• Europe 2025
    The food on this holiday has been excellent!
    Baguettes in the park in Casablanca. A simple highlightFirst mosque I have ever been in. Not the oldest building we visited but very impressiveMedina in Fez the colours smells and sounds were amazingAnd in the middle of the Medina is a tannery!The Blue City was a really great place to visit. With the obligatory cat!!Alhambra in Grenada. One of the three stunning buildings we visitedAlhambra again. Really loved the gardensA 2000 year old aqueduct in Segovia. Astonishingly old. How did they build these things back thenSagrada Familia. The second of the three stunning buildingsCultural icon! Really have to go and it was very entertainingNotre Dame, Paris. The third stunning building. The restoration is amazing, it glowsSaw so many of these. Really makes you stop and think how lucky we areRiver Rouse near Dinon in France. A beautiful walkFrench chateau at Villandry. Beautiful gardensWe ate at a Michelin restaurant in Chinon but this is more memorableAmazing statue in the Louvre. How they carved these things in the Middle Ages is incredibleThis did bring a lump to my throat. Still doesMenin Gate at duskSo many cemeteries dotted over Northern France. Not just British eitherBullecourt. Walking around these fields was an absolute highlight and something I will never forgetBullecourt Digger. Visiting France in autumn was beautifulSo many memorials, this one really stood outAnother highlight.So hard to reconcile the then with the now.

    Journey home

    October 25, 2025 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    Hello from Dubai!

    We are on our way home. After 8 weeks it will be nice to be back in our own bed and to not have to eat out all the time.

    The flight home never gets easier though, nearly 7 hours from Paris to Dubai and then nearly 14 hours on to Sydney.

    Attached are my 25 favourite photos from the over 2000 I took on this holiday - culling it down to just 25 is not easy! Most you would have seen before but here they are all together.

    Thank you Dear Readers and I look forward to our next trip. So for now - au revoir!    Read more