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Trains


Venezia all’Inverno (Venice in winter)
Destination Venice, for a week of painting at Julian Hyzler's art retreat. The first day of Summer in Melbourne (December 1) started as...


Cusco and Machu Picchu
I arrived in Auckland on 5AM flight from Melbourne, only to find LAN flight to Santiago was delayed by about an hour, which made for a...


Food and wine in Nice, Alba and Modena
It would have been nice, arriving in Nice, if my lease car had been what I’d ordered, but Renault Europe knew better and ‘upgraded’ me to a silver Megane instead of a lovely funky-coloured Captur. C’est la vie. I navigated my way to the Beau Rivage hotel in Vieux Nice with minimal fuss, and Karen was there to meet me, so it was time to take a stroll in search of a refreshing tipple. We stooged down to the Cours Saleya, then across to the hotel’s beach club, but it was hideous


Painterly Art (and tricks)
A couple of COVID years has meant I've spent many productive leisure hours in the studio, and have continued experimenting and refining...


The Black Swan & Tommy Banks
It’s an hour’s drive from Everingham to Oldstead in Yorkshire, and Jerry, having spent his whole life in various spots along the way,...
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