Some while ago, shortly after I arrived here, someone said how Italian I had become. "If you're not eating, you're discussing what you ate yesterday, or what you're going to eat tomorrow." I took that as a bit of a compliment. But at Easter, what else is there to discuss?
Off to Montecchio on...
Sent by ongoing, I discover I may be the last person in the world to stumble into the Whiskey Bar. An excellent read.
But after a point, blogging without writing gets to be like the electronic equivalent of street miming, and we all know how lame and annoying street mimes can get.
That m...
A story on BBC News caught my eye for two reasons. "The veterinary drug blamed for killing South Asia's vultures has been banned by the Indian government" said the headline. The drug was diclofenac, described as "a livestock painkiller".
So Alitalia managed to lose our two bags on the way home from Montpellier on Saturday. On Sunday they called to say my bag had been found and would be in Rome at about 4 pm. They would phone to arrange delivery. They didn't. Early next morning, Monday, we phoned to ask if they could deliver it to wo...
On duty travel, in Montpellier. Arrived late last night at a very new hotel on the edge of town and discovered that there was nothing to eat. That would be fine if airlines still served a meal, but they don't, just a flimsy snack designed, I suspect, more as a diversion than anything else. I'm old e...
