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#50 Good Italy - Bad Italy
People often ask me what it's like living in Sicily. And I struggle to find the right way to describe it. Life in Italy is complicated…
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#61 How to eat like an Italian
This week has been about getting into a routine during back-to-school season in Italy. But I just wanted to take a moment to explore the serious…
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# 60 Ten irksome culture shocks in Italy
It's been a while since my last rant about the pesky parts of culture shock in Italy. I've learnt to adapt to most of the stuff I used to find…
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#19 Hands up if you are a workaholic
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#40 Not good with Mother’s Day
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#55 How to explore Sicilian towns
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#22 Fichi d’india
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#2 Drawn to Sicily
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#59 Messina’s Giants
Sicily is famous for its ceramics, designed in the classic Maiolica glazed style with various types and patterns. Ceramic art in Sicily dates back to…
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#58 All is fair in love and Ferragosto
This year in my little Sicilian village, I've seen houses that have been closed for years suddenly occupied by tourists, so the Summer is well and truly…
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#57 Chiuso per ferie
Closed for the holidays
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#56 Summer in Italy
Getting back into writing about Sicily after surviving a terrible heatwave. Reflections about Sicilian beaches, August holidays and summer in Sicily.
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#55 How to explore Sicilian towns
mental health break
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#54 William Morris: a creative inspiration
Sicilian ghosts and hallucinations
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#53 A list of things to share over a cuppa
creativity, fantasy, poetry, Californian sounds and insomnia.
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