Kochi and the Kerala Waterways
Arriving in Kochi (Cochin) India, we headed straight for Alleppey and the Kerala Backwaters. Known as the “Venice of the East”, this area is a vast network of lagoons, lakes, and canals along the...
Around the World with Liz Blog
A Walk Around Old Phuket Town
When you only have a day in Phuket and your hubby is off playing golf, what’s a person to do? We’ve stayed and explored the island for a week, years ago, but this time...
Spectacular Singapore
Back in 2003, our first visit to Singapore was simply a layover of 12 hours between connecting flights from Europe to Australia. We arrived very early in the morning and took a bus to...
Bonjour Nouméa!
When the opportunity presents itself to travel to a place where French is spoken, without the long haul to France, then who am I to resist? The islands of New Caledonia are only a...
Darting through Devon
Leaving Glastonbury, we headed off to the wilds of Dartmoor National Park. This is an area of granite tors and peat bogs, the latter providing inspiration for Conan Doyle in his ‘Hounds of the...
Somerset Gems – Ancient and New Age
The iconic Royal Crescent is one of the most well recognised scenes in Bath. Its Georgian architecture appears straight out of a Jane Austen novel. (Unfortunately wherever you go in Europe and the UK,...
Chester, Ludlow and Cardiff
The gloomy, wet weather stayed with us, but nothing could dampen my enthusiasm for the wonderful architecture of the town of Chester, Cheshire. Everywhere we looked, there were rows of black and white, half-timbered...
The Wilds of North Wales
A day on our coach tour was dedicated to the mountainous splendour of North Wales. The first stop was the beginning of our wrestle with the unique language of Wales – the little village...
Liverpool – Love Me Do!
Leaving the Lake District, we headed south to the city of Liverpool, chief city of Lancashire and home to the legendary pop group, the Beatles. But Liverpool is much more than that, historically speaking:...
Taking The High Road
Leaving Edinburgh and the St Andrew’s Golf Club, our coach tour set off to the Scottish Highlands. Crossing the Firth of Tay, and via Dundee and Perth, we headed into the highlands and the...
Auld Reekie and the Royal Mile
The capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh, is still affectionately referred to as Auld Reekie, although it has cleaned up its act since the 17th century. In those days the overcrowding of housing, smoke from...
