Italy: The only place in the world where you can sit on the street at 8:30am with a bottle of wine in each hand… and nobody thinks you’re homeless.
Tag: Adventures
Italian Adventures: Venice
I knew I had to go in Summer. “DON’T!” said everyone. “It smells like a sewer when it’s hot!” I’ll admit – it did have a whiff reminiscent of drains and cholera. But IT’S VENICE: Your eyes are so busy you’ll forget you even have a nose.
& then I moved to Dubai.
“Yes, everyone tells you it’s going to be hot… But unless you’ve ever stuck your face in lava or been to the sun then it’s hard to comprehend.”
I like big countries and I can not lie…
“Canadians really like BIG things. Their meals, buildings, and waterfalls are all of an exceptional size. Their CN Tower is half a kilometre tall!”
Nothing rotten in the state of Denmark.
“Her boobs are out. I can see the nipples of my childhood heroine, staring straight at me (not 10-feet away!)”…And that was my first impression of the ninth most famous statute in all the world: Copenhagen’s The Little Mermaid.
More North Island Adventures
“New Zealanders. You can’t bother a nation that endures 11,000 earthquakes a year and runs the risk of falling into the sea, they’re too busy perfecting their scrums and inventing new ciders.”
That time I ended up in New Zealand
“Why would ANYONE want to leave Wellington? It’s hard to discuss New Zealand’s capital without shouting a list of superlatives; positive, adoring ones, not the type you have to yell out your window while venturing through Slough.
Wellington makes my beloved Wales look flat and ugly. It sits prettily and nonchalantly on the hillsides like a Kardashian straddling a sports team…”
