by Lucille | Feb 22, 2016 | The Ones About Travel
As a South African living in Europe I am constantly stunned (and amused) at the impressions people have about South Africa that are wrong. Not just wrong: OUTRAGEOUSLY wrong. About two months ago I started asking my expat friends here in Holland what they think about...
by Lucille | Oct 19, 2015 | The Ones About Travel
French Cuisine in Bangkok: Trying Something New ‘Fancy trying somewhere new for dinner tonight?’ B asked as he arrived home from work one Friday evening. We’d been living in Bangkok for about six months and had been gorging ourselves on Pad Thai, Tom Yam Goong,...
by Lucille | Sep 9, 2015 | The Ones About Travel
My five year old son has touched a Van Gogh masterpiece. His little fingers have caressed the exuberant brush strokes of a depressed genius. He has experienced what many art lovers have only dreamed of. Lucky kid huh? So how did this come about? How did he get so...
by Lucille | Apr 28, 2015 | The Ones About Travel
G-Mama-D (my mum) should have been born Greek. It’s been her great misfortune in life not to live out her days under breathless skies and swimming in azure oceans. This is now her retirement plan. Her obsession started in her twenties and as kids Greece was our summer...
by Lucille | Apr 20, 2015 | The Ones About Travel
There are some places in the world that just have something special. You know the feeling: from the second you arrive something feels different, unique, and you can’t quite put your finger on it because it’s not logical, it comes from your heart. For those...
by Lucille | Apr 12, 2015 | The Ones About Travel
Cape Town, like a good bottle of wine, is meant to be savoured. It’s meant to be swilled lazily, it’s glorious colour appreciated, it’s fragrant nose breathed in, it’s fruity undertones enjoyed. A visit to Cape Town cannot be rushed....
