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Continue reading →: Arriving in Torino (the first time)
My fiancé Michael’s new job was supposed to start in June 2025, so we went down to Torino to get him settled into the apartment and for me to have a holiday here. We arrived May 17th, and it was a long day, let me tell you! We were at…
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Continue reading →: Elena Ferrante – My Brilliant Friend
Living in Italy now, of course I need to include some italian literature to my reading list. I have read books by Umberto Eco, Margaret Mazzantini, Anzonio Tabucchi and Davide Longo. Now it is time to finally read Elena Ferrante. My Brilliant Friend tells the story of Raffaella Cerullo, called…
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Continue reading →: How it all began
My name is Miriam, I am 46 years old and from Germany, near Aachen (Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle) and the dutch and belgian border. Cologne, Düsseldorf, Maastricht are not very far, either. I am half german, half dutch. I had a good, secure job working for the tax office, and for a…
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