With only five days until I head off to Madrid, what better way to spend my remaining days in England than by spending cosy evenings by the fire, tv remote in one hand and a bowl of chicken broth in the other? This recipe is just perfect for those feeling a little bit worse forContinue reading “Chicken Broth for Autumn Nights”
Author Archives: Alice Mulhearn Williams
Rome…Revisited (after a slight delay)
So you must all be thinking, “woah, that must be a bloody big egg sandwich she’s eating” because yes, after leaving for a lunch break just over two weeks ago, I never returned to recounting my time in Rome. Between organising my university re-application, helping my sister get ready for uni and watching countless missedContinue reading “Rome…Revisited (after a slight delay)”
Rome and Home
One long summer later and I’m home. I’ve returned to my family and my bed and Robinson’s squash and all of the other longed-after English food stuffs I’ve missed so dearly. Ahhhh…it sure does feel good to be home. Even though it’s cloudy and despite the fact that I now have to begin the longContinue reading “Rome and Home”
One Last Week
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s officially one week until I leave behind the place I’ve called home for the past two months. I won’t be returning to England straight away though, oh no, first there is a mighty lot of sight-seeing, eating and partying to be done with my friends in Rome. However, before my parentsContinue reading “One Last Week”
Heaven on a plate.
So, it was on wednesday the 5th August that I consumed my best meal in Italy to date. In fact, perhaps the best meal of my year, or even of my life. In fact, it makes me question why I bother eating anything else at all, when it’s all completely inferior to this little plateContinue reading “Heaven on a plate.”
Another Piece of England in Italy
It’s official: there are two Mulhearns in Italy. In fact, there are two Mulhearns in Terracina and to be even more exact, just yesterday there were two Mulhearns sitting on my balcony chatting and eating gelato. Now, you would think that this would have been a good opportunity for Hattie to take my computer andContinue reading “Another Piece of England in Italy”
Lost In Translation
Here in Italy I am just a bit special. You can walk the whole stretch of coast from Terracina to Circeo – 30 kilometres – and you will not find a single soul like me. Yes, that’s right: I am the only English person in the village (or on this part of the Lazio coast anyway).Continue reading “Lost In Translation”
Ahhh…rain
Okay then, seeing as in my last post I proclaimed my newfound Englishness, I’m going to do the proper thing and talk – very seriously – about the weather. Whilst I sit here on my balcony, swollen raindrops are beginning to fall from the dark and stormy sky. I can hear the excited chirruping of birds,Continue reading “Ahhh…rain”
Snails
If I have learned only one thing from au pairing, it is that I am a snail. Not in the sense that I’m slow (although admittedly, I am) but through the fact that I carry my home on my back. When I left England almost three weeks ago now, I rather naively thought that IContinue reading “Snails”
Some more of Napoli…
Stepping out from the train station onto Piazza Garibaldi, I was struck by a mixture of midday heat, the sound of moped horns and the chaos of Naples. Riding in the back of a taxi – my life in the hands of a man who was dodging oncoming scooters as if they were dodgems –Continue reading “Some more of Napoli…”
To The Table 