This week’s small pleasures 490

This week has been one of constant delights. Old friends, theatre, treats, good weather, and a long weekend in Copenhagen … More

Postcards from Lübeck 2

The weather changed completely after we stopped for lunch, with the sun coming out and the temperatures rising. We had … More

On Wednesday, we headed over to Lübeck, a 50 minute train journey from Hamburg Central Station. It was a city … More

I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before (Bill Bryson) Now we have our … More

Hello from Hamburg! Yes…we got here but what a journey! As regular readers may remember, we were supposed to fly … More

January Our trip to Sydney. Penrith, to the west of Sydney, reached 47.3C, the highest temperature recorded by a weather station … More

This time of year, with it being summer holiday time in the Northern Hemisphere, and winter holiday time in the … More

From Stockholm, we moved south to Copenhagen, a city I lived in for eight and a half years. It is … More

So…we are back from ou r trip to Sweden, Denmark and Scotland. We are back to warmer days (yes…I know…spring … More

A strike affecting some train services in Scotland meant that we left Aberdeen an hour earlier than planned, and although … More