Imagine the woman who can fold herself into a suitcase. Lithe, long of limb, lissom, luxurious hair, lovely large eyes. You know the type. Every day when I get dressed I have this vision before me. I grunt as I try to regain my balance as I put on my underwear. I groan as I fumble […]Read Post ›
Our hotel, luxury personified, offered us a free one way tour to Murano glass works in a water taxi. Why oh why did I not look more closely at the map? There was an enormous expanse of sea to cross and, as if you didn’t know, I don’t like water. Or boats. Or anything really […]Read Post ›
45 years ago I got married for the first time. I’d met my husband a month before and we decided to get married as soon as we could. Various reasons, mostly practical, but of course we didn’t envisage any of the fallout. I’ve written about this before, so I’m not going to dwell on it […]Read Post ›
For MKK I have been racking my brains trying to remember which was the first flight I ever took, and it’s been a really difficult journey down memory lane. I have up til now thought I could remember everything, and now it transpires that I can’t. So I was going through all the holidays […]Read Post ›
I found a diary entry today which I had written when I went to South Korea two years ago, I had been once before when Kasia first went to teach English there and although we had done a lot of very interesting sightseeing I wasn’t really planning to go again. But she intrigued me […]Read Post ›
Life Through Basia's Eyes 