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20 August 2018
Ancora a Singapore
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Rieccomi a Singapore. Non mi ricordo più quante volte ci sono venuto, ma son passati sette anni dalla prima volta, nel 2011. Non posso certo...
26 July 2018
Book review: The Judgement of Paris (2005) by G. Teber, *****
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Synopsis The Judgement of Paris was a blind tasting that pitched American wines from California against French reds from Bordeaux and wh...
09 June 2018
London Naked Bike Ride
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Today our street saw the start of the London Naked Bike Ride, part of the World Naked Bike Ride. People all over the world ride their bikes ...
Nude bicycle riders in London
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Today traditional annual nude bike rider tour of London, starting from just next to my home at County Hall.
24 May 2018
Guernsey and its Little Chapel
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Island with a population of 63,000 people. In 1215 King John promised a special charter, the locals would not have to pay taxes to London or...
22 May 2018
Smallest house in Britain, Conwy, Wales
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Today I visited the smallest house in Britain . It was a real house, with someone living in it until it became a museum. The last occup...
21 May 2018
Belfast and Giants’ Causeway
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As we disembark we see piles of coal at the harbor, they tell us it is still extensively used for home heating! We have a guide who is ob...
Giant's Causeway at Cobh, Northern Ireland
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Stop at the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland's only Unesco WHS . Rainy day but fun to see this unusual site and waves crashing...
20 May 2018
Killybegs, Ireland
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Biggest hand-operated loom in the world made with Canadian pine wood. The lady said she can do 1000 knots per hour! These carpets are in I...
19 May 2018
Isle of Skye
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Some consider it the most romantic island of Scotland, and maybe it is, but kind of windy and cold for that purpose today. We take a leisu...
16 May 2018
Stirling Castle, Scotland
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Bits and pieces from our visit to Stirling Castle in Scotland. Lucky to get (like every day!) forward seats in our bus. They are reserved fo...
15 May 2018
Whisky Museum in Dublin, Ireland
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What better way to spend a rainy day in Dublin than in the whisky museum? Notes from a guided tour. Uisce is the Irish word for water ...
14 May 2018
Cork, Ireland
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Took some time to get ashore as they had to check Lifang's passport. As a UK resident and married to an EU national she does not need, a...
12 May 2018
Start of a new cruise on Queen Victoria
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Again on a Cunard ship. As the saying goes, there are mostly newly weds or nearly deads. More of the latter this time, though we definitely ...
10 May 2018
Film review: Youth (2017) by Feng Xiaogang, *****
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Synopsis When Xiaoping joins the military, delicate dreams are dashed by the events of a China undergoing revolution. The devastating Sino...
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