Sometimes you visit a place and love it so much, you don’t want to leave! Where is that place for you? For me, I’ve felt like that about many places. For the last few years, it’s been Japan – Kyoto in particular, which we’ve now spent a total of 18 nights in but still want ... Read more »
Often when we go to a city with many well known sights, several of which are considered to be must-sees, we end up missing quite few of them. And we don’t feel guilty about that. Many do; there’s the invisible pressure of expectation and the foreknowledge of rebuke to come. When you get home and ... Read more »
I come from a family that loves to travel. When I was a child we went on the most wonderful holidays – some to familiar British summer holiday favourites in Cornwall, Devon and Norfolk and others exploring the great cities of Europe, visiting relatives in India and the USA, going on safaris in Africa, touring ... Read more »
“Travel is the best teacher. The only way to an open mind is by taking a plane out into the open world.” ~ C Joybell C. Not all those who haven’t travelled have closed minds, of course. Many who haven’t physically moved around the world have done so in spirit, learning from books and films, ... Read more »
On a metaphorical level, Buddha is not referring (in this quote) to travel in a physical sense; he is speaking of one’s path through life and reminding us that how we live our lives is key. But there are certainly those who take this missive on a literal level too… those with the strongest wanderlust ... Read more »
I love this passage about London, the city where I was born and where I live. I debated whether to attribute this quote to Henry Ryecroft, a fictional character, or to the author who created him, George Gissing. The quote is from Gissing’s book, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, “a semi-fictional autobiographical work […] ... Read more »
‘Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.’ There is a question mark over the attribution of this quote, with some assigning it to Maya Angelou and others to Vicki Corona. The writings of Maya Angelou have long been an inspiration to me ... Read more »
I wrote recently about what it means to me to travel with my husband Pete. As long as I’m in his company I’m happier, stronger when facing whatever the world throws at me and in the best mindset to enjoy everything we see and do and experience. It’s like bringing the essence of home along ... Read more »
Some travel solo and make friends along the way; others travel with a friend with whom they can share their experiences. Most of my travelling is with Pete, but we still make new friends along the way. Last year our month in Japan was even more wonderful because we spent happy days and evenings with ... Read more »
I am a city girl born and bred. I love living in London, even though I don’t take full advantage of all the pleasures on my doorstep – just knowing they are there whenever I want them is a gift indeed. Even when I’m gritting my teeth at endless delays and rude people on the ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]