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Well, Nice bit us again
Our first series of accidental tourist events nearly a decade ago included the train station in Nice, but we came through that one, eventually, caught our train as planned and we truly thought we had...
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European Christmas markets
We’ve read about them. Drooled over the words we were reading, the pictures we were seeing, the images we were conjuring in our minds. Imagined the sounds and the smells. But nothing matched the...
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Heart taken by surprise
Every now and again a place bewitches you. It has happened to us a few times on our travels, and it always takes us by surprise. The first time an unexpected city tugged at us and stole our hearts was...
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Who was this man?
If you google Napoleon, you’ll get all sorts of responses ranging from fancy desserts to the man, the myth, the legend. Who is he? Well, all you have to do is look at his tomb to know Napoleon was an...
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Random acts of kindness
Also known as the kindness of strangers As we headed into New York’s Central Station, heading home, and loaded down with six months’ worth of luggage, the wheels of the newly purchased secondhand...
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What’s your favourite…?
Now that we are home, people are asking us about our favourite place, house, event, memory, meal. We saw so much, and experienced so much in the six months of travel that the question is impossible to...
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Green gets a
Like British Columbia, England’s Lake District begs to be painted in watercolours. The problem with that is I don’t think enough shades of green exist to do the countryside justice. There must be...
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Edward’s Castles
If you’re a history buff, like keeping track of royals, or saw Braveheart more than a few years ago, you’ll know a bit about Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307; reigned 1272-1307). Known as Longshanks because...
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Totally self-indulgent meanderings
My favourite kind of reading is historically accurate fiction, especially those works written about the Henry VIII – Elizabeth I period. Years ago, I discovered an author who quickly became my...
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Well, Nice bit us again
Our first series of accidental tourist events nearly a decade ago included the train station in Nice, but we came through that one, eventually, caught our train as planned and we truly thought we had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
European Christmas markets
We’ve read about them. Drooled over the words we were reading, the pictures we were seeing, the images we were conjuring in our minds. Imagined the sounds and the smells. But nothing matched the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heart taken by surprise
Every now and again a place bewitches you. It has happened to us a few times on our travels, and it always takes us by surprise. The first time an unexpected city tugged at us and stole our hearts was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Random acts of kindness
Also known as the kindness of strangers As we headed into New York’s Central Station, heading home, and loaded down with six months’ worth of luggage, the wheels of the newly purchased secondhand...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What’s your favourite…?
Now that we are home, people are asking us about our favourite place, house, event, memory, meal. We saw so much, and experienced so much in the six months of travel that the question is impossible to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Green gets a
Like British Columbia, England’s Lake District begs to be painted in watercolours. The problem with that is I don’t think enough shades of green exist to do the countryside justice. There must be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Edward’s Castles
If you’re a history buff, like keeping track of royals, or saw Braveheart more than a few years ago, you’ll know a bit about Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307; reigned 1272-1307). Known as Longshanks because...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Totally self-indulgent meanderings
My favourite kind of reading is historically accurate fiction, especially those works written about the Henry VIII – Elizabeth I period. Years ago, I discovered an author who quickly became my...
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The Haunting Highlands (in honour of Hallowe’en)
The highlands grabbed my heart the first time I saw them more than 40 years ago. But then thanks to Highland Dancing and the bagpipes I’d been Scottish in my soul for years before I was welcomed into...
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European Christmas markets
We’ve read about them. Drooled over the words we were reading, the pictures we were seeing, the images we were conjuring in our minds. Imagined the sounds and the smells. But nothing matched the...
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Heart taken by surprise
Every now and again a place bewitches you. It has happened to us a few times on our travels, and it always takes us by surprise. The first time an unexpected city tugged at us and stole our hearts was...
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