On a delightfully sunny Sunday a few weeks ago, we all piled in the car and headed north on via Cassia to Viterbo. It’s not that far out of Rome, and features a bucolic setting worthy of the best Impressionists.
Our first stop was to Civita Castellana, to check out a house Vince and Leo want [...]
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When I leave today for Rome from sunny Montpellier, I will walk to the end of my street and board an express train to Nice. I have an hour and a half layover in Nice - just enough time to stroll down to the sea while munching on a delicious sandwich from Paul - [...]
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I am loathe to publish personal things on this blog, but I haven’t been writing as often as I’d like, and I’d like to explain why. Also, I think it’s important to show that the jet-setting life of an expat is not always a glamour parade. Sometimes, it sucks just as much as everyone else’s [...]
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I had to do some thinking before I quoted an Italian translation job today, so I grabbed the camera and took some pictures around the house. The sky color has not been adjusted, by the way. Anyway, here’s a look at what I see every day:
I love the way the light hits [...]
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It’s been such a strange day so far. Already, a lot of things have happened that never happen:
1. I played video poker on my cell phone before getting out of bed this morning. I have never done this before, and in fact was the first time I had ever played a game on [...]
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I don’t believe I need to express further on this blog how much I love hotels. Some might call me a hotel snob, but really, I’m not. I disdain hostels and a one-star is out of the question, but my only true requirement is that the room is clean and well-maintained. Give me [...]
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The legendary Girls’ Weekend in Paris went swimmingly!
Some stats:
Combined miles traveled: 8,330
Meals eaten: 8
Dishes cooked, served, taken away and cleaned by someone else: 19
Scarves lost: 1
Scarves found, swung above head as entire bar cheered: 1
Nutella crepes consumed with great gusto by MK: 4
Topics discussed: 5,621
Miles walked: approx. 147
Bottles of wine drunk, paid for: 3
Bottles of [...]
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While writing about the French sales yesterday, it occurred to me that we - Cal and I - have a lot less stuff than the average American couple in their late 30s who share a home. Part of this is simply having a lack of desire (and funds) to acquire a lot of stuff; [...]
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A friend of Miss Expatria on the other side of the world alerted me to the existence of this fascinating site, which reminds me of why I love the Internet. It’s called Airline Meals, and it delivers on that title. It’s indexed and categorized and there are pictures of plastic food in all [...]
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Budget Travel is featuring a really fun Top Ten list - the top ten places to spend New Year’s Eve.
Now, normally I don’t love top ten lists. They always sound like they’re written by the PR team of each hotel, spa, city, event or restaurant. But these parties - well, they [...]
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