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Article: AS we stared down at the flight of practically vertical steps, which we knew would total a daunting 1,700, one of my companions piped up, "OK, who's going to start the counting?" Another vetoed that proposal immediately on the grounds it would make the journey seem even longer, while a third muttered under his breath, "Here goes.
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- Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Walk with the Gods on the Amalfi coast
An Italian walking holiday taking in Vesuvius, Pompei and Capri is a gift from heaven, writes Mary O'Sullivan
AS we stared down at the flight of practically vertical steps, which we knew would total a daunting 1,700, one of my companions piped up, "OK, who's going to start the counting?" Another vetoed that proposal immediately on the grounds it would make the journey seem even longer, while a third muttered under his breath, "Here goes. As Hamlet said: 'there is nothing either bad or good but thinking makes it so'," and took his first step.
That words from one of Shakespeare's tragedies were bubbling ...
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