News: Bowen: Year of killing and broken assumptions has taken Middle East to edge of deeper, wider war - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c781vgy3918o#0 #news

Villa della Regina, Turin - Villa della Regina is a splendid palace on the Turin hills.

There used to be a lot more snow on the Italian Alps. Pic taken in June 1990 in North Piedmont.

How big is a 3.50 euros ice cream in Italy? This big

Toilet time

When you fly one day after the largest IT disaster ever. Expected to be at the hotel in Crete by 9 pm, got there near 2 am, almost 5 hours later.

“I might be chunky, but I’m going to catch you!“
#avgeek #troopingthecolour #raf

The irony: proof of ID for voting was made mandatory by Boris Johnson’s government.

Do you think these guy deserves another chance to lead a country, a city, or to be a local councillor?

A director’s cut everybody would like to see: Farewell to the King, by John Milius
#cinema #NickNolte

Patrouille de France
#avgeek

My grandpa used to put wine ice cubes in his wine, during the summer.

Be careful when you order a margarita cocktail in the Boston Bar near the university in #Turin: “Margarita” can easily be misunderstood as a request for granita.

Cliveden, National Trust
#visitEngland

As small Lake on the border between Piedmont and the Aosta valley, in Italy. #Mountains

Sunsets like this are just around the corner.
Guernsey, Channel Islands
#enjoyLife

The one on the left is a path, the one on the right is the Thames river. Spot the difference!

A walk across the moor - Staines Moor in winter http://stanwellmoor.viaggiareleggeri.com/blog/4207/A+walk+across+the+moor
#StanwellMoorNews

Kerbside food bins available at the Spelthorne Council - Easily broken bins? No, if you know how to use them http://stanwellmoor.viaggiareleggeri.com/blog/4197/Kerbside+food+bins+available+at+the+Spelthorne+Council
#StanwellMoorNews

An owl on the Moor - A chance encounter http://stanwellmoor.viaggiareleggeri.com/blog/4025/An+owl+on+the+Moor

When Elon Musk hates, one has to report him
#Twitter #ElonMusk

People who live in a glass house on fire shouldn’t throw stones
#NFL #SeanPayton #DenverBroncos

Jets!

Luis Rubiales, classy guy. Here he's celebrating with his beloved gonads during the Spain-England World Cup final. People around him pretend to ignore him.
#RubialesMustGo

Hellraisers. I would have loved to know them (Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Oliver Reed, Richard Burton), or maybe I would have hated each one of them.
Regardless, the world is worse off without them.
https://www.popmatters.com/123451-they-lived-this-way-because-nobody-else-could-2496190112.

The Lionesses’ goalkeeper does a David Seaman impersonation.
England-Colombia 0-1

Just found The French Connection on a small TV channel, Talking Pictures TV. Can’t stop watching this movie. The cat-and-mouse game between Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey in the New York underground is unmissable.
#cinema

I appreciate Michael Shannon a lot as an actor. He’s taking part in the actors strike, in the States, and I appreciate him even more now.
#WorkersRights #RightToStrike

Crete, Greece. Very hot but no wildfires in the area (Agios Nikolaos) yet. It might get worse.

Black Peter is, unsurprisingly, not just a Dutch tradition. It’s also a Mexican one.
#Collateral #Christmas