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Semper Opera House

A good game is to name structures called after their architects. Let me get you started in Paris with Charles Garnier’s opera house and Gustave Eiffel’s tower and in Vicenza, the Basilica Palladiana by Andrea Palladio.

All Aboard

Boarding on BA is now done by groups; one to four or five. Since this system was introduced in December 2017 I have always been in the last group.

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Churchill’s Finest

Port need not be decanted and savoured at the end of a post-hunt dinner in winter. A chilled glass of white port makes a fine late morning aperitif, especially in hot weather, and there is none better than Churchill’s.

Eating My Hat

Reggie and I were unadventurous yesterday. We reprised our Monday morning walk to Bruniquel but this time in low cloud and a light drizzle, or a grand soft day as it’s called in Ireland.

Château de Haute-Serre

Six grape varieties are allowed to make red wine designated Bordeaux: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carménère. The last three are not household names, at least not in my cellar.

Didactic

”Didactic”, that’s a nice word hitherto unused here. To make up for yesterday’s feeble post today’s is didactic.

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French Leave

There was a temporary parting of the ways yesterday. Robert went to Mallorca to the Rafa Nadal Academy to brush up his tennis.

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Globe-Trotter

Arriving at our hotel in Crete about a month ago, the manageress said that she’d show us our room and we could deal with the luggage later. “This is my luggage.” “You travel light.”

We Shall Fight Them

Paddy L-F made his name writing this sort of prose. On Friday night there was thunder and lightning and rain. On Saturday morning it was windy with dark clouds over the mountains that threatened further rain, so we drove south away from the Cretan Sea to Paleochora on the Libyan Sea, where the sun was… Continue reading We Shall Fight Them

Easter Sunday

The Elia Hotel is owned by George Digridakis whose grandfather played an important role in the Resistance after the German invasion in 1941. Today we are en fête and will celebrate Easter under his gaze.