Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio....is the new Pope! I am not religious, I'd probably burst into flames if I walked into a church (actually I did walk into a church in Milan and am no worse for wear), but being in Italy on course with an Argentinian, I was made VERY much aware. I was drinking wine with my South American friend when the announcement was made, the hotel staff went wild, and knowing my compatriots nationality, they literally dragged him out of his seat in excitement! I love Italians but they are loud, and I must add, very emotional. I daresay the Italians proclivity for unloading their full emotions right then and there is why they have some of the lowest National blood pressure levels. No repressed tension here to eat at one's soul.
Our training sessons started early each day, but finished at a decent hour as well, so we took afternoon trips into the countryside, drives to Arona and around Lake Maggiore, up into the mountains of Switzerland. It was afternoons and evenings of pizza and pastas and Italian beer and very fine wines, the mornings filled with AW139 helicopters and emergencies and all that I love....
Not a bad gig, this touring International.....
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