

Andrea P
- Aug 22
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...


Andrea P
- Feb 9, 2021
Painting in Tuscany (September 2019)
An early start out of Lucca saw us in Certaldo by 8:45am at the dealership responsible for delivering Karen’s hire car for use during her...


Andrea P
- Oct 3, 2020
Syria - the Arab Spring (March 2011)
Now here's a funny thing - Syrians love soap operas! Especially during Ramadan when everyone's in abstinence mode. Sitting around the...

Andrea P
- Sep 6, 2020
COVID Art - Venice
March 23, 2020. The first lockdown kicked in - just for six weeks. By this stage the pandemic had arrived in Europe, starting with...


Andrea P
- May 25, 2020
Tippling around the world (vicariously) in lockdown!
My first task in lockdown (March 23, but who's counting) was to clean out the bar. And, given that my May and September travel plans were...