Have you ever watched a film with a scene set on a beach with gently lapping waves and a villa which has its own jetty and vast, spacious rooms? Well: that describes the house where I am staying for … [Read more...]
Summer holiday Day Five
All holidays have to end. Our flight home was at 13:45 hours so we planned to leave at 10am. There was time for a short roof-top yoga session and even a quick dip in the pool. I packed my bags and … [Read more...]
Summer holiday Days Three and Four
The constant chattering of the cicadas sounds like the rhythmic “click, click” of a garden sprinkler as it rotates. Each morning I awoke in time to watch the sun rise over the hills across the bay. … [Read more...]
Summer holiday Day Two
“Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun”. All morning there had been the joyous squeals and laughter from the pool then suddenly it went quiet. The water was still, flat and inviting … [Read more...]
Train Travel
Locked down, allowed to venture out for shopping and exercise and forbidden to travel, I resorted to looking back over past holidays. So when did passenger trains fall out of favour in USA? I recall … [Read more...]
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