A friendly greeting in Verona, Italy.
At a train station in Verona, Italy, we sat near a group of young people, all looking very European and speaking fluent Italian. One of the young men kept glancing at my son and gesturing to his friends. As we stood to board our train the young man called out to us “War Eagle!” We replied “War Eagle!” and smiled and waved. He laughed and explained, “I’m an Auburn graduate. I was telling my friends about our custom of calling out War Eagle to one another and that if I said that to you, you would certainly say it back. I’ve tried to explain what it’s like in Auburn…but, I think I will have to take them there. It’s just something you can’t understand unless you experience it.” We agree.
Sarah and Dan