Sunday: Pristina swims with the fishes

We awoke – and, for maybe the first time, I actually did sleep – this morning to the sound of steady rainfall.

I’m not sure this is a permanent change from late summer to early fall, but for the moment it’s an invitation to sit in the hotel, catch up on correspondence, do a little reading, nap, munch on the occasional snack, practice our language tapes (Italian and Spanish) and watch a bit of television.

Unlike in, say Italy, where the TV channels are filled with game shows, talk shows, sports shows, game-talk sports shows, sports-talk game shows, sports-game talk shows, not to mention soccer games and highlights, plus the various American sitcoms and TV dramas with the dialogue dubbed into Italian, we actually have access to CNN.

And one station runs uncut American movies with no commercial breaks, which over the past few nights has allowed us to watch all or part of “You’ve Got Mail,” “The Godfather, Part I” and “A Perfect Murder”).

Which is an offer than no one can refuse.