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Boario. Take 2. (November 2023)

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OK, so we're in to Silver Lining territory.    Let's be very clear at the start, I would rather not have Parkinson's Disease and I'll be really chuffed if someone comes up with a way to really slow or even reverse the onset of symptoms. However, at this point I am grateful to PD for giving me the excuse for re-discovering and spending time in northern Italy.  I'm writing this as a distraction from sorting through the photographs I've taken over the last month on the latest iteration of our own Grand Tour. This tour took in London, Paris, Zurich, Boario (for the European Parkinsons Therapy Centre - aka REGEN), Certosa in the Val Senales, Verona, Turin and Nice.   The somewhat eclectic routing was driven by the recent temporary closure of the main railway line between France and Italy, which necessitated a detour north (via Zurich) in one direction and south (via Nice) in the other direction.   The plus side (again a Silver Lining) is that it the train routes gave...