French Wine, Tommy Simpson and the Tour de France

I had a bit of a deja vu moment recently (and on Saturday it will be 45 years since I saw Crosby Stills Nash and Young at Wembley Stadium but that album has nothing to do with this post) when I...

Le Fournil Restaurant Bonnieux Provence - A Good Life

Le Fournil is one of our very favourite restaurants and we have been coming here for many years. It is to be found in Place Carnot, a very small square in Bonnieux blessed with an outside terrace...

Thursday Travels: Pont Alexandre III, Paris

Pont Alexandre III is one of the most gorgeous and elegant bridges in Paris, represents the peace in relationship between France and Russia. In 1900, Russian Tsar Nicholas II personally placed...

Solo in Liverpool

I took my second solo trip this year to Liverpool. I arrived late Friday afternoon and stayed in the School Lane Hotel. This was a fantastic hotel and was very central. Once organised I went on an...

24 Hours in London

There is no way to see and experience everything in London in a single day because it is such a large metropolis. Everything is doable if you have a 24-hour stopover in London, with the obvious...

Malta in the Winter

The island nation of Malta covers just 316 square kilometres of land within the Mediterranean Sea. As one of Europe's most southern points it makes a great escape for a milder climate during the...