We will ditch the bikes after 3 weeks in the saddle in France and hire a car in Barcelona and spend 6 weeks on a road trip. Our plan is to cruise down the coast to Granada and Seville, then spend a couple of weeks in Portugal before heading back into the interior of Spain,…

After a few days exploring Paris we hired bikes and cycled the Loire Valley for 10 days from Orleans to Nantes.We then cycled the Canal de Garonne and Canal di Midi from Bordeaux to Sete. We will have a few days in between the two cycle trips to rest our bums and see the sights…

Singapore is a wonderful gateway to South East Asia. It is worth 2 or 3 days to explore. There is a little left of the old but today it is a modern, thriving, clean city with some spectacular sites to visit. So just be a tourist for a few days and soak up all Singapore…

We lived in Seoul for 6 weeks. It was an interesting place. The people were lovely, friendly and helpful. The underground was efficient, language was difficult and people seemed to work long hours and live in small confined spaces. Sadly there is not much left of the “old Korea” with much of it being destroyed…

We lived briefly in Sydney in 1994.What a great city. Mum and Dad also had an apartment in Noosa so have spent a few holidays on the Sunshine Coast and love it. Sydney is all about the harbour, the Opera House and the beaches! Sydney – 1994 View from our apartment 17 floors up in…

We loved our time living and working in London. We enjoyed exploring in the weekends in and around London. There is so much to see and do within a relatively short distance. We were astounded,that the English we worked with, hadn’t visited many of the lovely places which were on their doorstep. The villages,the cobblestone…

Helle and I lived in Copenhagen for a couple of years. What a wonderful place! I loved the people, the harbour, the walking street, Nyhavn, the lovely old buildings, the seasons and parks of Copenhagen. Being flat as a pancake you can jump on a bike and just explore. Autumn 1993 – Outside Rosenborg Castle…

Our first trip as “retirees”!! We are going back to Turkey for the first time in 35 years! Helle and I on the Turkish Coast 1989 Ephesus 1989 Turkey – August 2024 Our planned trip will cover many of the key hotspots on the coast and finishing in Cappadocia. Below is our planned itinerary starting…

Our son Mattias is studying in Seattle at the University of Washington so what a great opportunity to go and see that neck of the woods and beyond. San Francisco We started by spending a few days in San Francisco. I had been there before but Helle hadn’t and wanted to celebrate her 60th birthday…