This summer is likely to see a great deal of media attention devoted to the small Atlantic island of Bermuda. It will be staging the 35th America’s ...
Read MoreOn a recent holiday to the Dominican Republic, my wife and I stayed at the Zoetry Agua resort (see photo on the home page) just north of Punta Cana o...
Read MoreFOREIGN: Zoetry but very little motion
One of the oddest things about the Oktoberfest, the world-famous Munich beer festival, is that it mostly takes place in September. If you’re thi...
Read MoreFOREIGN: The BMW story – Beer Munich Wine
The recent and understandable trepidation of many North European holidaymakers about travelling to Turkey and even to France this past summer saw an u...
Read MoreFOREIGN: A major good time in Mallorca
As the smaller of the two countries of the Iberian peninsular, Portugal in some respects seems overshadowed by Spain, even if it loses nothing in comp...
Read MoreFOREIGN: Sun and fun in the Algarve…and absolutely no cheap shots at Joe Hart
I recently spent a few days with my wife in Lisbon, our first visit there. Strictly it’s not paradise, it’s only Portugal, but neverthel...
Read MoreFOREIGN: Loving life in Lisbon…if only for one week
Bullfighting, hey? Who’d watch it? Actually, quite a lot of people, if they have the opportunity. The photo on the home page shows the Plaza Mé...
Read MoreFOREIGN: Bullfighting and some other bull shtick
I think San Sebastian is one of the most gorgeous cities in the world. Located less than 15 miles from the corner of the Bay of Biscay, the non-Medit...
Read MoreFOREIGN: San Sebastian – a place for all seasons
I love big football tournaments. (No, this should not be a football blog.) Euro 2016 in France will soon be upon us and I can hardly wait for England...
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