The Casa Rocca Piccola
During a recent visit to Malta, I visited the Casa Rocca Piccola in Valletta. It’s a sixteenth-century palace privately owned by the family of the Marquis de Piro, who still live there and have turned the…
My Overnight Bag
This week, I had to go on a two-day business trip – my first of that sort. Now I own a perfectly useful rucksack, which I take on weekend trips if there’s not enough stuff to…
A Home Away From Home
I went away on holiday this week, and had a fabulous time. Did some tramping, did some shopping, ate mussels, and even got some review reading in. That’s all good. But what made my holiday great…
Visiting the Oktoberfest
Although we live more than 200 miles from Munich, we are Bavarians, so this year, we did what all Bavarians (in my husband’s opinion it’s an act of patriotic duty) should do: we visited the Oktoberfest….
If I had $20,000 …
I would go to Antarctica. It looks so COOL. (Absolutely no pun intended. I swear.) Why $20,000, you ask? Because $10,000 isn’t enough to go to Antarctica the way I want to. There’s no such thing…
Callaway Gardens
One of my favorite places to spend a day or even a few hours visiting is Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia. We’re lucky, because we only live a small driving distance away, which means we…
When the Drive is Funner Than the Destination
The first week of school holidays was entirely devoted to sleeping and reading, in that order. But the second week I got my hair cut, went to the National Army Museum, looked at my calendar, and…