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A Medical Drama in Abruzzo

People cannot help unless they know you need help.

The vast majority of people want to help.

I firmly believe that both those statements are true and are even more valid in a foreign country.

My most recent experience of this involved an insect bite that wasn’t an insect bite, a pharmacist whose wife drove me to a [...]

Plenty of Rain, Food and Conversation in Abruzzo; But Here Comes The Sun!

We arrived back in Abruzzo last Friday evening having flown to Rome and driven across Italy in a cinquecento. So far I have to say I love the look of the little Fiat 500 and it does suit the narrow streets of some of the towns we’ve been through better than its larger rivals.

We, like [...]

Spoltore (PE) Abruzzo: Saint Patrick’s Day (afternoon)

Still in Spoltore and feeling a bit peckish we looked for a place to have lunch. Local knowledge is always a great help so P asked a butcher and he pointed us to Les Arcs at Via G. Fonzi, 139, the main road through the town.

We were definitely the only tourists in Les Arcs. In [...]