Arriving home from overseas holidays and the subsequent come down from breathing very different air (and not just the recycled pressurised version on the aeroplanes) takes its toll quite fast […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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