7. Howrah and Hooghly
We're now in Goa. When we first arrived, we did a little shopping in the CBD. I'll tell you about that, and then I'll tell you about...
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6. a special dinner
Tonight we had dinner at the home of a Kolkata family. Let me tell you how it came to happen. On a day tour in Cappadocia in 2015, we...
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Jun 9, 2016
5. to market to market
This man is selling chai at the Koley fruit and vegetable market in Kolkata. What a day! We are in the hotel foyer at 5.30am again to...
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Jun 9, 2016
4. Kolkata wakes
Our day begins early, to be ready in the foyer at 6.15am. John finds our guide waiting there, nodding when asked if he is Manjeet. He...
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Jun 9, 2016
2. Packing!
This morning I started to think packing and thought you might like to share. If you're on top of that subject you might like to skip...
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Jun 9, 2016
1. India here we come
Hello gorgeous things, Happy New Year! I hope you had a really happy festive season. The Christmas New Year madness is over in our house....
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Jun 9, 2016
1. pre-GWINGANNA
(all photos in this post courtesy of Gwinganna Health Retreat) Get ready. Tomorrow I am taking you to Gwinganna. When my husband John...
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Jun 9, 2016
2. GWINGANNA day 1
The brochure says to arrive between 2 and 4pm. Exit 89 from the motorway behind the Gold Coast, then take Tallebudgera Creek Road. It’s...
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GWINGANNA day 3
It’s a glorious morning again. Overnight rain, clearing up at dawn. At Gwinganna they call today terrible Tuesday. Some guests get...
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GWINGANNA day 4
It's pouring when I wake this morning. The equine experience is cancelled. The horse doesn't want to get out of bed. It’s rescheduled...
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GWINGANNA day 2
When the wakeup knock comes at 5.30am, I'm awake, showered and dressed with my name tag pinned to my t-shirt like a grade-oner about to...
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GWINGANNA day 5
Totally recovered this morning thank goodness. Must have been something I ate. Or didn't eat. Don't you love borage flowers? They're in...
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GWINGANNA day 6
Our last dawn at Gwinganna. There’s mist curling upwards from the valley floor. The sun is colouring the fluffy clouds pink. This is a...
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20. au revoir Paris...
At breakfast on our last day in Paris, I sat trying to work out how we could go to Parc Monceau and the Musée Camondo, then Père Lachaise...
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19. end of the course
Back to the classroom for the last time this morning. That made me quite sad! The first part of the session was about making it as a...
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Jun 6, 2016