I've spent a great deal of time in Italy recently, and I've got to say - I've had a great time! For a while I was pretty indifferent to staying out there and often outright miserable. I got used to a style of living that worked well once my wife figured out how to get skype working well so we could chat frequently. It also helped that on my last trip to Italy, which lasted over a month I decided to take my bicycle. I have been cycling a lot.
This is me in Tuscany with my bike
Having the bike was a huge amount of fun until this happened:
This is me in Tuscany with my bike
Having the bike was a huge amount of fun until this happened:
The worst part was that the bike shop took three weeks to fix it. So for most of my last stay in Italy I didn't actually have it. A good excuse to go back I think. Unfortunately that project is now pretty much finished. Upwards and onwards. I found out a couple of weeks ago that I have been granted some funding from the AHRC for an early career fellowship; looking forward to getting that up and running.
