The hotel has a very friendly front desk manager and a perfectly good WiFi network, but for some inexplicable reason they would rather hand me their laptop to use than…

Fairly pissed off with the world today. It started off well enough, with a breakfast of very good raisin pastry and cappucino (2.20 euros total) at a cafe near the…

I suppose today is a day to contemplate two towers, those gone and those still (barely) standing. (What's up with the Italians and leaning towers, anyhow?!) It's been a long…