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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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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So, while we are down in Puglia for the holidays, stuffing our faces and do as little as possible, we do have a real and important task while we’re down here. We have to pick up my Permesso di Soggiorno, which is a permission of stay while you’re in Italy. Technically all visitors, including tourists [...]

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