A few weeks ago we felt deserving of an extended break, plotted a course west, stocked up on wine and delicacies and headed for the Belgian coast on a steel grey Friday afternoon. We took the stopping train to the coast, which …
Strange Visitors
One unseasonably warm Sunday afternoon in October we were sitting in the garden. The tide in the aperitif was on the ebb pulling the eyelids down with it. Then, just as the hypnagogic state took hold, a strange motion blurred …
Apology Not Accepted
Generally speaking going to work on a Monday morning is a cheerless affair. When I commuted by train I use to play a game called “Spot the Smile” and as often as not scored a big fat goose egg. …
Paris
As it turns out various financial institutions, public and private, have greater need of the financial resources of the ordinary citizens of the world than the citizens themselves. We are certain that’s true because they told us. So to help bail out the …
and then they visited Romania
Some friends of ours, for reasons best known to themselves, decided to get married recently and were kind enough to invite us along. The wedding was to take place in Romania. Afterwards a select group of friends and relatives would …
First They Went to Paris
Circumstances found us in Paris on Bastille Day with not a lot to do and no desire to face an ill disciplined horde armed with selfie sticks in the middle of the city. So, after a leisurely breakfast on Rue Cler …
