Snips and Stripes, Italian style
I’ve always been a sucker for friendly service and a smile. So, when I went in search of a hairdresser in San Casciano, I decided Paolo was the man for […]
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Magic, Mystery and Music: Bella Venezia!
The first time I visited Venice, I went with my mum and dad. I was seven. We walked around San Marco Square and visited Murano to watch the glassblowers. My […]
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Andalusiahhhhhhhhhhh
The smell of fresh laundry wafts through the narrow labyrinth of paths in Casares, a mountainside pueblo in Andalusia where we’ve parked and headed out to explore on foot. These […]
» Read more“Nice Joke” (or, An Unscheduled Trip To Kalamata)
Little did I imagine that, less than 72 hours after dining on a delectable meal of salmon and grilled cheese salad at a beachfront restaurant to the sound of ocean […]
» Read moreTwists, turns, dead ends and a man with a four-foot snake
Getting lost in the hills of Peloponnese was all fun and games until our car quit in the middle of nowhere. All the dead ends, narrow lanes edged with scratched […]
» Read moreBullish on Istanbul
Oh, to live the life of a feral cat in Istanbul. To spend languid days bathed in sunlight, and to be fed, coddled by strangers and generally looked after as […]
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