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		<description><![CDATA[Mele, Maiale e Miele.  To the untrained ear these three words sound strikingly similar but mean quite different things, though not without their occasional synergy – apples, pork and honey. It’s absolutely true what they say, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.  My language skills have improved to the point now where I can be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ccwinning.com&amp;blog=11631498&amp;post=547&amp;subd=ccwinning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay now, knuckle down and concentrate.  Time to get back to the keyboard without any excuses.  It’s that time of year when it starts to feel colder inside than out.  There’s no central heating here and when it’s still a mid-afternoon 18 degrees on the Lungomare at the end of November, requests for such are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ccwinning.com&amp;blog=11631498&amp;post=539&amp;subd=ccwinning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just about this time last year we were taking a day out in Gambarie, a small ski resort in the Aspromonte mountains, not forty minutes drive from the beaches of Reggio.  At the right time of the year you can wake up and choose whether you spend the day on the beach in swimming shorts or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ccwinning.com&amp;blog=11631498&amp;post=528&amp;subd=ccwinning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a (past) amateur sailor of the lochs and islands that abound in the gulf stream that sweeps round the Scottish west coast, I can only gaze at the Med and wonder. With this climate of endless blue skies and friendly warm winds, surrounded by matchless scenery, why do I not see far more white [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ccwinning.com&amp;blog=11631498&amp;post=508&amp;subd=ccwinning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A few days ago I asked a young lad of about 8 years old whether he played an instrument.  Proudly he told me that he had been learning one for the last two years.  “Piano?, guitar?  or maybe violin?” I enquired.  “No!” he said beaming. “Tambourine!”  If you smile, as I would have done a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ccwinning.com&amp;blog=11631498&amp;post=470&amp;subd=ccwinning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last week I’ve had a couple of gentle wake-up calls.  Sort out your Italian!  There is only so much you can blog about sun-drying tomatoes and the arrival of Latte di Mandorla (almond milk) in the cafe’s and, after nearly two years here, I need to be doing more than simple surface scratching.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ccwinning.com&amp;blog=11631498&amp;post=449&amp;subd=ccwinning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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