Spar-letta

I went on a skiing trip before I left Rokeby School, and it involved going to Italy and skiing for ten days or so. Sergio was my instructor, and my mother was one of the guides. Great time. When we arrived, it was 19°C, most of the snow was from a machine and there was plenty of painful ice. But the food was great.

The year before they went to Canada, where the snow was deep and perfect the whole time, but the food was bad. Consequently, the Italian trip was the one that people remembered as preferable.

Quality of food affects our impression of a country so much that it can be the main reason we like certain countries. I'm looking forward to the food of Japan more than most things. While I was in South Africa, the food was probably the best part of the whole trip. I distinctly remember being repeatedly impressed by the Mexican food Erin fed me in America.

Creme-Soda is a delicacy I had the benefit of being brought up on, and along side Fanta Grape and the African Iron Brew, it's one of the best drinks of Africa.