The Platinum Line

Category: Europe

  • Postcard from Lanzarote

    Postcard from Lanzarote

    The island of Lanzarote lies in the Atlantic Ocean just 125 kilometres off Africa’s Saharan coast and is the most easterly of the Canary Islands. It is volcanic on origin and famed for its dark sand. For Natalie’s weekend coffee share this week I am inviting you to join us in Lanzarote for some late…

  • Postcard from Verona in Italy

    Postcard from Verona in Italy

    I love travelling and I am lucky enough to have visited several countries in Europe. and beyond. We live near Bristol airport and are fortunate that airlines like Ryanair and Easy Jet offer cheap flights to a variety of European destinations. Sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men go astray. We have wanted…

  • Cruising down the Rhine part 1 Basel

    Cruising down the Rhine part 1 Basel

    This week I am inviting you to share a coffee with me in Basel, Switzerland’s third biggest city and home to its oldest university. For the last two years Covid stopped us travelling outside of the U.K. for pleasure. My husband Bill and I have been getting very itchy feet so when we saw an…

  • Ring of Kerry virtual walk Kenmare

    Ring of Kerry virtual walk Kenmare

    I am doing a virtual walk around the Ring of Kerry in Southern Ireland and earlier this week I passed through the town of Kenmare.

  • Holy week in Seville

    Holy week in Seville

    Today I have a guest post from my daughter Angela who has also provided the photos. She was lucky enough to spend three months teaching English as a foreign language in a bilingual school in Seville in Southern Spain a couple of years ago. This was part of the Erasmus scheme which provides study opportunities…

  • Impressions of St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg which was founded by Peter the great was capital of the Russian Empire for almost two hundred years

  • Cruise stop Copenhagen

    Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen salty old queen of the sea