Travel

Dora. Part Four.

Stress affects different people in different ways. Thinking about the funeral, stressed me out. It wasn’t my mum or wife, so I couldn’t imagine how...
Cherry

Lisbon, Portugal Tour

Monday, June 16 th , Lisbon, Portugal We arose early. Sleep disruption, on tours and crossing vast distances in short periods of time, is common. At...

Lisbon Portugal

Sunday, June 15 th , 2025- Madrid, Spain We were up early and started packing. That’s easy enough. There are no decisions to make. You just toss...

Madrid- Palacio National

Saturday, June 14 th , 2025- Madrid, Spain We were up at 6 A.M. It was already 69 degrees out and promised to be a scorcher. Coffee and chocolate...

Madrid, The Prado

Friday, June 13,2025- Madrid, Spain We were up at 6 A.M.. We watched the European version of CNN, shuddering as usual at all of the international...

Steak.

Two years ago, the carer for my Mum, she is from a hot country abroad, it was the height of Summer here in England. She said to me, “I told my...

Escape of the Boer Swimmers

During the South African War (October 1899 – May 2002) many Boers were taken prisoner and exiled by the British Army. Most of the prisoner of war...

Father's Day.

Today is Father’s Day. How can this Special day be summed up. I saw a video yesterday, I showed it to my husband later and it made him cry. To me,...

The Lad. Part Two.

Since the Air India disaster, there has been SO many theories. It might not be main news now, but it is still fresh on my mind. I have to assume they...

The Lad. Part One.

A lovely lad that I work with, went away abroad to get married. His wife lived in a different country. He was away with his new wife, for one month...