The last few months saw two visits from the Sicilian
side of the family to England. Valeria’s mother
visited us for Christmas and this was her mother's first
visit to England for 35 years, having last visited in
the early 1970s on honeymoon. Over Christmas we took
her mother for tour of Bath, including to the Roman
Baths and to a local traditional pub for the unbeatable
Sunday Roast dinner. Trying to satisfy an Italian with
English food turned out not to be any problem and the
Sunday Roast and Cornish pasties seeming to do the job.
Below a picture of Valeria with her mum and then a picture
of Valeria’s mother outside a church in Bath.
All
photos by Valeria Lo Iacono & Paul Symonds - 2008
For those of you who have never been to
the South-West of England, the Roman
Baths in the town of Bath are certainly worth a visit.
Below you can see me (Paul) looking over into the natural
baths and, on the right, our friend Chris 'The Penguin'
McCormack, who we saw in the pub during a night out he
had with his rugby mates, who were all also dressed as
penguins for their Christmas night out.
Below a photo from Christmas Day in our
apartment in Bristol with myself (Paul), Valeria and her
mother.
In March 2008, Valeria’s brother 'Marco' came
to England for the first time. He spent a couple of
days in London, during which we joined him and went
with him to see a couple of tourist attractions in
London, including Hyde Park. Below Marco and Valeria
in Hyde Park and, on the right, a photo of Wellington
Arch by Hyde Park Corner.
Marco came to England primarily to visit the 'La Dolce
Vita' exhibition at the Olympia exhibition centre in London.
Marco was also joined by Natascha (Valeria’s father
business partner). The exhibition focused on Italian made
products and services and this was not wasted on Valeria,
who spent plenty of money buying a couple of handbags made
of Italian leather. Below, a stall with Italian products,
such as sun dried tomatoes, pesto, chilli pepper sauce and
below right, from the left, Natascha, Marco and Valeria.
(Below left) Valeria and I (Paul) relaxing
as we enjoy some Italian wine samples.
After going to the Italian Exhibition
and going around London we went to a pub in Earls Court,
where we met our friends Louise and Ciaran. We knew
both Louise and Ciaran from our times in Dublin, Ireland
and they both live in London now.
And finally for this month, Valeria as she
gets in some final driving lessons, but this time using our
own car.
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