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Meandering in Sicily

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Rosalind Mullen

May 2025 Sicily’s Mount Etna is still puffing gently behind us, having blown its top a week ago. However, the owner of our small guest house outside Zafferana-Etnea, the small gateway town to the national park, is unfazed by the … Continue reading →

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Uzbekistan … and the mysterious taxi passengers

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Rosalind Mullen

September 2023 After more than 30 years of off-on yearning, I was finally going to see the magnificent aqua-blue-green-tiled mosques and madrassas of Samarkand. This trip had been fomenting since 1989 when I had stood in Beijing’s main train station … Continue reading →

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