While I know that many people don’t like planning for travel, that isn’t me. I love trip planning! When I think back over our 3 months in Italy, so much of the fun was the planning. Where to base ourselves? Initially it was going to be Amalfi and then we settled on Siracusa, Sicily. […]
I was reading the wonderful blog Windows into History on the joy of slow travel, a subject upon which I have often blogged. It is a reflection of travel close to home in 1900 by Richard Le Galliene, albeit in his case he is referring to the UK. A 100 plus years on when travel to […]
Just over a year after retiring from my firm I attended the Annual Retired Partner Dinner. It was my first as a retired partner. I walked into a place that I’d known so well for over 20 years but this time as a guest rather than a host. It felt quite strange. I was greeted […]
I received a message from Pandora and saw a post on Guardian Sleeve Notes that it was Record Store Day. How ironic that over the last few weeks I have started frequenting record stores again. A couple of weeks ago I got my turntable and old amp out and starting playing some records (yes real […]
Sitting in the Qantas Lounge in Singapore meant that our “3 months in Italy” was all but over. Singapore was the bookend to our travels. Just on three months ago we arrived in Singapore as a stopover with our “3 months in Italy” ahead of us. Now sitting in Changi Airport, Singapore we are just about home. […]