, but in our anxiety we did not take a full accounting of all the available items in…
As international businesses in the Upstate expand, so do the international communities they bring with them. But South Carolina’s culture can be difficult to navigate without support for new residents. Upstate International was started 24 years ago to address that need. “Some of the community members here realized that people who were moving here as…
Our retirement plans include living in Italy. That said, the adventure and complications begin. We have been to Italy for vacations many times. As tourists, most often it seemed a rush. We want to live there so we are not in the tourist whirlwind, but settling and getting a feel for everyday life. In our…
Uniqueness. The leaves come off dry, And I run after the noise of the wind searching without success for two of them, only two to be identical. If I find them, they will be proof, of a reality, such repetitive, whatever his being carries, it lacks an alternative choice. Dance of compositions, instants, melodies,…
Flight Changed the World: Will COVID-19 Change the Way we Travel? with David Edwards, President/CEO of the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, and moderated by Elizabeth Feather. (Originally aired live on May 20, 2020) Brief summary: Our lives have been forever changed by COVID-19 in many ways, not the least of which in our comfort and options when…
