Tonight I need to cross town for dinner. A half hour journey on public transport in a different city. Not my favourite part of travel, but at least I have time to research the route and the tickets. Best price…
Category: travel
Pack drill
Another trip, another flight, another night of packing. Welcome to my world!At least it's not an early flight. I hate those. I set the alarm and then wake up at intervals through the night - if I can sleep at…
The One thing
My adult life has been one of travel. I've been lucky enough to circle the globe many times, and to travel to Europe and America more times than I can count. I try to seek out sites of history, of…
I now pronounce you…
Meet me in St Louis, Louie; I'd been burned badly when we crossed the Mississippi, got to St Louis, checked into our hotel with a view of the Arch, and I called the place Saint Louie, as you know, a…
Untangled
As I write these words, I'm sitting in a plane ten kilometres above a desolate part of the Arabian peninsula. In Economy on this trip. But a sweet little dongle is making my life a tiny bit nicer. This is…
The first taste of love
When I get back home to Melbourne in a day or two the Australian summer will be well and truly gone.It is spring here in Germany, and yesterday was quite warm. After walking around the streets of the old town,…
Stumbling over the people
As I rolled my bag along the street from the station, I found my eye drawn to small metal plaques set into the pavement.Some utility signs. I decided. Access beneath for the power or the gas.I waited for the lights…
Composition
There's a gallery I adore: the Kimbell in Fort Worth. A small but wide-ranging collection, it is a joy to visit. I never emerge without my soul uplifted, my eyes open, my imagination buzzing, my existence fully alive.Beside one of…
Notre Coeur
The grand cathedral has always been the heart of Paris to me. If I possibly can, I stay at a nearby boutique hotel, its front door opening onto the parvis, the cathedral and its crowds just metres away.Exactly a year…
Jolly Rancher
Amarillo at sunset. The light was low, a long day of driving behind, but I wasn't going to drive past in the dark.One of the most surreal sights of my life. A line of classic Cadillacs planted nose down in…
Blonde and Brilliant 