Carpetblogger

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Caustic commentary from emerging and declining empires. Mostly the latter.

About Carpetblogger

Not my circus. Not my monkeys. Living in Nice, FR for a decade, but often in the Ligurian Alps of Piemonte. Once an Istanbullu, always an Istanbullu. I like textiles and food, the Med coast of Italy/FR and other difficult places.

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