Monthly Archives: July 2026 Bodrum, a port town – or city, depending who you talk to – on the Aegean in the southwest of Türkiye was not on my travel radar. But, it is on other people’s! Conde Nast calls it: the most glamorous hangout in the Mediterranean. According to AI, it is often: dubbed the “St. Tropez of […]  Kiama, a little Australian town just 120 km (75 mi) south of Sydney, is bounded by a dramatic coastline along the Tasman Sea on one side, and rich, green pastures dotted with remnants of rainforest on the other. With heritage-listed buildings, stunning natural scenery, surf beaches, and plenty of boutiques and coffee shops, it is […]  I love pottery. Not too far from my home, there is a Moroccan restaurant and emporium where all manner of colourful earthenware is available. While I have occasionally stopped for lunch, I have managed to resist buying house numbers, fountains, kitchenwares, or floor tiles. But being in an actual traditional family-run pottery store in Fes, […]  I lived in Canada’s British Columbia (BC) for several years during my early childhood and again in my young adulthood. Even though I have lived many years in many other places, it still feels like “home”. The end of the Covid19 lock-down years marked the end of a six-year absence. For the first time in […]  High in the Western Ghats of South India they grow tea. The Kerala Tourism Organisation says the micro-climate at these altitudes produces a tea of exceptional quality with a distinctive flavour profile that sets it apart from other teas. I’m not a tea drinker, so I can’t comment on that – but I can attest […] |
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