Tears for Notre Dame
Imagine my distress when I logged into social media late night on 15 April, only to be confronted by a slew of images of the Notre Dame on fire. I’m not embarrassed to say that […]
Flashback Friday: Château de Chenonceau
The year is 2001 and I’m posing for a photo in front of Château de Chenonceau wearing a t-shirt with the slogan “I will not kiss the boys”. Unknown to me at the time, this […]
Foreign Antics: Playful in Paris
The museums of Europe are famous for their statues celebrating the nude form. And the French are notorious for promiscuity and their differing views of indecency (at least from what we are used to down […]
Timeless Carcassonne
It is as if time has stood still in the little fortress town of Carcassonne in a tucked-away corner of the south-west of France. While wandering through the twisting cobblestone alleys, it is easy to […]
Fond Memories (Part 1)
Venice, Italy It’s a cold winter’s day in the Piazza San Marco. I am posing for a photograph with a pigeon sitting on my head. The square is filled with people, but the bustling crowds […]
Paris for All Seasons
I love Paris in the Springtime, I love Paris in the Fall… The words of the famous song, made even more famous by the contradictory statement of a francophobic Meg Ryan in French Kiss, flit […]