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Italy

rural-urban drift

Bongiorno from Toscana,               Next stop on the odyssey is a three-week stay in Iano, in the hills of Tuscany. The address – if you are interested in googling the map – is Podere le Monache, Iano, Montaine. The building has been converted from a nunnery and is offered for tourist accommodation by a local …Read More

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Italy

Roma vs Palermo

Bongiorno from Roma,                                                This visit to Italy serves more than one function. Apart from the obvious, it affords me the opportunity to revise and properly reconstiute my attitude to Italians in general, forged in the formative years in Wollongong. Being schooled with and mixing with many others from Italian backgrounds, I believe I …Read More