After a quick refresh to my previously ragged website, I decided it was time for a few new photos to be added to the infamous Fate gallery. Visitors will now find interior and exterior photos of Nadezhda’s glorious “Villa Oppenheim” in Florence Italy. (They are positioned near her own portrait shot.)

She adored this place and traveled there often, as readers of Fate know very well. I visited there before the pandemic. Unlike her Brailov mansion, this one still stands and is a five star hotel renamed “Villa Cora.” When I went inside I knew it would be opulent but it was even more incredible than I had hoped for it to be. Stunning, breathtaking, fit-for-royalty… yes all that and more. If you go to Florence, try to stay there. If it’s too expensive, do like I did and go there for a drink and some aperitivi and then try to find the nearby home she rented for Pyotr Ilyich. (There’s a commemorative plaque on it’s exterior stucco wall.)

In the gallery I also posted a black and white photo of Tchaikovsky’s very woodsy salon/study/music room at Klin which clearly shows a portrait of his beloved father, Ilya on the wall. This inspired me to post that very portrait of dear Ilya, looking very dapper, I must say.

If you are thinking of downloading the Kindle eBook version, just visit the Adin Dalton Amazon page or use the link of the home page. It has just been republished wish a new book # (ASIN) which means that even people who already have it in their Kindle library or on the app can get this fresh copy. I mention it because it is visually much easier on the eye and has historuc corresspondences between the characters that are now larger and easier to read.

Stay safe everyone, and let’s get traveling soon!