This morning I met a young woman named Claudia. She was checking out of our hotel, and I was preparing to sit in the lounge for the day, drinking mint tea while I battle a stomach bug. Claudia reminded me why I travel. She grew up in Switzerland in the 1990s. I grew up in …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Every trip has its highlights. Sometimes the highlight is exactly what was expected. Sometimes it’s the unexpected —even the dreaded —that produces the most delight. So it was with our first experience of a personal guide. Normally, we would avoid having a guide like the plague. We prefer to set our own pace and discover …
Marrakech is at its best early in the morning and at sunset. The blocky red buildings glow against the half-light in the sky. The palm trees and open boulevards give the city a graceful colonial feel. In the heat of the day, Marrakech is a cacophony of noise, smell and sweaty humanity. A bewildering array …
When we think of rural England, we are thinking of the Cotswolds; when we think of the Cotswolds, we are thinking of Blockley. The Cotswolds is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (ANOB) located about a two-hour drive west of London. It’s a walker’s paradise, renowned for its honey-coloured stone villages tucked into dells between …