Unlike in the UK, where simply the mention of Halloween is enough to arouse images of the most ghoulish creatures, here in Spain the holiday is far more dignified. However, with every year it does seem that the ghosts, demons, witches and wizards that we harbour in Britain as well as America, are creeping theirContinue reading “A Spanish Halloween”
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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…”