Friendsick
Friend⋅sick –adjective sad or depressed from a longing for friends while away from them for a long time.
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Pro Travel Tip #12
I had a spontaneous brain wave yesterday whilst I was waiting to meet some long lost friends in Livorno. When you are in a foreign country arranging meetings can be troublesome, land marks can be vague, road signs can be miss leading, friendly locals might have ulterior motives. That is why I suggest always meet […]
Where am I?
It appears some of you may have lost track of where exactly I am. Now that my wife is leaving me for the foreseeable future I thought it would be prudent to pin the tail on the boot as it were and show you exactly where in the world I am habituating. There is no […]
Friday Night in Livorno
I am feeling a bit lazy today so let me dispense with some photos and captions from last night. Evening/Dusk is rapidly becoming my favourite time of day. My temporary work day has finished. The temperature cools down and the bicycle beckons… First off let us spy upon the garden below the apartment which has […]
One Night in Napoli
This is a tale of decadent food, a road trip and an interesting Chef with a possibly undiagnosed mental illness. We had survived a momentous journey to Pozzuoli, Napoli. Our friend had escorted us to our temporary home and place of work for the next couple of days. We were deservedly hungry and looked forward […]
Magic!
Well into my second week of Super Yacht living I have a couple of magical stories to tell you all about. Firstly we have a magic fridge on board. It auto magically refills itself when you are not watching. I have tried in earnest to deplete it so I can at least see the back […]
My first Ducati
And what a nice ride it is. The shop keepers did pull out a Japanese/Italian phrase book to help me? But getting on the back of my latest toy was relatively painless. Only the Italians would create a USB modem this size and brand it so. Leave the Hello Kitty modems to the Japanese. Enjoy […]
Life on a Dry Dock
Having now spent 5 days in an Italian ship yard I believe I am more qualified to speak about the goings on inside one than all of my readers and most of the people that work inside Italian ship yards. To broadly stereotype the workers of Italian shipyards in three channels my method would be. […]
Livorno to Napoli
A few hours south of Roma(Rome) lies the gritty port city of Naples(Napoli). Bordered by Mount Vesuvius on one side and the sea on the other. Napoli feels dangerous and deservedly so. Our arrival into Napoli was suitably dramatic. We had earlier been congratulating ourselves on our effortless grasp of the Italian public transport network. […]
Off the radar
I am in a dry dock for the next seven days so updates will be in infrequent. I am taking notes however so expect a deluge in about a week. Dry docks are fascinating if you have never been in one. I have written a couple of stories about Naples as well but they will […]