fter a week at the chateau, family and friends and peeling off one by one to return home. Juanita is the first. It’s been a week of exploration, conversation and great fun. I’m surprised that we gathered around the large table in the kitchen for dinner every night, never in the dining room, and we …
reetings from France! Such a long day behind us! Rising in Santiago at 5am and not getting here to the Chateau in the French countryside until 8pm makes us all hungry. Our Château d’Oyré is of ‘fairytale’ proportions, sitting as it does at the end of a long tree-lined drive outside the village of Clermont-Créans …
It’s not all “beer and skittles” with two control freaks managing a group photo shoot! Michael delegates the job of ‘director’ to Edmundo but can’t help himself, countermanding Edmundo’s every move – Stand shoulder to shoulder . . . face on . . . feet apart . . . both hands on top of the …
e start our day by the old Roman walls of Barcelona that date back to years before Christ, and visit the Gothic Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, Barcelona’s patron saint. The visit to Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia is to be the main focus of our day, with expert guide, Clara. Entering the interior …
have no complaints as I walk home in the London drizzle this afternoon. I’ve long learned not to rely on sunshine alone to seek out things of beauty. (Although tell me that when I’m in the mountains or at the sea with my mind set on some photo opportunity or other in particular!) …