The truth is that when it comes to any things foreign, I have not been anywhere for 18 months (even though I have had my two coronavirus jabs). With t...
Read MoreWe are in the middle of March, but since for many of us the prospect of a summer holiday abroad has been denied for approaching two years, it is small...
Read MoreSmoothing the wheels for travel to Greece (and elsewhere)
A lighthearted (?) take on four years of Donald Trump on US election polling day…apologies that some of the images may seem a little dated but t...
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Let’s talk a little about China. Not that I’ve ever been there and this is the first year since 1975 I have not been outside the UK (actua...
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A week ago, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, was pretty blunt about our hopes for pretty vacations. (With apologies to the Sex Pistols.) He said th...
Read More“What is abroad?”
A story last year on the satirical Arabic website Al-Hudood (apparently it’s bit like a cross between Private Eye and the Onion) ran under the h...
Read MoreWhere strangers don’t fear to tread
Venice’s affectionate nickname, La Serenissima, means ‘most serene’. From outside it usually looks like an enviably calm and tranqui...
Read MoreFOREIGN: La Serenissima drowning in its sorrows
It is not always easy to arrange but I do think it can be quite a rewarding plan to make sure that at least one book you read while on a trip abroad r...
Read MoreFOREIGN: Playing it by the book
Yes, it’s Greece again! Following on from my trip to the Peloponnese in February, this time it was a family trip to Corfu. (Or Cor-Phew, as I...
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