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Postcards from Nice: the Feast Day of the Patron Saint
(Sunday 6th October 2024) A few people have already gathered outside the mairie in the old town. The statue of Saint Réparate stands ready in a white boat filled with lilies and red roses, eyes downcast, holding a silver olive … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciamada Nissarda, katherine gregor, nice, Saint Reparate, scribe doll, travel, writing
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Goodbye, Chocolate Notes. Goodbye, Norwich. Goodbye, England.
I push open the door to Chocolate Notes and make a deliberate effort to take in the white floor with the swirly scores, the dark wooden tables and chairs, the shelving packed with CDs. Fiamma and Jan give me a … Continue reading
Posted in Feasts & Fancies, Uncategorized
Tagged chocolate, chocolate notes, creative writing, food, katherine gregor, nice, norwich, recipes, scribe doll, travel
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A Niçard Scrapbook: The Blue, Blue Sea.
It was one thing I was determined to do in Nice, even more than to see the Dufy collection at the Musée des Beaux-Arts. For weeks, I pictured myself slipping off my sandals and standing in the sea up to … Continue reading
Posted in Odds & Ends
Tagged blue, côte d'azur, katia gregor, la baie des anges, nice, scribe doll, travel, writing
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Brugge (Part 2) – Summer 2022
By the time H. and I managed to tear ourselves away from work long enough to organise a much-needed holiday, all the hotels were booked up or too expensive. The fares had also gone up. So our plans to go … Continue reading
From a Word that Means “Bridge”
Brugge. That’s what I want to call it from now on. It’s in Flanders, not Wallonia. How typical of the Anglophones – the British in particular – to use its French name by default. We haven’t grown out … Continue reading
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Tagged bruges, brugge, creative writing, katherinegregor, language, scribe doll, scribedoll, travel
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Milan: Behind the Façade
I guess it was appropriate that my first conversation in Milan should have been about fashion. H. and I just had lunch at Stazione Centrale and were leaving the restaurant, trolley suitcases in tow, when I noticed a young woman … Continue reading
Paris to Rome by Train
“Why can’t we take the train?” “What – all the way?” H. gives me his your-quirkiness-is-turning-into-madness look. “It’s – it’s –” “The longest leg would be just twelve hours,” I filled in, smiling sweetly. “If you went to Australia, you’d have to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alps, France, Italy, katherine gregor, scribe doll, Train Journey, travel
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Summer Night in Trastevere
Streets bustling with tourists who walk slowly, looking up, right and left, mouths half open, stopping abruptly to take a photo, holding up the locals, those whose footsteps have a specific destination, who no longer look at the sights because … Continue reading
“So What Brought You to Norwich?”*
When I tell the truth, they don’t believe me. I was brought to Norwich by a sheet of paper, a pen, and a china mug. It was winter 2013, and I was at odds with my life. There appeared to be … Continue reading
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Tagged katherine gregor, norwich, scribe doll, travel, writing
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Exeunt, pursued by bedbugs
Our first holiday in years. We entered my acquaintance’s Paris flat, immediately expressing our gratitude to the moon-faced ginger tom who had made this possible. We could not have afforded a hotel, so free accommodation in the exclusive, almost central … Continue reading
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