All Blog Posts The Jumeirah Beach Residence 2024 - Dubai 3 February 2026 Science and Tech - Latest News 20 January 2026 Language - What is Mattering? 19 January 2026 Hotel - Riu Palace Meloneras, Gran Canaria 18 January 2026 Tech - Latest Videos on Robotics 13 January 2026 Language - English II 10 January 2026 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 30 December 2025 Palace of the Nation, Abu Dhabi 23 December 2025 Louvre - Abu Dhabi 21 December 2025 Sheikh Zeyed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi 18 December 2025 Hotel - Beach Rotana, Abu Dhabi 14 December 2025 Flying - Luxair Boeing 737 12 December 2025 1974 - Buying a Dune Buggy 3 November 2025 Books - Worth the Space? 26 October 2025 Hotel - Royal Manotel, Geneva 16 October 2025 CERN & Mont Blanc 6 October 2025 雪中梅花 Plum Blossoms in Snow 4 October 2025 家和万事兴 — A Gift of Calligraphy, Beijing 2002 3 October 2025 Language - Soft Satire to Stinging Wit 2 October 2025 Brass Seal Paste Box 銅印泥盒 (tóng yìn ní hé) 1 October 2025 Câu đối (對聯) 26 September 2025 Robotised Parking 25 August 2025 Furniture - Buying a New Bed 18 August 2025 Domestic Machines - Washing & Drying 15 August 2025 Domestic Machines - Dishwasher 10 August 2025 Travel - Quark Ocean Explorer 28 July 2025 Places - Arctic II 27 July 2025 Places - Arctic I 25 July 2025 Hotel - Kämp, Helsinki 13 July 2025 Flying - Svalbard Airport, Longyearbyen 12 July 2025 Flying - Lufthansa Business Class Lounge (A26), Frankfurt 2 July 2025 Hotel - Hilton Airport, Helsinki 2 July 2025 Hotel - Solo Sokos Hotel Torni, Helsinki 2 July 2025 Champagne II - au-delà des bulles! 16 June 2025 Champagne I - je goûte les étoiles! 16 June 2025 Hotel - Le Mas de Gleyzes, Lédenon 3 June 2025 RoadTrip - Summer 2025 3 June 2025 Hotel - MontSant, Xàtiva 3 June 2025 Tech - MacBook Pro M1 to M3 31 May 2025 Azores - Whale Watching 29 May 2025 Travel - Planning Whale Watching in the Azores 29 May 2025 Hotel - Azores Faial Garden, in Horta 23 May 2025 Flying - Humberto Delgado Airport, Lisbon 23 May 2025 Hotel - Pessoa, Lisbon 23 May 2025 Flying - Azores Airlines and Horta Airport, Faial 22 May 2025 Gardening - in a built-in planter 8 May 2025 Ronda - LA Almazara, designed by Philippe Starck 1 May 2025 Ronda - Santa María la Mayor 30 April 2025 Place - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires 24 March 2025 Monique - a stroke that changed our world 21 March 2025 Travel - Antarctic on Le Lyrial (Days 1-7) 25 February 2025 Travel – Antarctic on Le Lyrial (Days 8-11) 25 February 2025 Travel – Antarctic on Le Lyrial (Days 12-17) 25 February 2025 Place - Grytviken, South Georgia 22 February 2025 Tech - Digital Permanence 22 February 2025 Le Lyrial - Exploring Hidden Engineering 17 February 2025 Tech - AI 14 February 2025 DIY - I hate the twist-on F-type connector 12 February 2025 Tech - Computer Security 12 February 2025 Tech - Home Desktop Setup 10 February 2025 Tech - Junk Mail, a pain in the proverbial 3 February 2025 Places - Buenos Aires, Argentina (part I) 2 February 2025 Places - Buenos Aires, Argentina (part II) 2 February 2025 Places - Buenos Aires, Argentina (part III) 2 February 2025 Postage Stamps - tidy or toss? 1 February 2025 Roadtrip - Winter 2024 17 January 2025 Hotel - Parador de Lorca, Spain 16 January 2025 Hotel - Parador Aiguablava, Spain 15 January 2025 Hotel - Cottage de Clairefontaine, Chonas l'Amballan 14 January 2025 Flying - Lufthansa First Class Lounge, Frankfurt 17 December 2024 Flying - Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 - First Class 16 December 2024 Hotel - Palladio, Buenos Aires 16 December 2024 Travel - Le Lyrial - A Luxury Expedition Cruise Ship 26 November 2024 Hotel - Sofitel Recoleta, Buenos Aires 26 November 2024 Hotel - Meliã Recoleta, Buenos Aires 25 November 2024 Flying - Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Buenos Aires 23 November 2024 Flying - Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 - Business Class 23 November 2024 Flying - Lufthansa Business Class Lounge (B24-B28), Frankfurt 22 November 2024 Flying - Air Dolomiti Embraer E195 22 November 2024 Travel - My Antarctic Packing List 15 November 2024 Tech - Apple cables and accessories 14 November 2024 Tech - cables galore 13 November 2024 Travel - My carry-on packing list 12 November 2024 Travel - My check-in packing list 1 November 2024 Travel - Planning a Cruise to the Antarctic 1 November 2024 Lingotto, Torino 13 October 2024 Luxembourg - Dalheim Wind Farm 13 October 2024 Health - Cause of Death, and How I/You Will Die 11 October 2024 Travel - Backpack for laptop 7 October 2024 Val d'Aosta - Castello di Issogne 24 September 2024 Val d'Aosta - Castles 20 September 2024 Hotel - Il Sole de Ranco, Lago Maggiore 14 September 2024 DIY - Varnishing Wood - Update 2024 13 September 2024 The Crusty Critique - Good Design & Bad Design 14 August 2024 Music - Playlist 1950s 10 August 2024 Language - new words and new meanings 8 August 2024 Pottery and Porcelain - collected over time 3 August 2024 Is it Stein or Krug? 26 July 2024 My Wardrobe - just clothes not Narnia 12 July 2024 Binoculars - I can see clearly now... 11 July 2024 Tech - My early life with computers 1 July 2024 Hotel - Mas de Boudan, Nîmes 1 July 2024 Roadtrip - Summer 2024 1 July 2024 Hotel - La Galiana Golf Resort, Valencia 1 July 2024 Niderviller Pottery 24 June 2024 Decoration - What makes a good cushion? 23 June 2024 Flying - Luxair Boeing 737-800 (2024) 22 June 2024 Music - Our tastes through the 80s 13 June 2024 Men's underpants 12 June 2024 Language - my everyday English slang - C 25 May 2024 Postage Stamps - South America 30 April 2024 Food – Cochifrito from Segovia 24 April 2024 Food - Rabo de Toro Estofado from Ronda 23 April 2024 Food - Caldo Herreño from Islas Canarias 22 April 2024 Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges 10 April 2024 Hotel - Domaine de Marchal, Celles-sur-Durolle 8 April 2024 Roadtrip - Spring 2024 7 April 2024 Family - Emily Smith, née Rowan 27 March 2024 Postage Stamps - Mongolia 11 February 2024 Book Review - Termination Shock 24 January 2024 Monique - the entire universe conspired to help me find her 7 January 2024 Postage Stamps - the geography of change 20 December 2023 Postage Stamps - a mass-produced art form 15 November 2023 Books - The Archaeology of Punch Magazine – 1895 13 November 2023 Books - The Archaeology of Punch Magazine - 1878 10 November 2023 Books - The Archaeology of Punch Magazine - 1905 9 November 2023 Luxembourg - Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart (part I) 7 November 2023 Luxembourg - Villa Vauban 20 October 2023 Luxembourg - Grand Théâtre 17 October 2023 Chinese landscapes 12 October 2023 Music - that changed the way I think... 8 October 2023 Music - 1982 - the vinyl frontier 7 October 2023 Music - 1960 - the age of vinyl 6 October 2023 Light My Fire - not collecting matchbooks 2 October 2023 Health - I tested positive for Covid 30 September 2023 The Manhattan Project - World’s First Self-Sustaining Chain Reaction 1 August 2023 The Manhattan Project - The US Enters the War 30 July 2023 The Manhattan Project - Isotope Separation 29 July 2023 The Manhattan Project - The Atomic Bomb Moves to the Top of the List 28 July 2023 The Manhattan Project - The Fission of Uranium 27 July 2023 The Manhattan Project - How It All Started 26 July 2023 DIY - Varnishing wood 21 June 2023 DIY - Installing an Ariston VLS EVO water heater 20 June 2023 Valle d'Aosta - Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo 19 June 2023 Fontina, the pride of the Valle d'Aosta 12 June 2023 Language - my everyday English slang - B 8 June 2023 Valle d'Aosta - Val Ferret 6 June 2023 Language - my everyday English slang - A 5 June 2023 Valle d'Aosta 4 June 2023 Travel - route de la Bonette 30 May 2023 Hotel - La Bastide, Biot 30 May 2023 Hotel - La Villa Duflot, Perpignan 27 May 2023 Hotel - Torre del Marqués, Monroyo near Teruel 25 May 2023 Thatching, a 5,000-year-old craft 22 May 2023 Language - Parts of Speech 20 May 2023 Language - English I 18 May 2023 Roadtrip - Summer 2023 10 May 2023 DIY - Living with a TRECA bed 25 April 2023 Decoration - Hanging Paintings 19 April 2023 DIY - Home electrics (switches and sockets, etc.) 17 April 2023 DIY - Hate marble, love granite 16 April 2023 DIY - Painting and decorating 15 April 2023 DIY - Problem with underfloor heating in our Spanish apartment 2 April 2023 WordPress - Images in the Media Library 12 March 2023 Tech - Examples of travel blogs 4 March 2023 Tech - What's a good blog? 3 March 2023 Tech - Start a blog, what next? 2 March 2023 Tech - Why start a blog? 1 March 2023 Roadtrip - Winter 2022 30 December 2022 Hotel - Hospes Las Casas del Rey de Baeza, Sevilla 26 December 2022 Hotel - Hospes Palacio de San Esteban, Salamanca 23 December 2022 Hotel - Marqués de Riscal, Elciego 22 December 2022 Hôtel - Chais Monnet & Spa, Cognac 21 December 2022 Hotel - Relais de Chambord 19 December 2022 Hotel - Loisium Wine & Spa, Champagne 18 December 2022 Hotel - Königstuhl, Heidelberg 24 November 2022 Hotel - Hospes Palacio de Arenales & Spa, Cáceres 16 May 2022 Hotel - Barceló Cabo de Gata 24 April 2022 Hotel - Gravina51, Seville 30 December 2021 Hotel - Le Richebourg, Vosne-Romanée 29 July 2021 Hotel - Chateau des Vigiers, Dordogne 17 July 2021 Hotel - Vincci Valdecañas Golf 15 July 2021 Novo Sancti Petri 14 July 2021 Hotel - Gran Miramar, Málaga 1 January 2021 Ronda 31 December 2020 Hotel - Catalonia Reina Victoria, Ronda 31 December 2020 Ronda - Visits and Views 31 December 2020 Ronda - Puente Nuevo 31 December 2020 Ronda - Plaza de Toros 31 December 2020 Ronda - Baños Árabes 31 December 2020 Hotel - Sofitel Jumeirah, Dubai (2020) 9 May 2020 Flying - BA A320/A319 Business Class 20 March 2020 Hotel - Shangri-La, Dubai 12 March 2020 The Jumeirah Beach Residence - Dubai (2020) 12 March 2020 Hotel - Angsana Laguna Resort, Phuket 7 March 2020 Hotel - Renaissance, Heathrow Terminal 3 20 January 2020 Champagne - 'le terroir' 29 December 2019 Hotel - Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa, Champillon 29 December 2019 Hotel - 'The Level' in the Meliá Barcelona Sky 3 July 2019 Hotel - La Pyramide, Vienne 3 July 2019 Hotel - Gran Meliā Palacio de las Duques, Madrid 11 May 2019 Hotel - NH Collection Palacio de Aranjuez 4 May 2019 Aranjuez - Royal City 4 May 2019 Aranjuez - Palacio Real 4 May 2019 Hotel - Balneario Las Arenas, València 2 January 2019 Hotel - Château de Besseuil, Clessé 29 November 2018 Cádiz - I 4 January 2015 Cádiz - II 4 January 2015 Cádiz - Today 4 January 2015 Cádiz - Maps, Models and the Camera Obscura 4 January 2015 Cádiz - El Pópolo 4 January 2015 Cádiz - San Carlos 4 January 2015 Cádiz - El Mentidero 4 January 2015 Cádiz - El Centro 4 January 2015 Cádiz - Nochebuena and Nochevieja 4 January 2015 Cádiz - Trafalgar 4 January 2015 Madinat al-Zahra (Medina Azahara) 15 May 2010 Castillo de Almodóvar del Río, Córdoba 15 May 2010 Golf - Hotel Almenara in Sotogrande 14 January 2007 Golf - 'Le Betulle' in Biella 28 August 2005 Golf - Saint Endréol 28 March 2004 Golf - Sainte-Maxime 22 March 2004 Golf - Fregate in Saint Cyr sur Mer 30 November 2003 Parma - and its food... 22 November 2003 Naples 24 October 2003 Singapore 7 October 2003 Fiji 25 September 2003 Corfu 7 July 2003 Golf - Amelia Island 25 January 2003 Graz 4 August 2002 Siena 1 July 2002 Berlin 8 July 2001 Honolulu - Waikiki Beach and the Ko'olau Golf Club 27 November 1999 Mallorca - Porto Petro - Club Med 13 September 1990 Family - Plane Crash Paris-Valence 1989 12 April 1989 Venice - 'La Vogalonga' (part I) 19 May 1984
