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crossing the Ionian sea, I managed to convince
Claudia, my youngest sister, to join me in a
Nordic Spa (a Viking speciality). Firstly, you go
into the 'snow room', which is just as it sounds,
a room filled with snow. When you can't bear
the cold any longer you go into the steam room.
You repeat the process as many times as you
like, and you can interrupt it with an ice bucket
shower! The pair of us laughed and laughed,
later showing off our dewy complexions to our
less adventurous travelling companions!
Other new experiences I didn't want to miss
involved my tastebuds. Drinking strong, gritty
Greek coffee, eating cannoli, spoonfuls of
melon gelato, slabs of pizza and carbonara
pasta during our day trips. And my catch cry
during my tasting journey even before we got
to Rome was, 'When in Rome!' What had been
my wish, as I'd hurled a copper coin into the
Trevi Fountain? Just moments before Mum and I
had been giggling that we needed to be careful
not to clonk anyone below at the edge of the
fountain. I'm not sure about revealing exactly
what I had wished for on that twilight evening.
Here's a hint – I don't want this to be last time
I share such an adventure with the favourite
women in my life.
Article originally published in May 2019 issue
of The Australian Women's Weekly
JESS ROWE WITH HER MOTHER & SISTER S
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