The Platinum Line

Category: Travel

  • Five things to see in Prague

    Five things to see in Prague

    This year my daughter is teaching in a village school just outside Prague.  She has introduced her pupils to the game “Simon says” and it has quickly become a firm favourite.  For those of you who have not played it, the teacher gives a list of instructions and you have to obey those that have…

  • Madeira: visiting the garden island

    Madeira: visiting the garden island

    A Bristol  coach firm used to run a winter trip to Kew Gardens in London.  Unsurprisingly the orchid house at Kew quickly became one of my favourite places to visit when the evenings became darker.  For a short while we could forget the British winter and imagine we were walking through the tropics.  So  I…

  • 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 cruise around the British Isles

      I have been lucky enough to have travelled quite a lot in Europe but there are still many places in the British Isles that I have not visited yet. This was my first visit to the Scottish Islands. So, when my husband saw an advertisement for a cruise going right round the British Isles…

  • Two National Trust properties to visit near Bath.

      My husband and I are members of the National trust.  For anyone who is unfamiliar with the National Trust it is the organisation which looks after many stately homes and gardens as well as large swathes of countryside in England.  It is a charity and membership fees help pay for the conservation and upkeep…

  • 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…