Miscellany

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jordan: Amman - Jerash - Madaba - Petra

After settling into my room at the Kempinski Amman, I headed down to breakfast at 6.30 and tucked into a pair of fried cackleberries but...