Well, ne'er let it be said that anyone from the Pinchbeck family doesn't know how to keep people on their toes (believe it or not there is good reason that some of us (ahem) have been referred to in the past as drama queens...) So, in a dramatic twist to the beginning of the travel tale, my original plans to visit Sweden for a week prior to Japan had to be swiftly and unceremoniously ditched last minute - long story...however, Sweden, I will be back for you, I p...

"When the moon hits the sky like a big Pizza Pie, that's amooorreeee" It's always good when a song gets in your head in a truly unshakeable way - even better when you can warble it at the top of your voice in the middle of the Tuscan hills, annoying only your 5 or 6 other companions - them, and possibly a small population of wild boar... My affliction was no less abated by our visit to the aptly titled 'Pizza Pie' pizza shop, where the pizzas were as ...