The Dulcimer

When 5 o'clock rolled around, I went back to my hostel ready for a rest...instead I met two Romanian "colleagues" who are here to study in Perugia. I call them colleagues because that's what they called themselves, and when I asked if they were actually friends, they said that no, they were "colleagues" from the same school. I would normally say that this was just a language barrier issue, but actually they were a strange pair, anyway...
After dinner with the colleagues, we met Vince, a musician and history buff from Clevland Ohio. He is on a busking tour through Italy playing an interesting instrument called a Hammered Dulcimer (it origionated in Persia, to me it sort of looks like a cross between a harp and a piano).
Anyway, he gave us a little concert back at the hostel and it was fantastic, sort of a Celtic techno pop sound. Listening, I felt a wave of calm rush over me. Apparantly he is not only breaking even on this busking trip, he's also saving money. I could see why!