As I have stated many times in the past, having a camera near to hand has brought me a lot of happiness through the years. Along with watches, cameras have always been my passions and my vices. If there is anyone to blame for this costly habit, it would lay squarely at the feet of […]
It feels as grey as it looks today. The last week of January 2020. I am at the end of a journey that has taken me on an exhaustive tour of most of France and Andorra with its usually spectacular Pyrenees mountains. A journey that began three weeks ago in a Vancouver snowstorm, then pit […]
I must admit that for the first time I had let poor reviews cloud my judgement and fill me with dread regarding our upcoming flight to Lyon. I made the huge mistake of researching Transavia Airlines a day prior to leaving Tel Aviv and what I read gave me the willies. Lets just say that […]
It’s faint in comparison to Istanbul, however you are still woken at dawn by the call to prayer. We are in a Jewish neighborhood but sound travels and as the crow flies we are not too far from the Muslim quarter of the old city. The call to prayer is soothing. It’s unlike any alarm […]
Four in the morning is early no matter where you are in the world. But when you are trying to navigate passport control and security at Istanbul International airport at that time, mistakes are going to be made. For instance, lets say one of us is travelling with our parent’s ashes to be sprinkled in […]
This place is unlike anywhere I have ever been or likely anywhere I will ever go. Sixteen million people live here. It is all things to everyone. We are beginning our journey here just as the US are evacuating from Syria and the Turkish military is attacking the once protected area of the Kurdish people by air […]
Our journey to Athens started quite late in the evening as we landed at Athens airport just a little bit after 10 last night. We grabbed a cab and made our way into the old town as fast as we could. I suppose it seems obvious to say that Athens is completely different to Budapest. […]
Arriving in Budapest is a no nonsense experience. The Customs folk are a stoic lot. It seems that they are just a little sick and tired of British 20 somethings posing as Love Island wannabe’s. Their fake tan, skinny jeans, puffy bomber jackets with fur lined hoods and masterfully groomed eyebrows. Sadly I describe just […]
It’s been four days since we arrived here in Old Blighty, and today is the first day that I have had the time or the energy to put fingers to keys. I do like to tell stories. What I like the most is to tell stories about my travels and some of the characters that […]
When did it become a rule that every thirty something male “barista” who works on the left coast must look like a wizard. To be fair its not just limited to pouring coffee, they could just as easily be entrusted to monitor cycle lanes or restock the organic produce bins at whole foods. For me […]
As time tics over, I find myself asking more and more questions. Questions about what I have done and where I have been. Though I should consider myself blessed for the experiences I have had to date, I sense that we got a long way to go and a short time to get there. Those of […]
Sunday mornings come and go, but when you know that fall is here and winter is just around the corner you tend to make the most of the now. This morning brought beautiful dark blue skies and the warmth of the autumnal sun. In our household one of us is a newly converted yoga fanatic […]
