This morning I practiced one of my favourite things… the art of getting lost… I dropped my brother off to the train station and by 7.30am I was wondering the still empty streets of Arezzo in complete solitude, I had a cappuccino (no chocolate powder on top, don’t be a tourist!) watching pigeons go their pigeon …
Sunday’s ritual. Drive down to the nearest village, Pieve Santo Stefano, built around a very small river Tiber, the one that flows through Rome. It’s been an incredibly dry summer so the water level here is super low. Sunday Mass. which contains one of the famous ceramic works of Giovanni della Robbia . then a …
We’re on the move again. I know, I know… To be fair I love it. I get itchy feet a lot… living out of a suitcase does not bother me in the least. Anyway, we’ve come for the annual visit yes, but my sister is getting married here next week and my parents will be …
We packed our suitcases and left the crazy house in West Hollywood that hosted us for this past week. (Crazy high tech toilettes, the microwave in a drawer, not enough glasses and a motorcycle in the hall… need to say more?) Lunch was had at In n Out burgers, a California institution… (jury is out …
Our last full day… we had to head to reach the ocean… a symbolic end to our journey… the end of the line, the end of route 66 too if you’re interested. First up Venice beach… The Pacific. The ubiquitous palm trees.. albeit with graffiti! and Muscle Beach… and the skate park… … and crazy …
…summer nights… and ballpark lights… There was crazy traffic and the biggest car park I’ve ever seen, people in blue everywhere, hot dogs and nachos and garlic fries, signing and clapping and cheering, singing and Mexican wave… oh and baseball too! Mr M came home without even knowing that the score was… but knew… and …
We’ve been taking it easy… lounging around the pool, a little shopping… lovely times with friends… Yesterday however I started to get twitchy (it happens if I’m in one place for too long and I know there are places to go and interesting things to see nearby) so we decided to take a Warner Bros …
part 1. I’m sitting at the counter in the kitchen of our rental home for this week, drinking coffee out of one of those machine you see in movies with the glass carafe, a pack or Oreo staring at me and everybody else asleep. It’s not as idyllic as it sounds, though. I can’t turn …
When we organised our holiday many months ago we found ourselves with nowhere to stay for a night in between Yosemite and LA. I literally picked a place randomly on the map mainly because it had a cute hotel we could camp out. I know a few eyebrows were raised when I mentioned Bakersfield… but …
I spent all day looking upwards. (And driving. Lots of driving through wonderful landscapes) Oh and donuts. I ate fabulous donuts for breakfast from ‘Judy’s donuts’ in Oakhurst, just outside Yosemite. Totally delicious. Anyway, donuts aside, we drove from Yosemite to Bakersfield (long story) via King’s Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park. Stunning. Totally …
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