Category: Europe

  • Prague: A short visit to Czechia’s fairytale capital

    Prague:   A short visit to Czechia’s fairytale capital

    Last week, we were again acting as roadies for our daughter who teaches English as a foreign language.  This year she has a post teaching in a village school just outside Prague and wanted some help with her luggage.  She needed to take extra clothes for this trip as winters can be very cold in…

  • A visit to Nantes

    A visit to Nantes

    When I retired I joined a U3A French group.  For those people who have not come across it before the University of the third age is a voluntary organisation that provides classes and social groups for retired people.    Our group is unusual that we run without a tutor.  We meet in members’ houses and…