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Apr 3, 20216 min read

Naples - Out of this world.

Whatever you have read about Naples, it doesn't prepare you for the reality. The taxi driver that I had booked turned up late, his car...

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Feb 8, 20215 min read

Modena to Firenze. Walking where artists trod.

Both with terrible flu, the partner on antibiotics and me trying not to be, we head to Modena to meet up with the daughter and her...

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Feb 2, 20213 min read

Umbria - Of fireflies and hippies.

Awoke to a thrush singing and breakfasted under an enormous, ancient plum tree with fruit almost ripened. The heat was already palpable...

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Jan 30, 20213 min read

Tivoli. Of temples and visions.

We took the train from Messina to Rome. Around 11, the train was put onto a ferry to cross the Straits of Messina. The partner was...

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Jan 10, 20213 min read

Rome meetup.

My solo time is about to come to and end. I'm meeting the partner in Rome tomorrow. I take the bus to Venice and then meet a lovely lady...

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Dec 9, 20202 min read

Auronzo - Spring has sprung.

We hang out in the spring. There are wildflowers everywhere, fields of them swaying gently, the river like aquamarine flowing over the...

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Dec 2, 20205 min read

Modena. Marches and Negronis.

I meet the daughter in Bologna at a hotel where we’ve stayed before, right in the heart of the city. All Italianate rooms, a beautiful...

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Nov 9, 20203 min read

Auronzo - Falling in love.

This place has never done a great deal for me, I’m a child of the cities where I can walk and watch people, look at art and search for...

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Nov 3, 20204 min read

Venezia - A dream unfulfilled.

So I booked an Air BnB for four nights in my spirit city so I could live as a honorary Venetian for a few days. My vision was to go to...