

Tour de force
As is to be expected, Monday morning came round again but unlike last week when we were heading north, this time we were heading to the...


Urbi et Orbi
Although Monday saw the start of a full week of holiday for Douglas and Susan it was Stephen and I who were out and about, taking up...


Wherever I lay my hat
I don’t want you to think that after all the excitement of a week in the big city, life in downtown MS Pietrangeli was something of an...


Never look down*
Monday morning dawned bright and clear and I was able to potter around the apartment in Bologna sorting myself out in a relaxed manner,...


Fast and loose
With the hot weather continuing and a dearth of lessons, it has been a generally quiet week, mostly concerned with bits and pieces of...


Running on empty
After last Saturday’s wardrobe change over it was good, finally, to spend the week in shorts and t-shirts – changed daily, of course, I...


Simples
Last Sunday’s fine weather proved more than a fitting overture as the past week has seen gloriously blue skies, temperatures flirting...


Hard or soft?
After a very wet Sunday (which given the results from various polls around Europe could have been seen as pathetic fallacy; but be gone...


Hit the road
After such an exciting weekend and seeing the Giro d’Italia in full, living colour, I would like to say that the reason Jacky extended...


Just passing through
Monday started off as Sunday finished, with rain, and whilst it was kind of the weather gods to make us feel as if we were back in...





























