I have been struggling over the last week with getting up on time in the morning, and hauling myself to work at a reasonable hour. So, in the spirit of being sempre in ritardo, I stumbled across this fabulous story in italiannotebook.com, about the perils of italian bus travel, told with wonderful humor and [...]

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So the new school year starts in…a couple of weeks!
Help!  There’s no way that I’m ready.  I feel like I’ve barely thought about my studies since last year…you know that each year you convince yourself that NEXT time will be different and you’ll prepare better!  But you never do.
At the moment, I am frantic with [...]

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I’ve been reading about Cortina d’Ampezzo and daydreaming about taking a long, lazy holiday there..oh bliss! BUT…reality sets in, the phone rings, the usual distractions return and so in a desperate bid to bookmark my brain, I want to get my thoughts down before they disappear!
Bear with me - most of the websites are pretty [...]

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