Photo Friday: The British Museum with children and the Parthenon Marbles debate
on Nov 20, 2009 in Featured Places & Inspiration family greece history issues london museums people photo friday photography united kingdom London, UK; July 2007 This is my sister Emma riding on my shoulders at the British Museum in summer 2007. She was five at the time and is now a big girl of seven and a half. We are standing in front of the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin...

Travel back in time to 1920s London
on Nov 17, 2009 in Places & Inspiration buildings england london people time travel united kingdom video This gem of a video is from the British Film Institute but came my way via my friend Joanna Moncrieff on Facebook. Jo is a qualified tour guide in London and has a blog Westminster Walking. The video shows London in 1927 – in colour! Lots of fa...

Star Wars in Tunisia: Sidi Jmour or Ben Kenobi’s house
on Nov 16, 2009 in Featured Places & Inspiration buildings nature people star wars tunisia This is the second in a series of four posts about Star Wars in Tunisia. Please click here to read last week’s installment on Jedi cloaks. Djerba (or Jerba) an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian Mainland claims to be the “la...

Photo Friday: Modern smuggling – black market petrol in Tunisia
on Nov 12, 2009 in Featured On the Road people photo friday photography tunisia Road from Djerba to Matmata, Tunisia; December 2006 A word of advice if you ever go to Tunisia – pay attention to the local holiday calendar. This is advice that could apply anywhere but travelling on a holiday is more difficult in Tunisia tha...

Thai food at the Buddhist Temple in Berkeley
on Nov 10, 2009 in Featured Restaurants & Food Travel buildings environment restaurants savoury sweet thailand united states Could the Thai food at the Buddhist temple be Berkeley’s worst-kept secret? If the day I went is typical then I would say so – the place was rammed with people from all over the Bay Area. People weren’t just seated at the tables but...

Star Wars in Tunisia: Jedi cloaks
on Nov 9, 2009 in Featured Places & Inspiration clothing people photography star wars tunisia This is the first in a series of four posts on Star Wars in Tunisia. In 2006 we were living in London and looking for somewhere to spend our Christmas holiday.We chose Tunisia for several reasons. Firstly, it was cheaper than Sicily, our first choic...

Photo Friday: Monster rocks at Point Lobos
on Nov 6, 2009 in Featured Places & Inspiration nature parks photo friday photography united states Point Lobos, California; October 2009 Point Lobos State Natural Reserve lies just south of Carmel-by-the-sea and Monterey on California’s scenic Highway 1. It’s most famous for the wildlife – sea otters and sea lions like to hang o...

California Coast by Twitter
on Oct 30, 2009 in On the Road road trip twitter united states Last Friday my husband, parents-in-law and I set off south of San Francisco in a hire car. We drove back up via scenic Highway 1, visiting Hearst Castle, Big Sur, Monterey and Santa Cruz. Along the way I shared snippets from the trip on Twitter, just...

Hotel tips from travel writers
on Oct 24, 2009 in On the Road blogging hotels link love turkey Travel blog 101 Holidays has a useful new feature for travellers – a series where travel writers recommend a hotel they would stay in themselves, with their own money. The rules are that the hotels must be under £150 ($250) a night for two peo...

Help clean up the cruise industry
on Oct 21, 2009 in Featured Travel Trends & Issues eco-tourism environment issues ships & boats Tell the United States Congress to pass the Clean Cruise Ship Act. Last week I wrote about the environmental damage of the cruise industry. Wherever we stand on cruises, hopefully we all agree that they should be as environmentally friendly as possib...