Every time I visit a city, I like to look into the art gallery. You never know what to expect, but there will always be something worth while.This one caught my eye. Aurora, meaning "Dawn".She walks quietly along a canalside…
Category: travel
On the cards
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…
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…
More than two thousand tourist traps
Route 66 is 2 278 miles in Imperial measurement or 3 666 kilometres. Either way, it's a long road to drive in an afternoon.Not that you can actually drive it any more. I remember my first visit to the Smithsonian…
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…
Carrie drives Root 66!
Carrie Watson's next adventure is now only a few days away from completion, as she drives a classic Mustang down the old Mother Road, wreaking havoc and breaking hearts along the way.In this episode she has an unexpected encounter with…
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…
