Holidays of Dreams (Day 113)

Man I literally have nothing to write about tonight.  I feel lately like I’m in a funk when it comes to these daily scribbles cause the only thing that keeps coming to mind on what to write about is what I did today, what I ate today, what I’d like to do later on today. […]

Travel Dreams (Day 112)

Where in the world would you go if you could go anywhere at all? Assuming I could bring Alex and assuming we would have a generous allowance, then I already know where I’d go and probably the exact route too. First a couple weeks in England visiting several goo d friends including a few days […]

Europe I Heart You (Day 99)

Yeah I’m definitely not a man anymore, I just spent ten minutes crying because I wanted to book a holiday in Rome and couldn’t make up my mind about accommodation; if that’s not “crazy hormonal lady” back in the driving seat then maybe I’m just plain crazy at this stage. The thing is, I love […]

Dublin I miss you already (Day 21)

We’re back home in cosy little Cork after our exciting adventures, tired and looking forward to sleeping in our own bed but also feeling a little unsettled. To be true, it’s been a year since I’ve been anywhere other than the quiet, gentle towns of Ireland’s south-west and I’m feeling delightfully stirred up by all the […]

The Dublin Joie-de-Vivre (Day 20)

It’s been a long looooong day and I am totally and utterly pooped. We walked our little feet off for six hours in the concrete jungle of Dublin city. In the pouring rain. With a crappy little umbrella that blew apart after five minutes (and there wasn’t even any wind!). 3FE was our first port […]

Young love Indian style!

Wedding ceremonies in India generally don’t take place until the evening, so it’s not until 7 pm that we start getting ready. I sit with Guria and Shabnum, dressed in my unforgivably awful suit, while they add bangle after bangle to their already-immense collection of costume jewellery. The whole thing makes me feel rather underdressed […]