I have visited a few surreal places in my time, Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia for example, or the even stranger still Casa Batlló… But when it comes to other-worldly former residences, I think Il Vittoriale might take the biscuit… Il Vittoriale is the former residence of the ultra-nationalist (and slightly eccentric) Italian writer, poet, and […]
Archives for May 2013
Sunday Photo – An Italian Beauty Parlour (for Dogs…)
Three Days in Lake Garda
One of the things I love the most about living in Bavaria, is the ability to get in the car and escape somewhere else if the weather gets a bit too depressing. That and May. I love May here, we get five bank holidays in the month, which makes getting into the car and escaping […]
Contrasts
What is this Expat life but one of Contrasts? Contrasts of life both old and new, memories, emotions, and of course surroundings. And it’s the contrasting and comparing of new discoveries and scenery that is perhaps my favourite part of it all… A few pictures of things that will always remind me of our […]