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Thank you, Suzi. I’ve come to rely on you for your feedback. But don’t worry – your travelling time will come. Once your kids are grown up and independent you’ll find what we found – that you have the time and the disposable income to zip off around the world at least once a year. Of course, I...

I thought maybe the readers of the forum might be interested in our second trip to California this year. Our friends arrived in Luxembourg and we spent two weeks showing them around the area and filling them in on our house and its equipment. On Thursday they dropped us off at the airport so we...

Thank you, Viv. Very kind of you to say so. Long may your BG levels fall. I hope I can post this before we depart for California on 11 June, and then I’ll try to give a few posts of life as a diabetic in the Golden State. There is a tiny island off the eastern coast of Malaysia called Tioman...

I was beginning to fancy the idea of a fly-drive holiday somewhere in exotic climes. Shuffling through travel brochures I mentioned to my wife that a drive from Singapore to Penang sounded like fun and the price was reasonable. Since she liked the sound of it, it wasn’t long before we’d made...

In Jerusalem we were following the Via Dolorosa, the Way of the Cross, the route taken by Jesus Christ to the place of his crucifixion after his condemnation. We visited the courtyard where he was tried and sentenced by Pontius Pilate. It’s smaller than one would have thought, but then that’s...

With the holiday season fast approaching I thought it would be useful to give forum members some information on driving in Europe, gleaned from experience. Three countries charge a fee in advance to use their motorways: Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. You have to display a sticker...

Hi there, Suzi. I was beginning to wonder what had happened to you. Glad you’re back. Thank you for the birthday wishes which you probably know we celebrated in Normandy. Moving house must be one of the most stressful experiences known to mankind, especially if you choose the well known British...

Thank you, Dermot. I’ll keep on finding the time to write as long as people are interested in it. Back in Luxembourg our musical activities were going from strength to strength. A second group had started up to produce musical shows with their first production being “Pirates of Penzance’. I...

Sorry to hear about your daughter, Hana. My wife came down with gallstones just after our second son was born and she was in absolute agony until she had an operation for removal of the gall bladder. We understand what your daughter must be suffering, so we both wish her her the very best and...

I was killing time in one of the ways I find most agreeable – thumbing through travel brochures – when I came across an offer that was almost impossible to refuse. Spend a week in a certain hotel on Diani Beach, near Mombasa, and you would get a free 4 day safari in Tsavo National Park. My wife...

Sad to lose him. He was a voice of sanity when I was diagnosed but didn't really know much about my condition. His wise and sympathetic replies to queries were a great help in a difficult time. I wish him well.

I felt sad when we left the Iban village as they had an infectious joie de vivre and I found their civilisation unique. Their sense of humour was pretty good, too. We retraced our steps, downriver and then the bus to Kuching where we picked up our luggage and spent the night. There are some...

After unpacking and freshening up we had lunch, prepared by Michael. Then he invited us over to the Iban longhouse to meet the villagers. Dayaks are hospitable people and never turn away a traveller. The protocol is for a visitor to climb up the steps to the longhouse door, which is always open...

One of the most fascinating trips we have ever taken was to Singapore, Borneo and Penang. We took a morning flight by Malaysian Airlines from Heathrow to Singapore, arriving around 9 in the evening. By the time we'd passed through Immigration, caught a bus and arrived at our hotel, the Melia at...

I thought the lovely people on this forum might like to know about the latest scam I experienced in Paris so that they can be prepared. It doesn't take place on the normal city pavements, but in the gardens and squares that have packed earth paths, for reasons that will become obvious in a...

Just got back from Normandy and the UK yesterday evening. The drive back was pleasant and surprisingly quick - not much traffic on the road so it took us 3 hours and 15 minutes from Calais to Luxembourg. Good going. When we left Luxembourg for Normandy the weather was chucking it down. The first...

Some years ago, when we were living in Germany, I scraped the wallpaper off the living room walls and was painting the plaster with a duck-egg blue paint. Having arrived at the limit of my reach I climbed down off the ladder, removed the paint brush, the tray and the roller, as well as the...

I just had to contribute this. I'm currently reading Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith. The first 100 pages were so good that I went straight on to Amazon to order his second book, "The Secret Speech." I honestly think that nobody has produced a book like this before. It concerns an investigator in the...

The flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong was uneventful – until we came in to land at Kai Tak. The flight path took our aircraft between blocks of apartments, so close that you could see what was on the TV in the individual flats. When we touched down on the runway quite a few people on board...

Happy Easter from Luxembourg. This was taken yesterday beside the Moselle River.