Posts tagged Florence
And Now We're on Fire, (but not in a good way.)

I started thinking of contingency escape plans mainly for mum as the smoke in the air was worsening. I contacted my friend Alison in Ireland through Whatsapp and told her she might get a couple of climate change refugees turning up, and where was the nearest airport and where exactly does she live? She rang me in. a panic, wondering what on earth was going on as as she does not watch the news anymore and lives blissfully unaware of the terrible shenanigans going on in the world and had no idea Europe was burning.

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That's Italy

I then have to hang out of my window, once again like a mad woman waving frantically at them because I can usually see the courier truck just down the road at the wrong building, bloody Google maps! As my lovely new friend Cristina says, “That’s Italy” whenever something funny or quirky happens and indeed it puts a light spin on things for sure, not that I’m complaining, I love it here quirks and all!

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