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My life, as Amelia Edwards once said, is the "satisfaction of a purposeless curiosity."

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Tag Archives: Torino

TURIN: Tempermental

August 23, 2016by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

“It turns out that many places in Italy are closed on Mondays or have very limited hours. As a person who is genuinely quite lazy, I found this a charming practice. But as a gloomy man looking for a few hours of meditative peace, I found it irksome in the extreme.”

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airport, Europe, Germany, Italy, multiple sclerosis, travel, Turin, vacation

Missing Turin

February 14, 2016by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Turin has been on my mind since the day I left it. I never expected to have such depth of feeling for the city, but I loved everything about it. I […]

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ancient Egypt, Egyptology, Europe, Italian, Italy, travel, Turin

“CIAO, BELLO!” I tell myself in a mirror in Italy.

August 14, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I sleep like garbage here in Nice because it is about four thousand degrees every day, all day long, coupled with an unbearable humidity like nothing I’ve ever experienced in […]

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ancient Egypt, food, Italian, Italy, language, train, travel, vacation

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