| I Smell Better in Italy |
 I Smell Better in Italy
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Aug. 27th, 2004 @ 11:26 am 
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I was walking to work today with my mind stuck on pictures of Italy. I parked by a small bridge that leads to a track at UT and then made my way up towards Jester Center. The weather was kinda humid, and there was a lot of plants around the bridge and creek I crossed over. I took a sniff, and you know I could barely smell anything.
My nose was not a bit clogged. I could barely make out the scent of some of the brush, but just barely. It was then I realized something that might be one of the big keys behind my love of Italy. It smells better!
A lot of what I remember in Italy is based on my smells of it. Even remembering the smell of diesel driving to Padova to sell flowers in the market. It was all about smells. The ancient smells from buildings, the fresh scents of plants and flowers.
Even the food. Much of our taste comes from our olfactory senses. So it makes sense that fragrant food will taste better.
That's also one thing I love about the Hill Country and West into Texas. There's a great smell. Or Hot Texas summers. But in general, there really doesn't seem to be That many great smells here. And that stinks! |
I don't remember what Dallas smelled like, except when the magnolias around Turtle Creek bloomed and it was downright intoxicating. For about a week.
I love Texas. I can't breathe through my nose in Oklahoma! When I get across the Red River and in to Texas it starts to work again! My nose has always worked best in East Texas, among the pine trees though!
Yeah. East Texas has some nice smells... I love the pines!
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