There I watched her mother make crêpes, the region’s speciality, on the bilig, a large, circular griddle: they were the most delicious things I’d ever eaten, even including the Italian lobster. I love Europe. I loved the things you gave me: the peace and the prosperity, the knowledge that in a fight you’d have my back. I heard things, tasted things, delighted in things I would never have encountered without you. How I’ll be, without you, I’m not so sure …still loveNeil• A Love Letter to Europe (Coronet) is published next week.

Source: The Guardian October 26, 2019 06:56 UTC