Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood. Erica Jong, an American writer and poet....
In Italy, my dear Frago, you are about to see the works of Raphael and Michelangelo; but let me tell you in confidence and as a friend that if you take those fellows seriously, you will be lost, done ...
There is one point in which Italy in an artist’s eye must always have the preference – I mean the school it provides for study; and in this I do not refer merely to the pictures, statues a...
This is also a wonderful place, or rather its’ environs are so. The town itself except the great street of Toledo is beastly, but the Quay (on which I live in an excellent hotel with a noble vie...
They entered Rome, not on a fine day, not on a fine night, but on a dark evening, in dreary weather which makes everything dull and indistinct. They crossed the Tiber without noticing it; they entered...
Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go. Truman Capote, an American writer....
Tallinn – Julia on Toompea, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. And another city I would absolutely love to revisit before this year is out, is Tallinn. I spent three days in the city in...
St Petersburg – Peter and Paul Cathedral, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. Judging by the frequency with which people around me talk about St Petersburg, I should be going there soon....
Biennale – City of Venice agreement FREE WI-FI ACCESS ON THE LIDO The Biennale and the City of Venice announce an important agreement to allow the public, the journalists and the operator...
Even before I came to live in England I was told that in winter the entire country would lose its nerve. “We’re too soft, we Brits“, someone told me. “We cannot live under the ...