“Travel, for me, is a little bit like being in love because suddenly, all your senses are at the setting marked ‘on.’ Suddenly, you’re alert to the secret patterns of the world.” ~ Pico Iyer This is so true, isn’t it? That feeling when you fall in love and all your senses are heightened, you are ... Read more »
It’s easy to become an armchair traveller, living vicariously through books and magazines, through the wonders of film and television, and yes, the joy of looking at maps. For some, there is good reason that such activities replace the act of travel – perhaps poor health doesn’t allow them to travel, or maybe they have ... 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 »
Many travellers swear by solo travel and I appreciate their viewpoint – there is much to be said for the freedom of a solo traveller to choose their own path, set their own pace, to experience what they see without distraction, and to engage fully with locals and fellow travellers. But for me, I am ... Read more »
Mark Twain is responsible for several of my favourite travel quotes; this is the first I am sharing with you. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines! Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade ... Read more »
Four glorious weeks in the Falkland Islands! We went for the wildlife (particularly the penguins and albatross) but, to our delight, we also received a wonderfully warm and hospitable welcome from the kelpers – as the islanders call themselves (after the kelp seaweed that grows in abundance around the shores and washes up in huge ... 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]