March 30, 2022 Spring had been the official season for almost two weeks when I left Toronto on my journey to Carcassonne, France, via London, England. I had flown overnight from Toronto to London (can you fly from Toronto to London at any other time?) and then finished my journey to Carcassonne by train. I […]
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My Tuscan Holiday in 2012
On Thursday evening, 11 October 2012, Doe and I, together with our friends Doug and Marilyn, started our holiday in the beautiful town of Anghiari in Tuscany, Italy.
A passport service ‘without let or hindrance’?
A passport service ‘without let or hindrance’? – Expat – My Telegraph Here’s some more information relating to my previous post about Brits abroad and the difficulties they experience in getting passports.
“British citizens top list for visa-free travel” (unless they live in Canada)
British citizens top list for visa-free travel – Daily Telegraph I have to admit that I have never had a problem travelling in Europe using my British passport. Behind the old iron curtain, too, the words ‘Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires…’ inscribed in the large blue-black passport got me where I wanted to go. […]
Dining Out in Stockholm
The word ‘blog’ certainly looks like it belongs in an IKEA catalogue — somewhere close to skubb, grov and krog — but it isn’t a Swedish word. Or perhaps I should say it’s as much a Swedish word as an English one. Like ‘okay’, it’s become universal.