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Durham

This is Durham, a city in north eastern England which boasts a castle, university, river and a cathedral, and lots of Italian restaurants somewhat surprisingly.

Back to Italy Again

We got back to our appartment in Milan at one on Tuesday morning and so we spent Wednesday recovering a little. Christmas had been spent

Lovely day and a holiday

It’s a beautiful sunny day here in Milan and this is made all the better by the fact that it is also a national holiday.

Genova etc

As I mentioned briefly in my previous post, we spent some time during our summer hols in and around Genova. Genova, or Genoa as it

Back again

We got back to Milan after our summer break, which was spent mostly between Genova and a little place called Ponteinvrea near Albisola, which is

Damn, I miss the car.

This time last year I got rid of my car.  I hardly used the thing, so getting rid of it was the right thing to

Sharm El Sheikh, bombs etc

Well, I have finally got round to scribbling something about our 'holiday' in Sharm. Here it is: Well, everything got off to a slowish start

Sharm here we come!

What better way to round off a busy period at work than to go for a week by the sea. Yes, we're off, all three

Around Cogne in the Italian Alps

We got back from our extended weekend trip to the Alps on Sunday afternoon (11 December), after having spent just over two days in the midst of spectacular Italian mountain scenery near Cogne in northern Italy.