During my sixth visit to Italy I became to realise why I love it so much. It has many things in common with South East Asia. Now hear me out if you are not yet a believer. I can actually pin point the exact moment when Newton like the apple struck my head. I was […]
I am not a fan of unknowns but will try and write the next week as best I can. We are trying to find someone to take over the remaining week of rent in our apartment in Juan Les Pins. Once the apartment goes we will bunny hop the way to Livorno by train. It […]
Where ever I travel dogs are a great barometer of the people and the places. As noted earlier France is awash with splendid dogs. I have seen many a fine four legged beast. It is hard picking a stand out canine but we have got to know a particularly cute and charming one. This female […]
In between a furious bout of dock walking and our record five minute job interview we decided to take a quick trip to Pisa and spy upon its famous tower. The drive from Viareggio is great. Tree lined avenues combine with rich farmland to make for splendid vistas. Normal highway speeds seem positively sedate after […]
So yesterday we found out that we would not be working on the charter yacht. The charter had been cancelled. Mass carnage ensused. Expletives were hurled. Gin was drunk. Baguettes were desecrated. This galvanised Anna and I. We are moving to Italy. After a sleep the world seemed a kinder place. We had a great […]
Believe it or not my last job was at a recruitment company. After about a day of work I actually started to think that all of our consultants were on some powerful drugs. They were so nice, upbeat and friendly. This is how you have to be in New Zealand. Fast forward to France and […]
How much do I love today? Let me count the ways. 52 days3 Apartments31 Train Rides21 Bus Rides15 Days of Car hire2 Nights in Hotels3 Countries8 Seasons of Fraiser! (cheers Doug) 16 Bottles of Gin12 Bottles of Cider10 Bottles of Roset31 Baguettes4 Pizza2 Calzone 3 Broken toes2 Pairs of broken Sunglasses1 Nokia Phone (presumed dead) […]
I had hoped to write this post once we had secured full time jobs. But the start of another month and a lack of other things to write about has given me impetus to commence this opus early. It appears we were given dodgy intelligence on Yachts of Maximum Dimensions. Disseminating the tons of written, […]
Colour me not impressed but my first real experience of South Africans was not a particularly rosy one. An incredibly unpleasant South African chef grafted himself on to my girlfriend at the times sister and managed to export himself to New Zealand. He had a fierce temper and self assured cockiness which made for a […]
First impressions of driving far into the boot of Italy is that the roading network was created by incredibly enthusiastic Dwarves. There are countless tunnels going through huge hills. There are tunnels inside tunnels. I actually think we saw a close relative of a Dwarf at one point. He certainly could have passed for a […]