GRAND CENTRAL STATION After a superb few days in New Jersey the Manhattan sky line beckons. It’s been nine years since I’ve walked these pavements and it’s all here just as if the city had been waiting for my return. This time I’m with my American friend Jo. We make for Grand Central Station toContinue reading “A New York State of Mind”
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American Cars
One Last Power Drive? I write a lot about getting around on public transport on this site. So, the car doesn’t seem to get much of a look in. But with Bruce Springsteen very much in the news recently (50 years since the iconic Born to Run album) and spending time with my American friendContinue reading “American Cars”
It’s Time To Get Back On The Road Again
It’s February 2022 and its been a long lonely road, as they say. Covid-19 has sent our world reeling. For me, the last two years has provided an opportunity to return, for a while, to my profession as a lecturer working online at a local university. Three vaccines later and a lot of time sittingContinue reading “It’s Time To Get Back On The Road Again”
How to Have Fun In the French Pyrenees
Winter blues already. Plan your next hiking trip. The Pyrenees is a dream come true for travel adventurers
How to get Lost in Paris: But Are you too Frightened to do it Alone?
Famous Five Department Stores For the Compulsive Shopper
Galaries Layfayette Think gold and you’ll get what it looks like in this fabulous department store located in the Opera district of Paris. With 10 floors glittering with golden lighting, it’s a stu… Source: Famous Five Department Stores For the Compulsive Shopper
The Promenade Plantee: Paris
When I was a child, I could see our local bus terminus from my bedroom window, that’s if I craned my neck. At night, when the buses were all lit up I made up stories about the passengers sitt… Source: The Promenade Plantee: Paris
Aubigny sur Nere is a wee bit of Scotland
Located in the heart of Central France, sits the pretty town of Aubigny sur Nere and I’m lucky enough to have a conversion de grange just a few kilometres away. This fascinating town was comp… Source: Aubigny sur Nere is a wee bit of Scotland
Seeing is believing: 5 awesome salt mines
The world produces a billion tons of salt each year, irrespective of claims that salt is bad for our health. Salt however is essential in our diet, without it our brains wouldn’t work and our muscl… Source: Seeing is believing: 5 awesome salt mines
Grandma Grey Bla Bla’s to Benidorm
Grandma Grey at Poniente Beach The photograph is rather good, a bit grainy, but good. The t-shirt I bought in Paris after being released from the police station looks very posh, except the baby I’m holding is hiding the lovely sequined logo. I’m sitting at a table on the Av de la Armada Espanola, squinting atContinue reading “Grandma Grey Bla Bla’s to Benidorm”
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