Andrea PAug 22, 202311 min readCusco and Machu PicchuI arrived in Auckland on 5AM flight from Melbourne, only to find LAN flight to Santiago was delayed by about an hour, which made for a...
Andrea PFeb 9, 202110 min readPainting in Tuscany (September 2019)An early start out of Lucca saw us in Certaldo by 8:45am at the dealership responsible for delivering Karen’s hire car for use during her...
Andrea POct 3, 20206 min readSyria - the Arab Spring (March 2011)Now here's a funny thing - Syrians love soap operas! Especially during Ramadan when everyone's in abstinence mode. Sitting around the...
Andrea PSep 6, 20202 min readCOVID Art - VeniceMarch 23, 2020. The first lockdown kicked in - just for six weeks. By this stage the pandemic had arrived in Europe, starting with...
Andrea PMay 25, 20204 min readTippling around the world (vicariously) in lockdown!My first task in lockdown (March 23, but who's counting) was to clean out the bar. And, given that my May and September travel plans were...