So, now that it’s over, I can let you in on a big secret. Yesterday, a package arrived, long overdue and highly anticipated. Quite overdue since my estimated time delivery window expired a few weeks ago and usually with Amazon I never have problems with on-time deliveries to Italy. So I opened a troubleshooter email [...]

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When Shelley put out the call for entries for La Mia Italia while she’s on her honeymoon, I didn’t even think twice. Besides the fact we never took a honeymoon (sniff, sniff), the last thing you want to do is worry about the blog while you’re on vacation. La Mia Italia….My Italy. I thought about [...]

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4.45am, Wednesday – Milan My reserved taxi arrives, on time, and I’m ready. The streets are empty and a trip that would normally take close to 30 minutes takes 15 and costs only 20 euros. I feel like I’m ahead already. My stepdad would be proud, arriving 2 hours before takeoff. 5.00 Having finally located [...]

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What a coincidence…I was coming back from an appointment yesterday, writing this post, when I saw that Michelle from Bleeding Espresso talked about this, too. Back in July, I had a little operation done on a part of the body not mentioned on sites that don’t begin with XXX. It wasn’t serious but I didn’t [...]

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Listening: www.soulfulclassics.com – Classic R&B internet radio Reading: The Time Traveler’s Wife So, I had to schedule an appointment with a doctor, who in October told me that I should schedule it in March-April. He gave me a sheet of paper with my test results and at the top, a telephone number for the department. [...]

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