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Yesterday, a package arrived, long overdue and highly anticipated. Quite overdue since my estimated time delivery window expired a few [...]

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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 the theme [...]

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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 gate [...]

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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 really [...]

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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.
I just thought [...]

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READy to try : READ dating?
Finished: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Reading: [Waiting] [1000 days in Venice]
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” much like my two cities…city P and city F.
In city P, this government building is open and people can enter freely looking for information which is posted [...]

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Warning: Mini-rant about Alitalia
A friend from CA is flying in tonight via Moscow. Yes, he’s been in -35C weather for part of the week while out on business. Plus, he’s Indian, and as he told me, “Me and the cold don’t get along well. I can’t wait for 0 degrees!”
He had booked Alitalia, and [...]

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So, I’m here in London, lovely London. The next best place to home. The place where you can get Cadbury’s mini Creme Eggs, an Indian curry and Bangers and Mash within a block’s radius.
Yes, I’m being spoiled.
But, back to my bureaucracy story. You didn’t think it had finished, did you? That like all [...]

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