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Girl, Woman, Other

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

really liked it

Queenie

by Candice Carty-Williams

Dark Matter

by Blake Crouch

Our Endless Numbered Days

really liked it

Our Endless Numbered Days

by Claire Fuller

Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel

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This is an old tree 🍂 here's a Simone for scale

This is an old tree 🍂 here's a Simone for scale! 🍂 This tree has been rocking it for hundreds of years already, and it'll still be rocking it long after I've popped my clogs. Isn't that crazy weird? 🍂 Or have I just had too little sleep? Anyway, I love autumn! Woo! Do you love autumn? (Re-reading this, I can tell, I've had too little sleep) 😴
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Look, I wanted to check out the street art in the

Look, I wanted to check out the street art in the big cities in Sicily, but we had a nightmare getting in & if that don't play with your mood, I don't know what does.
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We landed in the hairiest back-end of Palermo, after driving 3 hours from Taormina.
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Somehow, we'd managed to find our way into the dirtiest, smelliest area of the city, where there were piles of litter and waste dotted through the streets. At one point we had to dash past about 10 lined up bins and I physically heaved from the stench. We were fed up as soon as we left the car.
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We'd been fleeced by some guy who told us to 'park here I'll make sure your car stays safe' and because driving in Italy was an absolute nightmare and we hadn't been able to find a good parking spot, we literally left the car with this randomer & gave him €10 to do it.
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It just... gave us a bad feeling about things. We worried about where we'd left the car, and I gotta say, I'd have never walked those streets alone, or with another female friend. By the time we'd found some of the beautiful hot spots (which were stunning!!) We were tired, and itching to get back to the car. Sometimes, what you envision as a cool day trip to the city ends up looking a little different right. But that's ok, it's not always how you see it on the Gram, is it.
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In a cool turn of events, we got back to the car and the guy was actually sat next to it, guarding it with his life. He earned his €10 right there and then, and put our mind at ease 🤗
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🐱 I was very surprised at the amount of street

🐱 I was very surprised at the amount of street cats and kittens on the streets of Sicily. I thought that job was reserved for Greece. Obviously they were all cuties, and we totally fed almost every one we met, but this guy with his two coloured eyes stole our hearts 🐱
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I got a few messages from inquisitive souls during

I got a few messages from inquisitive souls during our week away, asking what it was like traveling to Sicily re: The Rona.
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R booked this trip when our flights to the UK were cancelled. It went a little bit like 'well if the UK don't want us, we'll find somewhere that will'. We had a week off already booked, and a bit of sunshine was a serious plus.
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Sicily was pretty much our only option because NL is slowly but surely being cut off by other countries because of the sudden rise in Covid cases, but who doesn't want to visit Italy?
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We always had it in the back of our minds that the trip would be cancelled, so we didn't get excited until the day we left. Even then, the thought of quick covid tests and temperature checks on arrival in Sicily made everything a bit nerve-wracking, and the amount of paperwork we had to fill in for both NL and Italy was a little overwhelming. There were health forms flying around and letters brandishing serious consequences for those who turned up on Italy's doorstep with Corona. Fair enough for sure, but this wasn't a completely stress-free trip that we didn't put a lot of thought into before we left.
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Masks are mandatory in Schipol, on the plane, and in Sicily, so we felt relatively safe our entire trip thankfully. I've also never washed my hands so often or used so much hand sanitizer in my life.
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Regarding the return home: we don't have to go into mandatory quarantine, because Sicily is deemed safer than NL & isn't high risk. I'll obviously be staying home as much as possible besides supermarket shopping & heading to AMS for my biometrics on Wednesday though.
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Got any questions about travel in the time of Corona? Leave them here 👇🏻
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Ummm, how beautiful is our planet? 🌍🌊 We cla

Ummm, how beautiful is our planet? 🌍🌊 We clambered over rocks and wandered along a half demolished wall to reach this cove, where a few fishermen were busying themselves with their boat and nets.
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We love heading to spots that aren't crowded (a ritual we've followed since even before Corona). Having this spot (almost) to ourselves was so relaxing. I could really stare at this view all day. Sorry to get a bit soft over the earth but I count every blessing when it comes to exploring our beautiful globe.
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What's your favourite place on earth and why? 🌏
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My favourite question to ask when I'm in a city li

My favourite question to ask when I'm in a city like this: what colour would you paint your very own Sicilian townhouse? I really love the deep custard yellow (that's probably called ochre isn't it) or a rusty orange shade to complement my rusty orange noggin. R said blue. His town house would definitely stick out in what is a sea of pinks, yellows and oranges, but I like his style.
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So go on, what colour would your Sicilian townhouse be?
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Bonjourno from Sicily! 🇮🇹 have you ever been

Bonjourno from Sicily! 🇮🇹 have you ever been to this beautiful island?
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You know me, I'm always up for keeping it real. That's why this is no Insta Vs Reality shot, it's... just the reality shot (probably because I couldn't have got an Insta shot if I'd bloody tried up there tbh).
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🌋Mt. Etna dominates the east coast of Sicily, so obviously we thought 'we gotta climb this beast'. Turns out it's bloody windy 3,000 metres up. I have never been so happy to wear sunglasses and a face mask because basically it felt like someone was stood in front of me chucking sand into my face the whole time.
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I even had to borrow a padded jacket (€5 at the souvenir shop about half way up) because I literally took a denim jacket to Italy and nothing else of warmth, and when we arrived, everyone else preparing for the trek was wearing hard hats and serious hiking gear. What a pair of absolute novices eh.
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Anyway. Etna's apparently been spewing dust and black cloud since the end of September, which it hasn't done for a while before. I reeeally hope we aren't gonna have a 'thar she blows' moment before we leave on Saturday...🌋
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