A quickie

update.... that is.... currently writing from my last port in Paris....the last week has been great...
Florence, the Duomo and Botticelli not as I remenbered....smaller paintings, bigger room?!?....tearful goodbye.... a farm stay in Manbrotta.....Verona, Juliet and the Opera....Lyon, for some summer fetival goodness, featuring Elvis Costello, the brothers Lumiere.... throw in a train strike, a few bushfires and Milan and that was the week that was....
onto the louvre, d'orsay, rodin, la fnac, zara....and then home...actually looking forward to seeing everyone again....