Brothers, Sisters and a Family Affair (Champagne Part 2)
It was a rough night’s sleep in our Chambre d’Hotes in the gorgeous Grand Cru Champagne town of Ay. We’d bedded down for the evening and were well into the […]
Brothers, Sisters and a Family Affair (Champagne Part 1)
Champagne. A word. A place. A drink. There is possibly no other drink mentioned more times in literature, quotations and song. I drink champagne when I’m happy and when I’m […]
Grand Cru Crossroads and Lingual Barriers
It’s a rainy night in Prague as I look out the window towards the woody hills of the Mala Strana. The streetlights play on the wet glass and mimic the […]
Windmills and the Water of Life.
We’re currently travelling at 250kmh on the fast train to Venice from Rome.The speed creates amazing amounts of pressure when we pass through the tunnels and the release inside your […]
Bordeaux..the Left Bank is All Right.
Once again, apologies dear reader for the spasmodic updates to this webpage. It seems that Europe offers more to do than sitting in a Chambre d’hote each night documenting the […]
Vouvray…Troglodytes, Chateau & Da Vinci
This will be the last time I apologise for my tardiness in posting. We’re currently in Aÿ, Champagne, after one of possibly the best days of our lives…but as this […]
A City of Light
I am sitting in a house in a small hamlet named Le Grande Tranchee, in tiny commune called Les Alleuds in West/South France. The house was built sometime in the […]
Oh Alex Gambal….where art thou?
Well, less than 24 hours till we are on the plane! I’m testing out the WordPress app for my phone, so that I don’t completely cock up the first post […]
Europe awaits…
So, the first entry on my……..blog*, is being written exactly 2 weeks before my wife Nadine, and I board a plane bound for Europe. We land in Paris on a […]
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