25 March 2022 It is Shell’s birthday. We don’t celebrate birthdays. Along with Christmas, Valentines Day, and the rest, it is consumerism. Buying something you do not need to show someone you care. If we need something, we buy it. If Shell needs a gift from me to show her she means absolutely everything to…
Year: 2022
Day 102 & 103 – Trains and physios
23 – 24 March 2022 Sometimes not much happens. Sometimes I am just lazy. Sometimes I have a good book and get distracted. “I notice how it takes a lazy man, a man that hates moving, to get set on moving once he does get started off, the same as he was set on staying…
Day 100 – 101 – UNESCO & Lecce
21 – 22 March 2022 21 March 2022 Day 100. A milestone. Triple digits. It didn’t even get its own post. Worse, day 101 is wrapped up in it as well. 101 is an important number. Dalmatians. Sorry, Niam. What would Jim Hawkins think of my laziness? “NOT long ago, there lived in London a…
Day 99 – Adriatic Coast
20 March 2022 Up early. Breakfast provided. We hit the road with no real plans. Follow the coast from village to village. The day is fine, the wind is cold. Locals tell us it is unseasonably cold. After the mild winter, we might be in for a cold spring. I have decided to live in…
Day 97 & 98 – On the road
18 & 19 March 2022 I have let the readers down. I promised daily updates and did not deliver. Barry pointed it out this morning. Apologies. 18 March 2022 Back on the road. We grab the hire car and head into the mountains. We plan to hit the coast just south of Pescara and work…
Day 96 – Steak
17 March 2022 I wake up and I feel like I have a hangover. Which is a shame, because I didn’t earn a hangover. If you feel like garbage in the morning, you at least deserve the enjoyment of the night before. My brain is working at about 70%. Coffee at the new regular. Three…
Day 95 – Surgeon
16 March 2022 Not much on today. A visit to the surgeon to find out what the next steps for Shell’s finger will be. Walk to Salavator Mundi International Hospital. Spring is here. The temperature is already in the mid-teens. It is nice to be in the sun wearing only a t-shirt. Obviously, I am…
Day 94 – Rome
15 March 2022 We fell asleep with the fire burning low. It got down to -4 C last night but the room stayed warm. Breakfast is provided. They take their COVID seriously here. It is a buffet breakfast, but we cannot serve ourselves. We have to point out what we want and the sole staff…
Day 93 – Abruzzo
14 March 2022 Pepe woke me up at 5.00 am. He meowed at our door, padded upstairs, meowed there, padded down to our door. Repeat. He either got what he wanted or I fell asleep. There is something pleasant about being woken by an animal. Breakfast provided. A feast for ten. It is just the…