I'm in Bangkok on my way home to Sydney.  I'm finishing the blog; thinking about a movie; and maybe working out how to put together ...

Our long weekend in Rome is not off to a good start. The Hotel de la Ville (where I stayed on my first-ever visit to Europe with Alan and Jo...

23rd Sept Stefano was so pleased with my photos of the figs, carrots and maize etc in his vegetable patch earlier in the week, so much so t...

I enjoy a 'field day' today with no limits on the taking of photographs of interiors in the Duomo in the hilltop town of Orvieto. ...

I wake to a chill wind and a clear sunny morning after an overcast weekend.  Lunch plus dinner each day is starting to take its toll on the ...

Here I am in the middle of Umbrian farmland for more than a week, and I haven't found basil that smells like basil.  On hearing this,...

The tiled roof at the edge of our garden hides a secret wine-making centre. I discover a little hive of industry this afternoon as a tracto...