Another jam-packed day —

My most-anticipated feature in the Philippines — On our last day on Bohol, we were woken early by our friend Mr Rooster. Until he crowed, there was perfect silence in our tropical jungle resort overlooking the ocean. When we arrived yesterday afternoon the sky and sea were both shades of blue. We sat on the verandah and…

Both times involved buses! — Here is Keeley’s version of events. The Time Mum Almost Died in the City of Romance Sight-seeing, bike riding and funeral planning.medium.com Here is the story of my first visit to Paris. I had longed to see Paris since I was 16 and here I was at 61 seeing it for the first time! Naturally, I was disappointed. Disappointed in Paris A dream turned into a nightmare.medium.com

Believe it or not — it’s my real name. G’day. I thought I had better start with that although I never actually say g’day in real life. But at least you know I’m an Aussie. Yeah, we do say Aussie, not Australian. I have been described as “a riddle wrapped…

We stayed in the ancient Diocletian’s Palace in Split — One of my friends asked me how did I find such great places to stay. Did I use Trip Advisor? I told her I had only used booking.com for this trip because I had only booked accommodation a day or two before arrival.

Back on the tracks — The track followed the Sava River most of the way from Zagreb. The Sava was swollen with floodwaters all the way. I wouldn’t want to fall into that maelstrom. It was tumbling and turning over invisible rocks and logs. As we neared Ljubljana snow appeared on the mountaintops and on…

An old story – my first ever story on Medium – please give it some love — Nancy Oglesby asks: What holiday decoration holds a special place in your heart? Was This Bauble A Test of My Love? The strangest present I’ve ever receivedandiebee-17203.medium.com It was read by my friend and mentor Katie Michaelson to encourage me to write more stories. I haven’t stopped since.

A cruise ship arrived — Our first morning in Split, we were out scouting for somewhere to eat a proper breakfast. I’m a little tired of eating pastries for breakfast every morning. We were surprised that the streets were so crowded when we’d had the streets of Dubrovnik to ourselves. We settled on the Luxor…

When things go wrong and it’s all my fault — This was the gorgeous apartment I had booked in Zagreb – for the wrong dates! I walked up to the fourth floor to find it occupied by two young men. They were very helpful but didn’t offer to share their apartment with us. 😉 So we walked all the way…