We’ve been home for more than a week and I know I should be obsessed with the political climate here by now, but something about visiting ancient cities in Europe makes nonstop news about a fetid reflecting pool in D.C. and multimillion-dollar political campaigns in Colorado seem trivial.
Standing in the Colosseum in Rome forces a person to take the long view, even if it’s 90 degrees outside and your brain is screaming at you to stop reading all those blasted placards about the history of the place and empty your water bottle over your head before you pass out.
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