I cannot pretend to be a fan of the expression, “bucket list” but I have wanted to immerse myself into the culture, history, art, tastes and smells of Paris, for many years. I have been […]
Category: Travel Journals
Journal 12. Brit in Bavaria Goes Native (“Don’t let them tell you what to do!!”)
Part One Munich doesn’t really ‘do’ cool. The clothes are too chic; the hair too well groomed; the streets too clean and the cars? Since the concept of a second-hand car salesman doesn’t really exist, […]
Journal 11. January Vacation to Austria
Let us pause to reflect for a moment on just how delightful the service stations on German and Austrian motorways can be. As one pulls in to the (clearly) marked car park area and finds […]
Journal 4. Camping it up with my little brother
TRIP FINALE.NORMANDY, FRANCE August 2014 The last leg of the road trip back to Germany saw me joined in France by brother David – partly by way of a thank you for stirling work done […]
Journal 6. MERANO – GETTING LOST. AND FINDING YOUR WAY AGAIN……
MERANO, ITALY.MAY 2015 Getting Lost. And finding your way again…… Before we left Munich, I bought myself a natty little pair of 5.99 plimsolls to drive in. I was a bit apprehensive about the journey […]
Journal 1.ALSACE LORRAINE “We must laugh and we must sing, We are blest by everything, Everything we look upon is blest.”*
THE ALSACE LORRAINE, FRANCE – MAY 2012 Saturday May 25th – Turckheim After quite a bit of faffing about we eventually left school on Friday afternoon. Luckily for us, our school finishes at 14.20 so […]
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