Category: Travel

  • I visit the Ukraine in 1968

    I visit the Ukraine in 1968

    My Travel Journal Continues: “From Paris to Russia and Back” Because of the events in Ukraine today, I have re-published this post with sadness in my heart at the thought of these memorable days. May the sufferings of the Ukrainian people come to an end soon, and the Russian troops ordered into the country by…

  • 5 or 6 Things About Valencia

    5 or 6 Things About Valencia

    The Old and the New are intermingled in harmony in Valencia

  • Return to Cavtat…uvijek!

    Return to Cavtat…uvijek!

    We’re here in Cavtat on the southern coast of Croatia, for the 4th International Symposium on Stuttering that my husband convenes. Participants come from more than a dozen countries, from Europe, Asia, the UK, America and the Pacific region. We are a going to visit Zagreb where the Croatian convenor, Suzana lives, and stay one…

  • Magnetic Island will pull you in…

    Magnetic Island will pull you in…

    Magnetic Island Magnetic Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef.  Just outside our unit is a marked underwater reef that one can follow, either with a snorkel or by renting a  flat board, to view the coral. The island is shaped like an equilateral triangle. Each side of the triangle is 11 kilometres in…

  • Return to Croatia

    Return to Croatia

    En Route to Croatia We just flew over the mountains of Eastern Europe en route to Frankfurt from Dubai. Qantas have teamed up with the United Arab Emirates airline, so we did the first leg from Sydney to Dubai with Qantas, and the second one from Dubai to Frankfurt with Emirates. I really enjoyed stopping…

  • A Tuscan Village Holiday

    A Tuscan Village Holiday

    Italy: Fast Cars Driving on the autostrada is a relief after Rome. Watch on the right, my partner says repeatedly, having been traumatised when the mirror on our rented manual Fiat Punta was flattened against a truck in Rome’s crowded streets. I’m the driver, having learnt to conduire à la droite in France, as a…

  • 5 things about Coogee

    5 things about Coogee

    We live at the northern end of the beach in Coogee. This was once the “poor cousin” side of Coogee Bay, with dilapidated buildings and a rusting dome on top of the Coogee Palace. It’s now a favorite place to dip and swim for young and old alike. At high tide on these early summer…

  • Travel to Croatia

    Travel to Croatia

    A highlight of 2016 was travel with my husband to the cooler climes of Croatia and Bosnia Herzogovina for a week in their autumn (October), followed by another week in the freezing weaher (for us) of Budapest and Copenhagen. My husband was in Croatia to lead the 3rd International Symposium on Stuttering, held at the…

  • The Bridge at Mostar

    The Bridge at Mostar

    The bridge is pleasing to the eye. It’s perfect in its simplicity. You can only appreciate the grace of its arcs from a distance, or from the pebbly beach down below. Looking up you see a figure standing on the topmost point of the arc. A man is waiting until the amount of money offered…

  • Copenhagen is Amazing!

    Copenhagen is Amazing!

    It’s on the opposite side of the earth from Sydney, the language spoken is very different, and it’s much colder in autumn. But Copenhagen is an amazingly liveable city. We felt surprisingly comfortable there, and were impressed by this city during our brief visit. There were 18,000 doctors visiting the city for a cancer conference,…