Many years ago, if someone asked me how I wanted to die, I would say that I wished to die from the be-fanged kiss of a beautiful vampiress. To be seduced, surrender myself for eternity and then die. This year, I read a book called “What do you say after you say hello” which deals […]

Don’t bother to learn Italian. Most resorts resemble the ‘Baden-Baden Wurst and Schnitzel Fanciers Club’, and German is the language of the tourists as they pull up in their Mercedes All bread is stale. An Italian will tell you that there are many local breads, but don’t get your hopes up. This basically means that

I was in a state of bliss in the back of the taxi for several reasons. There was joy when I realised a litre of drinkable wine could be had at a respectable restaurant in Peschiera for a few quid. There was the joy from the drinking of the wine. I was so intently trying