Foreign

Late last September, I flew to Florence. My final destination was Rome but I’d left my plans rather late and by far the cheapest way to make my ...

Read More

Adventures in Italia

The week before last I was in Rome for the first time in Lord knows how long. It is hardly a controversial view to describe it as one of the most allu...

Read More

Revisit to the Eternal City

At the beginning of this month, my wife and I went on a week-long holiday to Rhodes. You might say we picked the right time, because now would certain...

Read More

Holidays and hell

As we head inexorably towards winter, it is pleasant to reflect on sunnier times just gone – as recently as last month, in fact. So it was that ...

Read More

Pictures of Provence

First off, I should say that the heading to this blog is not alliterative. The town is pronounced something like ‘Hania’ – the ̵...

Read More

The charms of Chania