Life in Venice
When I woke up the other weekend, I had forgotten that I was in Venice but the view from my hotel room soon reminded me. On my trip round Switzerland and Italy, I had come to Venice for the weekend…
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My visit to Florence to meet Donatello’s David
I shall be going to Florence in less than a week and I am truly excited about it. I stayed in the peerless Italian city of Florence in January 2008 – it was my first visit even though I had…
The Wolf Wanders Around The Island of Paros
I came on holiday to Paros in the Greek archipelago known as The Cyclades because I wanted to see if I could do what so many people do – relax by the sea in the sun for two weeks without…
Twenty Years after the Velvet Revoution – Havel or Topolanek?
All this business of Silvio Berlusconi’s nudist parties and the former Czech prime minister, MirekTopolanek’s capacity for fun has put tomorrow’s elections for the European Parliament into a new light. Mr. Topolanek, who left office last month after a no-confidence…