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“In England, people go to port towns to gaze out to sea. In a good Italian port town, people go to the end of the breakwater and gaze inland.”
Oh Yes ! The top-do thing on the Amalfi coast is to get on a boat and gaze inland. Transcendental.
— Jan 29, 2026 10:51PM
Oh Yes ! The top-do thing on the Amalfi coast is to get on a boat and gaze inland. Transcendental.
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“in Europe a hundred miles is a long way and in the United States a hundred years is a long time.”
— Jan 28, 2026 07:43PM
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“Venice is boring for young people—no disco, no nightlife. It is only beautiful. Venice. It is a philosophy to live here . . . the philosophy of beauty.”
And the most beautiful place I have visited !
— Jan 24, 2026 11:05PM
And the most beautiful place I have visited !
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“Germans thrive on bureaucracy,” he jokes as we leave his small but efficient trackside office. “Even the toilet paper here comes in triplicate.”
— Jan 24, 2026 07:26PM
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The 2 countries given most space in this book :-
Italy and … Germany (now who could have guessed it 😛 *except yours truly)
— Jan 24, 2026 05:29PM
Italy and … Germany (now who could have guessed it 😛 *except yours truly)
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“Nobody wants war, but everyone wants things they can’t have without war.”
-Bismarck
— Jan 24, 2026 05:13PM
-Bismarck
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“God created all the world. It was marvelous. But France . . . it was just too perfect. So he put in the French to balance things out.”
— Jan 23, 2026 06:57PM
