Waking up and trying to get the taste of European Marlboros and Jameson off my breath in a small Venice hotel room as a prelude to battling Italian drivers on the Autostrada was not what I expected from this vacation.  I don’t normally smoke and don’t drink too much but the lack of people speaking English drove me to a bar in Venice (Italy) where the bartender could communicate in my native tongue.  Sitting outside the pub, diverting my attention between conversation with […]

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