Gee But It's Great To Be Home Again
Well finally back home and finally back on't't'internet. I ended up blogging into my Palm Pilot whilst sunning myself in Majorca after the cruise. I must've put on a stone in weight - I've done nothing but eat and drink !!
Highlights of the holiday would be Pompeii and Corsica. Pompeii is just stunning - and what is so surprising is the size of the place. Amazing really but pretty much all the basics of city living had already been worked out all those years ago. Pedestrian crossings, shops, pubs, road signs: all visible amid the ruins of this once great city. Amazing.
Corsica was just what Mediteranean France should be. Lazy, beautiful and devoid of the traffic madness of Italy. Bonarparte's birthplace was restrained. Over here we'd have had the marketing men coming up with snappy slogans like "welcome to Bonaparte country" and "you'll be conquered in Bonaparte's birthplace". We just haven't any class over here any more. I blame the 1980s !
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