Short Holiday

Last week we hopped on the train and headed for the La Francesca tourist village down on the coat not far from Genova and quite near to Le Cinque Terre.  We stayed in a wee appartment which had a wonderful terrace - about as big as the appartment - and the view from the terrace was terrific.  In … [Read more...]

The street fair

I was happy to note that the traditional Paolo Sarpi street fair took place this year.Having witnessed the closure of many traditional Italian shops in this rather pleasant, and convenient shopping street, I was a little surprised to see that the fair was going to be held.What they do is to … [Read more...]

Monday, Monday.

I started the day by drifting on down to the company I had done some urgent translation work for and seeing as everything was OK, I wandered off to meet up with my other half for lunch, only it was a bit too early for us to go off when I arrived, so I decided to go for a little walk, with the vague … [Read more...]

The Italian Bar

Italian bars come in many shapes and sizes, but they can be divided into two quite distinct categories - those that open in the morning and close at about the same time as the shops do - that is around 7.30 and the bars which are more akin to the English pub - except that they open in the early … [Read more...]