Lots.

it’s come to my attention that 1) I still have a blog and 2) I have been terrible at updating it, especially with so many beautiful  things going on!

I came back from Lecce, which was depressing. here are some more [mostly food] photos to make you hungry/jealous/book the next flight to Italy

…but seriously:

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rustica

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businessmen dinner stance

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tagliatelle

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caprese

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group in the sun

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group work

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axon view

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section view

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last lunch, con sartu de riso

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finally caught a shot of this amazing villa from the bus

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farewell dinner.

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hotel tiziano breakfast box

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BDG > LIN

LIN > CDG

CDG > EDI

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ciao Brindisi!

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Milano

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en route a Paris.

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landing at EDI

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back in rainy Glasgow…

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…where this is a normal grocery store occurrence

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and it snows when it’s sunny

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freaky freaky party at art school

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trying to maintain my Italian espresso levels

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woodlands weekend stretches

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then spring arrived!

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and then I had lovely visitors and we had brunch at stravaigin

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and walked around U of Glasgow

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and on a highlands road trip

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Loch Lomond

(please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQ1pNfbe3Q)

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Kings House Hotel for lunch, Glencoe

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and we met some beautiful new friends

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siblings in scotland!

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three sisters of Glencoe

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and we were held up in a traffic jam because a wind turbine was trying to cross the bridgeIMG_8974_2

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we went on a trek to the southside to find highland coos

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and we went to Edinburgh

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and had afternoon tea at the Balmoral Hotel

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and then Glasgow got super sunny and springy and gorgeous and everyone went outside

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favorite tea spot, tchai-ovna

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vic at night

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sunday roast at the butchershop, complete with yorkshire pudding

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gelato for a west end stroll

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Glasgow botanic garden

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