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 […]
I’m at home at the moment and as such it strikes me that I should spend a few minutes talking about home base and what it has in store for visitors and locals alike. It’s a weird time in Victoria. We no longer recognize the first prime-minister of our country as anything other than embarrassing. […]
Like many other landscape and travel photographers I have long relied upon my wide angle zoom lenses for the majority, if not all my efforts to produce evocative images. But as time marches on I have taken onboard the advice of many of my Youtube heroes and moved to try and get closer to the […]
Before I stoop to another Goldmember quote (the only Dutch movie character parody I’ve ever seen) I should catch you up on where we have been for the last few days. We pulled into Gent with all the best intentions to see one of Europe’s perfectly kept Cites. Sadly our time in the otherwise quiet […]
I left you last time from my lounge table at the Holiday Inn Express in Affoltern am Albis. This is a pretty little town just a little north of Lucerne. Our afternoon’s journey took us through valleys bordering the Alps and early in the evening we pulled in shattered from the drive and the heat. In […]
It has been a whirlwind of a couple of days. Yesterday with heavy hearts we bid farewell to Bonnieux and our ages old stone cottage. Provence was phenomenal and didn’t disappoint for weather, beauty or tranquility. We set sail for Albertville in Northeast France as the tour was to kick off at noon. We made […]
I’m not upset nor am I excited. The 2018 World Cup is in the books and France won 4-2 in impressive fashion. The streets of every city, town and village are absolutely crazy. Tens of millions have left their homes and cafe’s and taken to open spaces to wave flags, let off blue smoke and do […]
Before I crack on with today’s nonsense I hope that every reader understands that this word jumble is my therapy. I am not a writer. I wish I had the talent that my friend Daryl has. He has more writing ability in his little finger than I do in every obtuse lump of me. When […]
