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Many thanks. There is some ridiculous freebie that I might be able to wangle from work, which I now might attempt to crank into action.

I'm keen to go to Tokyo. Primarily to eat. Views?

I'd go along with the Brighton plug.

I've just got back from Paris, where the Metro is half the price of London's tube system, and (for me) just as good. And you might like this bit: I'm really going off the way London's skyline has been opened up over the last decade or so -- it's a mess, and all about egos and affluence, rather...

I tend to steer clear of predictions, but here goes one: cities are the future.

I'll bear that in mind. To Florence, Venice, or both?

Is he a frog?

I would exclude Florence because it's a nightmare tourist trap (and suspect the same goes for your jewel too) and, while liking big crowds as football matches, gigs and demonstrations, I'm less keen on the sort that frequent such cities.

I'm v keen on Barcelona and Berlin -- not that I've spent enough time in either -- but Bologna would certainly be on my list, Genoa probably too.