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ABC
I’ve been in Rome for exactly eighty days. Even though I’ve left and returned several times it’s still eighty days since I stepped off the plane from Malta. It doesn’t seem like a long time in the...
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Halfway there
I’m halfway through the course and, surprisingly enough, I’m managing to take gulps of air every so often. Like now. It’s Saturday night and I’m exactly where I’ve been almost every single waking...
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The fat lady has sung
It ain’t over til the fat lady sings (idiom). Definition: that one should not assume the outcome of some activity until it has actually finished. It is a perception of Grand Opera, with its...
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Never judge a book by its cover
You’re expecting to hear news about my fabulous new life in Tuscany aren’t you? You’re wanting me to tell you how beautiful it is here, and how lucky I am to be living the dream in such idyllic...
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One horse town
I decided to go away for the weekend so booked myself a home stay room in a small town near the sea. I’ve been craving two things of late, peaceful surrounds away from Catania’s constant noise and a...
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Big bed envy
“Oh but all I got Is a s-single bed Ain’t no room For your sweet head Now ain’t it a shame You missed the last train Coz all I got is a s-single bed.” Fox’s 1976 one hit wonder has … Continue reading →
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School’s out for summer
I’m such an inconsistent blogger. On average, career bloggers post every five days. You’re lucky if you hear from me every five weeks so just as well this is not my chosen profession. If any of you are...
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My new BFF
I’m not long up but am still lazing in bed, watching the rain fall on the Cornish countryside. There’s a little black and white rabbit hoping around the garden exploring and eating his breakfast. I’m...
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One year on
Plugged into a super mega mix of 1980s one hit wonders, I’m sitting on the bus watching the scenery outside transform from crumbling city outskirts to sunburned hills and orange groves, and finally to...
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Noise pollution
Some people are blessed with being able to sleep though anything. You know the ones, they’ll emerge languorously from their rooms, boasting the best night’s sleep ever and will shrug their shoulders...
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Panettone and resolutions
I LOVE panettone! It’s one of the foods I enjoy most at Christmas time. Panettone is Italy’s version of Christmas cake, although it’s not really a cake but more like a type of sweet bread. Traditional...
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My carbohydrate baby
In the past week I’ve been asked the same question by two middle-aged Sicilian women – Are you pregnant? Come on ladies, get with the program, we all know that you NEVER ask unless you are absolutely...
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Changing seasons
I have always been affected by the seasons and have spent the better part of the past twenty years either complaining about the cold or running away from it. Every year I have the same wish – to make...
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Memoirs of an inexperienced babysitter
I’m in Cornwall. It’s summer and the sun is shining – yes, I know, hard to believe. I’m babysitting my friends’ two young daughters – Emily, aged 10, and Katie, 7 – for three weeks. The day’s...
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La Fiera
This morning I make a stop at my butcher to buy some chicken. I’m not very adventurous when it comes to meat because I’m not that good at cooking it. Here the cuts are so different to those I get …...
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