You may have noticed that I haven’t written anything about teaching English in Sicily on the blog. I might not have been writing but I have…

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Here comes the sun- it’s the end of the school year, hooray! Nearing the end of a school contract is always a crazy couple of…

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Guide books are great and all, but isn’t it awful when it says such-and-such a place is “quite”, “authentic”, “secluded” etc etc, then you go…

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“What did you do last weekend?” “Oh you know, the usual, watched TV, went down the pub, hiked up a volcano.” If you’re heading to…

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I kinda hate myself for saying this, but I adore Positano; Positano ha il mio cuore. I know how travellers are always trying to distinguish…

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GROTTA DELLO SMERALDO The “Emerald Grotto” is a pretty cool excursion en route to Amalfi. It’s easily accessible, simply get off at the stop before…

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There are a lot of mixed experiences online about staying with a host family. You’re usually invited to stay with a host family for temporary…

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Following on from my ramblings about life working in Italy not going as well as I’d hoped, P and I had a wonderful day yesterday…

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It’s about time I started writing about life working and living in Italy. The reason I haven’t yet is mostly because, well, before I was living in…

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  I will start by warning readers that in some parts of the world, particularly in Agrigento, Sunday really is a day of rest. Who’d…

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