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Back to reality: Reflections on Italy

I have returned from my travels to the Veneto and a wonderful time was had too. I tried to offset the excessive pizza and ice cream consumption with lots of sight-seeing and walking. I made a valiant effort but alas I think I’m still in debt to the lard lord.

We left Venice till last and [...]

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Ciao for now amici

I’ve been getting quite a lot of usage out of WordPress’ forward-publishing functionality recently. It’s weird to think that I’m writing this post now, at my computer, but when you read this tomorrow (or now for you) I will be in Italy.

I’ll be away for a week and spending my time in the Veneto: Padua, [...]

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How beautiful is a street-name sign?

I know what you’re thinking. They’re not beautiful - they’re dull. Could there even be a topic less remarkable and more dreary than that of street-name sign design?

Well, if you’re thinking such, then you haven’t been to Madrid!

Every street-name sign in the centre of Madrid has a tiled sign like this, each with a unique [...]

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Chuck Close and photorealistic painting

I don’t claim to be a professional rollneck-sweater-wearing art critique, but I do enjoy spending a few hours trudging up and down galleries looking at various art works, especially contemporary art galleries.

One of my more memorable experiences from last weekend’s visit to Madrid was visiting the Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, a contemporary art [...]

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Packing up shop for a while

My suitcase is packed, I’ve checked my tickets, passport, and toothbrush, and I’m off. To Madrid to be precise.

Things might be a little quiet round here for the next week, but don’t delete me from your RSS reader just yet. I’ll be back next week, hopefully with a few photos of Madrid to show off [...]

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