I was glad that I took notebooks with me on an overseas trip, to record some of the entertaining things we came across. To start with, a few funny shop names: FRIAR TUCK = Fish and Chips; ITCHY FEET = Travel Agent; and HIGH AND MIGHTY = clothing for the extra tall or the extra […]
Category: tourism
The Frustrated Gardener
Beautiful, vibrant gardens both thrill and depress me. I am horticulturally challenged, and I suspect the condition is terminal. I kill my pots of mint and parsley with consummate ease. My children grew up flattening my azalea shrubs playing cricket, and each time my parents visited they felt obliged to try to ‘rescue’ my garden. I purchased an expensive […]
Pizza Cake
There’s good reason to remember a day in June 1999. My husband and I were in the process of graduating from being green Antipodean tourists let loose with Eurail cards, to seasoned travellers who know that all the questions you ask are often one too few. Several days before we were due to meet my […]
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