Rubbing Shoulders with Royalty

After a year of working my way through shows on Netflix, many of which I would never bother to sit through if we hadn’t been in strict lock down conditions during the pandemic, I have surrendered to popular pressure and finally started watching the series, The Crown. I’m no monarchist but I’m actually enjoying all…

Travel theme: Windy

Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind.  Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultation.  Suddenly you know you are alive. Vera Nazarian Normally I am not a huge fan of windy weather, as is this week’s travel theme. But when I am cruising on the ocean and…

Travel Theme: Flavour

This week’s travel theme is flavour. We found this wildly specific treat in Fortnum & Masons in London.   They can be found next to the toasted scorpions… Have you ever eaten a scorpion, with or without toffee? What did it taste like? What other fascinating flavours have you found on your travels?

Travel theme: Grassy

For this week’s Travel Theme: Grassy,  I was inspired to share some photos of the magnificent creatures who make the grasslands their home. ZEBRA: GIRAFFE: RHINO: These are photos, taken by me, but I’ve never travelled to Africa. So how did I take them? Would you believe me if I told you that these photographs…

Travel theme: Paths

This week’s travel theme  is paths and here is one past journey with some of the places and pleasures it lead to: The pathway into London was awash with light while the dark Thames snaked its way through the city. On the ground, the path alongside the Thames embankment brought some interesting and exotic surprises:…

Travel theme: Sport

This week’s topic from Where’s My Backpack blog – Travel theme: Sport Travelling isn’t always as easy as it should be on holiday and some of what you experience (or endure) can feel like you are participating in an olympic sport. First, you must get your bags to the airport or cruise terminal. This involves…

Travel theme: Poetry

This week’s blog topic – Travel theme: Poetry   I found a bottle on the seashore and took it home with me. Inside the bottle, a message furled – I couldn’t wait to see. Was it about illicit love or unrequited passion? Did it contain some history of some important fashion? Was some poor soul…

Travel theme: Dazzling

Being a lover of all things that glitter and sparkle, I was enchanted by the notion of a blog post entitled Dazzling and couldn’t wait to post my own.  So I searched through some of my travel photos to pick some of the prettiest and, most dazzling. Coincidentally, just today I went through a display…

Travel theme: Below

On my last cruise I took numerous  photos from angles below the intended subjects; so I share some of these with you as they fit in nicely with  Where’s My Backpack’s latest travel theme: below. We flew from Melbourne to London and spent a week looking up at all the sights, including Cleopatra’s Needle and…

Travel theme: Industry

Where’s My Backpack has given readers, and fellow bloggers, the delightful challenge of coming up with their own take on the travel theme of Industry, so here is mine. There is no doubt that the leisure and recreational activities once referred to as the art of travel have now become the travel and tourism industry, where capitalism is at…