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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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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I love reading travel journals and blogs!
My favorite travel journals are the ones where people step past the usual tourist thing of describing their train trip and complaining about the hotel food and the crappy accommodation; I look for the journals where people try to capture a sense of time and place.
I want to get [...]

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