Lots of Christmas cheer and all our very best wishes to one and all for the holiday, and for the New Year too!

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Grrrrr, rats! At home with a miserable sniffy cold today. Obviously a result of the cold snap the last few days, coupled with a three hour!! (usually takes one) drive from Reggio Emilia to Bologna in the dark, snow, wind and sleet last Thursday evening, after it began to snow while I was in Reggio for a meeting. Total chaos on local roads in Reggio, and the autostrada only just barely driveable from Reggio to Modena South... Rather miserable journey, all in all, but at least I managed to get home again!!

Snow, snow and wind. Crunchy ice on the ground this morning here in Bologna... Italy is beginning to feel more and more like Norway every day! Have a great weekend everyone!

Patrick