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Meri Kirihimete from New Zealand

The past two years have ensured I haven’t travelled internationally. Where I live, in New Zealand the borders remain closed until April 2022. I could get out but couldn’t get back in with out a lot of luck and a patch in managed isolation. My son recently emigrated to Australia and it wasn’t easy. There… Read More Meri Kirihimete from New Zealand

December 11, 2021 apollard6 Comments

Meeting My Tribe In Italy

As we go about our usual lives it is rare to meet other people that have the same interests and passions especially when they  are niche. When I first became unusually and irrationally obsessed with Italy and all things Italian I felt very alone with that. No one around me could understand my desire to… Read More Meeting My Tribe In Italy

April 26, 2019April 27, 2019 apollard1 Comment

Urine, Squill & Women’s Acrid Odours.

I’m very quiet on my blog at the moment because I’m writing a book. It turns out that writing a book is a very big job! I had hoped to be done and dusted mid next year but with further toil I am starting to realise this may be a ‘several years’ kind-of a time… Read More Urine, Squill & Women’s Acrid Odours.

December 12, 2018 apollard7 Comments

Getting Hooked Up

Whether to get mobile call and text packages? How much data to get? Take my NZ phone? Buy sim? Buy it in Italy or at home prior? Data roaming or not???? TIM, Vodafone, Wind providers? Ricaricabile o no? Even, ….do I need a sim, micro sim or nano sim? When did holidays morph from needing… Read More Getting Hooked Up

September 6, 2015April 5, 2016 apollard1 Comment

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  • Solid Gold Hits. In Second Place,… Cultural Differences. December 12, 2021
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  • Bubbles, Covid Rucksacks & Variants May 20, 2021
  • Looking For Italy In Italy January 30, 2020
  • Aroha from New Zealand December 13, 2019
  • An Amphitheater, a Super-volcano and a Vial of Blood. November 24, 2019
  • From Poseidonia to Paestum October 25, 2019
  • Seeking the Sibyls in Italy September 20, 2019

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