French Country Life: Less Travelled By

If you think about France for a few seconds, what comes to mind? Wine, Fine Food, baguettes, croissants, Paris? Or TGV or Airbus in contemporary terms. Three weeks in a country, happily, enables you to dig deeper than a quick business trip. There are special traits that will either endear you to a country or […]

Famous, Less Famous and Timeless in France

I have spent a lifetime living out of a suitcase. After fifty years I am still not a good packer – too many things, just in case! A bit like my home office. It’s been two weeks and four locations so far. I know I have at least 4kg more clothing than I’ll need. And […]

Paris in the Summertime: Fifty years on.

June can be a wonderful season in Paris. It can also be bitterly cold. This year it’s also been bright, sunny and wonderfully warm too. That’s the way it’s always been. A bit like Melbourne really! Several seasons all in one day. Making my first extended visit to this inspiring City in more than twenty years, […]

Recycling Cities II: London’s King’s Cross, Euston and St. Pancras

June 2nd 2015 (To view pictures larger, double click and be a bit patient! Takes a short while to grab the 1200 pixel version.) Today’s post came initially with no pictures. (Editor’s note in November 2015: Some months later I have remembered that this post went up with no pictures, which I am now correcting.) My […]