BACKGROUND I fist visited Melbourne in late 1999 and before returning in 2015 was a little apprehensive as the expense was considerable. As I’d been here before wasn’t it a waste of time? OK. so my impressions had faded, but are there not one hundred and one other places which I should be seeing  rather… Continue reading More Melbourne Please

As I get older I lament my younger travel days when Amsterdam was seedier, when there were less tourists in Barcelona and you didn’t have to book months in advance to ascend the Eiffel Tower. In this regard I am always delighted to find the quiet little Italian village which isn’t on the tourist route,… Continue reading Riga…go before Starbucks gets there