Tag: cafés

Heaven in Trieste

October 17, 2025 2 Comments
Heaven in Trieste

It’s unlikely, for a number of good reasons, that after my death I shall end up in heaven.  But if it happens, and if – an even more remote possibility – St Peter offers me a choice of where exactly in that fine place I’d like to be, I’d ask whether he could arrange for […]

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Coffee shops: gwallter’s top 10

May 5, 2023 2 Comments
Coffee shops: gwallter’s top 10

As pubs have closed, so coffee shops have multiplied.  This must surely be a progressive social trend, at a time when most social trends are depressing.  Making a coffee at home, if you have the right equipment, has its advantages, and even adventures (our Gaggia Brera has a mind of its own and from time […]

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