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Opening page

Sunday Lunch

The Vasca

Secret Classical Music Appreciation Society

Summer in Sansepolcro

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  • Short version

    Everyone else is doing it, they're writing books about it, they're making reality TV shows about it... why can't we too? Thus it is that mild-mannered suburban dad Simon Capp hauls his young family off to Italy for a year of pizzas, piazzas and palazzos. Little does he know what awaits...


Italy? It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time © 2008 Simon Capp. All Rights Reserved.
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