Any Excuse to Travel

Stories from travels in

Paris

On the steps of the Sacre Coeur

In times when the Catholic Church in particular, and religious institutions in general, are receiving a bashing, it is nice to see that some churches

Memories – or the lack of them

I was in Paris many years ago as part of an Inter-rail trip around Europe that I embarked upon myself. Alone. On my tod. I

Musée Rodin in Paris

You look at me and what do you first notice? My size? My shape? The colour of my eyes? My glasses? My hair? My attitude?

Louvre Paris

Underwhelmed

It’s not been long enough, I hear you cry. And yet 72 hours is ample time when you’re old enough know what you want and

Life is too short to stay in one place

These last two days have been awash with emails and phone calls and texts and Facebook messages in an attempt to take advantage of Wizz

Hypogeum in Malta

Hidden depths – the Hypogeum in Malta

When I was seven, my twenty-year-old cousin was old, which made my forty-year-old aunt very old and my grandmother positively ancient. Age was relative –