RIDING A RICKSHAW AROUND HISTORICAL MELAKA We spent our day exploring the UNESCO-listed historical sites of Melaka today, stopping in to see the Dutch stadthyus (i.e. city hall), the ruins of a hill-top Portuguese fortress, and Malaysia’s oldest Chinese Buddhist temple. We hired a rickshaw for the day […]
THE CHARMING CITE DE CARCASSONNE Carcassonne is a small provincial town in South-Western France, close to the border with Spain. Many of the people in this unassuming city of 50,000 inhabitants are employed at the large shoe factory that sits on the outskirts of town; the rest work […]
FORTS & FLEA MARKETS IN VILLENEUVE-LES-AVIGNON Leaving Aix-en-Provence and its high class denizens this morning, we set off for Avignon. Famous as the home of the French popes during the 14th century, Avignon is today a modest town with a big reputation when it comes to arts and […]
Wandering Soles 