Author Archives: Matteo

About Matteo

Matteo completed a Masters degree in Digital Humanities at King’s College, London, and worked on property search at Lokku Ltd. Matteo currently works in the magical kingdom of Social Media analytics at We Are Social. Mac user, loves Northern Soul and Ska music, as well as watching Football. You can meet him at MatteoStarri.com or Google+.

Movember

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Matteo

October’s been a pretty eventful month for us, with Gioia’s parents who came for a visit (story and pics on the blog, of course), myself pretty busy with the refereeing (with good news promotion-wise on that end), halloween bowling and baking … Continue reading →

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One year of Boris Bikes

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Matteo

So last week was one year I’ve been using Boris Bikes. The reminder did not really come in any sexy format, more of a “remember you need to pay” sort of email. Last year I covered briefly my first impressions … Continue reading →

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Sunny Summer holidays

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Matteo

We just got back from Cagliari, Sardinia, where we spent some time enjoying the Summer sunshine. I only got round to taking a week off, while Gioia had an extra week before I joined her (which was good, so she … Continue reading →

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New neighbourhood, new chapter

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Matteo

And just like this, we happily left the magical nothing that is Stepney Green. Not much to be said about the area really, it’s quiet and not much is happening, and the flat itself was nothing incredible, so we decided … Continue reading →

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Andalucia 2011 – Bonus part

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Matteo

Andalusia with fields full of grain I have to see you again and again So you’ve heard about the wonders of our trip to Andalucia (here you can read about Sevilla, Cordoba, Jaen, Granada, Malaga and Sevilla again), but we’d … Continue reading →

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Andalucia 2011 – Part 6 – Seville take 2

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Matteo

Yep, we’ve come to the end of the journey. After the first stop in Sevilla, Cordoba, Jaen, Granada and Malaga, we returned to Sevilla for just over a day. Ronda We left Malaga in the morning with the same miserable … Continue reading →

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Andalucia 2011 – Part 5 – Malaga

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Matteo

We left Granada (after stopping in Sevilla, Corboba and Jaen) and headed toward Malaga. Malaga is the capital of the province by the same name, and was our only planned stop by the sea, which Gioia was particularly looking forward … Continue reading →

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Andalucia 2011 – Part 2 – Cordoba

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Matteo

Here you can read about the first stop in our trip to Andalucia, Seville On Monday morning we left Sevilla. We got a car from the Sixt office by Santa Justa station and headed towards the Roman ruins of Italica, … Continue reading →

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A sunny Sunday in Oxfordshire

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Matteo

Last week was the best one we’ve had so far this year weather-wise, and quite surprisingly this lasted (and actually got even better) throughout the weekend. This came pretty handy when we left on Sunday morning to go and visit … Continue reading →

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We’re still here, and we’ve got good news

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Matteo

Yes, we’ve been extremely quiet, in fact for the last couple of months. We’re glad we’ve left 2010 fully behind, with a few things finally over and plenty of things to look forward to. We’ve had a nice weekend in … Continue reading →

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