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@Stefanie IT'S IN THE LIBRARY? Calum and I use...

2011-11-14T10:14:37.625+01:00

@Stefanie IT'S IN THE LIBRARY? Calum and I used to joke that when we got our firsts we'd go visit them and take pictures. I thought I was kidding, but... urm. I WANT TO TAKE MY PHOTO WITH MY DISSERTATION IN THE LIBRARY. Sad but true. Also: those FUCKING ticket inspectors. I once travelled without a ticket, got caught, CRIED, and still they fined me. Liem WTF Italy? W.T.F.

@dirtycowgirl But they don't even do chips properly in other countries. Is so insulting! Also: I'm jelly that you get a month in Goa. I bet it's 100% more efficient than this shit hole. LOVE YOU ROME. Except. Well. Not.

Whenever I go away I like to just eat the 'nat...

2011-11-09T21:54:20.823+01:00

Whenever I go away I like to just eat the 'native' food, I think it's part of the holiday experience, I got really pissed off in Turkey because EVERY plate of food came with chips on the side - reckon they think it's all English people want. (I'm off to Goa for a month in Dec - will be the size of an Indian Elephant time I get back no doubt).
But, if I had to live abroad I'm pretty sure I'd feel the same as you, and not for the main meals - it's the snacky stuff I'd want.

Funny - I'm great at making cakes - made some Halloween cupcakes with my friends 4yr old last week and guess what we had to top them with ?
Yup. Betty Crocker..and yeah we finished the tub.

I recently spent around two weeks in Sicily and al...

2011-11-09T16:41:39.705+01:00

I recently spent around two weeks in Sicily and although I wasn't there long enough to start missing English cuisine, I felt dangerously close after trying packet after packet of Italian biscuits and they just not being the same.

I had a bit of an adventure with the bus system too, because I didn't understand where you bought the tickets from. The bus just got into Palermo and five uniformed men with BATS stopped the bus and got on, blocking the exits... they then screamed a lot in Italian (I don't know any Italian) and a lot of people looked terrified and tried to escape. I soon realised they were TICKET INSPECTORS! And of course, I didn't have a ticket. By some stroke of mad luck I managed to get off unscathed while they had their back turned, in some part of the city I didn't know, in a stripy beach towel...
But I loved the arancini! Living in Rome must be great, I am envious! Even better for you now you've found that shop. Ooh, and also - I had the pleasure of reading your dissertation in the library last week. It was so enjoyable to read, and it gave me the confidence boost I needed to get on with my own independent study. So thank you, and well done!