Travel memories in Tuscany
The cars would have been loaded on and off the ferry by crane – it was in the days before RO-RO was invented – and we had almost certainly stayed in Paris, in Aix-en-Provence, in San Remo and probably at least one more stop. My family was never…
Seasonal shopping in Cologne’s Christmas markets
As evenings darken, Leo Owen recommends Cologne’s famous Christmas markets for festive shopping. Cologne is one of Germany’s oldest cities and has the country’s highest concentration of pubs. The city is the home to an international arts festival, Eau de Cologne and several award-winning shopping streets. However, it…
A young woman and sea fishing
With my unusual childhood – a sea fishing father and brought up on a boat from two weeks old – it seems inevitable that I would earn my living on the sea, but it took me a while to figure it out. We lived in Great Leighs, near…
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