Your passport may be perfectly valid, but airport security is still interested in your water bottle, power bank and mystery snack. Summer is peak travel
Category: a woman’s strength
A Frog in Spain: Day 1
The Spanish adventure actually began before I had even reached Spain. Boarding the Ryanair flight, I was once again assigned rear boarding, something I have
A Frog in England: Day 4 (I)
Homeward Bound, Part I 23.07.2026 If travel broadens the mind, getting home occasionally requires a working knowledge of logistics, patience, and mild insanity. Our merry
Packing for More Than a Holiday
I have moved seventeen times in my life. Each move taught me something different, but they all shared one lesson in common: every relocation is
59: The Year I Finally Stopped Apologising for Getting Older
I turned 59 yesterday, and I have absolutely no intention of pretending otherwise. There will be no “59 years young,” no carefully filtered photographs designed
Thresholds and The Coconut Warrior
Today, July 11, 2026 I begin my summer holidays. It also happens to be my birthday. My fifty-ninth birthday, to be precise. Or perhaps not.
