Tag: Edinburgh

Seven hours in Rome

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A day in Rome – there and back the same day – and my return flights cost a mighty £57. Why the hell not? So I spent a sunny Monday stoating about the Eternal City with jacket and scarf off and shirt sleaves rolled up, (17 degrees) while thousands of Italians strolled around as if […]

Buon annivesario figlio e nuora

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Sitting enjoying a glass of wine outside Ciclo Divino in Lucca’s centro storico the other night I watched a large family group gathered at the bar opposite. Mums, dads, brothers, sisters, grandparents who fussed over young children, and a toddler gamely attempting his first kicks at a ball. Behind them, younger members of the group, […]