Author: JohnPBrady

Life in Sicily Relocation Blog 

Customer Service Sicily Style

February 26, 2012October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 2 Comments Catania, Customer Service, Italia, Italy, italy blog, John P. Brady, living abroad, Sicily

Customer Service Sicily My mobile phone broke down and obstinately refused to emit any noise when someone called.  I had

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Relocation Blog 

Sant’Agata di Catania – The Procession

February 22, 2012October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 0 Comments Cannalore, Catania, fireworks, Italy, Piazza Cavour, Saint Agata, Sant'Agata, Sicily

  Father and son. One of the younger participants in the festival proudly holds his candle. Above many wait for the arrival

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Relocation Blog 

Sant’Agata di Catania

February 15, 2012October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 0 Comments candles, Catania, Italy, John P. Brady, Saint Agata, Sant'Agata, Sicily, via Etnea, wax

The festival of Sant’Agata, patron saint of Catania.   The Preparation Above is the central post office and to the right

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Relocation Blog Travel in Italy 

Milan

February 10, 2012October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 0 Comments canal, Cathedral, Duomo, Italia, Italy, John P. Brady, Milan, Milano, Navigli, Ostello Bello, Porta Ticinese

  Majestic, marvellous, magnificent, Milan.   What have you heard about Milan?  Has it been positive or negative? I was

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Relocation Blog Travel in Italy 

Cefalù, Sicily

February 10, 2012October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 2 Comments beaches in sicily, Cefalù, Italy, italy blog, John P. Brady, living abroad, Sicily

Cefalù’s beach with the mountain in the background   Arriving in Sicily: First stop Cefalù: On arrival in Trapani I immediately

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Relocation Blog Travel in Italy 

Torino per la Sera

January 26, 2012October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 0 Comments Italia, John P. Brady, Torino

[This article is in Italian-To read it in English click here] By John P Brady Camminando sulle ammalianti strade di

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Life in Sicily Relocation Blog 

Catania

January 16, 2012October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 2 Comments Basilica della Collegiata, Catania, Elephant, expat, Ireland, Italy, La Collegiata, La Fontana dell'Elefante, life in sicily, living abroad, Piazza Duomo, Sicily, Villa Bellini

Catania, dark and atmospheric by night, became my new home as of September 2011.  I left a self pitying, unemployed

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General Articles 

Royal Visit to Ireland: Overdue or Premature?

May 21, 2011January 22, 2015 JohnPBrady 0 Comments Anglo-Irish, Ireland, John P. Brady, Royal visit

By John P Brady It was one hundred years since the last visit of a British monarch to Ireland and

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Travel in Italy 

Turin / Torino Night time

April 1, 2011October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 2 Comments balcony, hostel, Italy, John P. Brady, Torino, Turin

Love on a Balcony: Arriving in Turin By John P Brady Walking down the pleasant streets of Turin, eating fresh

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Travel in Italy 

Turin/Torino 2: Daytime

April 1, 2011January 22, 2015 JohnPBrady 2 Comments Italy, John P. Brady, Shroud, Torino, Turin

Taking it in: A day in Turin By John P Brady   When morning came I left the hostel in

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Travel in Italy 

A Ramble Through Quiet Treviso

March 31, 2011October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 3 Comments Italy, John P. Brady, pensione, Treviso

By John P Brady Although I had not planned to visit Treviso, I congratulated myself on its discovery.  The only

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General Articles 

Dublin Retains its Legendary Rep for St Patrick’s Day

March 29, 2011October 5, 2016 JohnPBrady 1 Comment Dublin, Ireland, John P. Brady, St. Patrick's Day

WORLD – IRELAND     [Irish American News March 2011] By John P. Brady   Although our new leader, Taoiseach Enda

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Irish American News

March 28, 2011September 12, 2012 JohnPBrady 1 Comment

I have an article on Irish American News.   Follow the link below: Any comments on the article are welcome.

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