Category Archives: Travel

Paris: Picasso pleases but there were problems in paradise

Posted on February 27, 2017 by

Last September, Maggie and I made our fourth, and probably last, visit to Paris. We had booked to stay in our favourite hotel in Le Marais district for four nights, sandwiched between our river cruise and our visit to First World … Continue reading →

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Into the closet: folio 4

Posted on January 16, 2017 by

A few weeks ago, we updated our ‘loo view’, replacing images from our visit to Spain in 2011 with a selection of photos from the three days we spent in Burgundy in May 2014. Although we enjoyed several bottles of the … Continue reading →

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Capital cooking: eating out, in and around Canberra

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

Maggie and I enjoy visiting Canberra but, to use that well-worn phrase, we wouldn’t want to live there. Like some other cities built from scratch in the 20th century to house national governments and their agencies, it has a reputation … Continue reading →

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Visit to Canberra: a symphony in five monuments (day 2)

Posted on December 7, 2016 by

On our second full day in Canberra, Maggie and I visited three more national monuments. National Portrait Gallery We first visited the National Portrait Gallery in 2013, soon after it it moved into a purpose-built facility. The gallery houses a … Continue reading →

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Visit to Canberra: a symphony in five monuments (day 1)

Posted on December 7, 2016 by

Maggie and I recently spent a few days in the region of Canberra, the capital of Australia. The next couple of posts will cover our visits to five national monuments, followed by some of the excellent food we ate in … Continue reading →

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Visit to WW1 battlefields: day 1, part 2

Posted on November 26, 2016 by

The final item on the itinerary for the first day of our tour was an extended visit to the small city of Ypres. Ypres was briefly captured by German forces in the first months of the war, but they were … Continue reading →

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Visit to WW1 battlefields: day 1, part 1

Posted on November 24, 2016 by

(I have found it quite challenging to prepare this first post about the sites we visited on our tour of First World War battlefields. Largely, this is because I knew only the most basic details of the war beforehand. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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