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Bottles

They sell beer in bottles over here, with a deposit on the bottle. Yesterday we decided to tackle this little lot stacked next to the grill, so we could buy beef and more beer. We had to find a shop happy to take 350 empty beer bottles, which, after a lot of...
Art & Food

Art & Food

Went to the inauguration of a new restaurant in Palermo last night. How I got to go is a bit complicated, I met Katia (who is from Geneva) at the hostel and she’d met the owner of the restaurant (who is also an artist) when he had an exhibition in Lausanne, in...

The Joys of Communal Living

So after being conspicuous by their absence the housemates have been slowly making their way back to the nest this afternoon. It’s like some sort of late-adolescent soap opera (I must be the oldest by at least 10 years). They all seem to be studying or on a...
La Recoleta

La Recoleta

Yesterday I moved into a flat where I'll stay for the next 6 weeks or so before heading off on my travels. There's 9 of us, although I've only met 2 so far. I'll stick some photos up soon. Today I went back to La Recoleta cemetery, where I'd been...