We just spent the last week in Prague, so first apologies for all those unanswered emails – they are getting done today. It is the first time that we stayed in a hotel for a full week in Prague, as we normally stay with family, but I wanted more room, and the brothers are all growing their [...]

If you are in the South of France and any where within travelling distance of Monaco it is worth making the effort to go and see this little dream land.  In many ways Monaco is the way a world could be, it is so dam clean and organised. Just getting off the train is like [...]

Day two of our holidays and we keep up this walking theme.  But first getting around the South of France is very easy by train and apart from the bus trip from the airport this has been out plan for the week.  The train takes about 25 minutes from Golfe Juan to Nice, and the [...]

We arrived in Nice airport late on Saturday evening and stood around looking like tourists wondering where to either get the bus or train to Golfe Juan.  I was no use, I don’t know French – but I decided I needed a cig and headed to the nearest exit and lit up.  And low and [...]

The last week has been interesting to say the least.  May you live in interesting times is apparently an old Chinese curse – I always seem to live in interesting times and mostly love it. Eventually we got out of Prague last Thursday night, it had been a day full of seeing people and we [...]

So we set off from Dublin on Wednesday night arriving in Prague about 10 in the evening.  Great a week off, no work, some rest, a couple of days in Prague and then some time in the countryside.   Plans Oh Plans Plans – something that causes stress.  I have found that life never seems [...]