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
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
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.
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
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Woman travelling solo through the world and life.
History. Culture. Travel. Italy.
Brisbane, Bagni di Lucca and everything in between
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Cultural travel on a budget
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Exploring my grandparent's region of Abruzzo - and more of Italy
An Englishman and an Italian / English Dictionary
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Life in small-town central Italy
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