Grace comes home this afternoon, dog leaves tomorrow, all will be back to normal.  GP and I went into the city center to the Teatro Reggio, the gigantic opera house in the main square.  They are celebrating the 40th anniversary of its construction/reconstruction.  The original theater was built in the 1700's and burned to the ground 200 years later.  Though there were plans to rebuild immediately, there were two world wars to get through first, and then post-war reconstruction of the entire city.  Finally in the '60s an architect was found and the theater was opened in 1973.  The walls facing the square were salvaged from the original building but the rest is very '70s modern with lots of glass and metal.  We had a little tour, listened to some chamber music and checked out a display of costumes from various productions.  Now we're home, doing laundry and waiting for Grace to call for us to pick her up.  Alas, only one more day, then back to the salt mines.  Still waiting fro spring though the fruit trees are beginning to bloom.  xxoo me