This one is not so much about the bags but about the rest of my weekend away in Oman. It’s not all Desert After spending the Friday morning travelling down the flat desert coast route from Fujairah to Muscat and a lovely weekend in the city, we decided to head back to Dubai via the…
Category Archives: Travel
Bags on Tour: Oman (part 1)
Last weekend we decided to pop over to Muscat for a little trip. Muscat is somewhere I’ve always wanted to go to and now that I’m spending a lot of time in Dubai, it’s almost on our doorstep! First stop Fujairah It’s a long drive to Muscat from Dubai (5 or 6 hours) so we…
More Souk Shopping: The Blue Souk in Sharjah
Another interesting Souk to visit when in the United Arab Emirates, is the Blue Souk in Sharjah emirate. Sharjah is along the coast from Dubai and seems to be much more industrial and not very touristy. It is also a much more conservative place than the very cosmopolitan Dubai. The Islamic Souk The Blue Souk…
Souk Shopping. The Souk Madinat, Dubai
A recent trip to the Souk Madinat in Jumeriah, Dubai, had me looking up at the ceilings rather than the goods on offer in the many shops and stalls. High Rise, Low Rise When you think of Dubai you will probably be thinking it’s high-rise and beaches. To most people it’s a ‘hot all year…
Fabulous Friends and Great Events
Following on from my ‘Making new Friends’ post last week, here is the next part of the same story. More new Friends As I mentioned before, my new friend John Ayling had invited myself and Robert to the Lord’s Taveners gala dinner on the Friday night but since Robert would be travelling on business that…
Making New Friends at 39,000 feet
I’m (back) in Dubai and wow…. what a whirlwind of events I’ve experienced since boarding the Emirates A380 in Heathrow last Wednesday! This is part one. First of all I need to introduce the other half and sometimes travelling companion, Robert, otherwise this story won’t make sense. Making New Friends When I received an email,…
Do you Travel? Win a Travel Wallet!
I get the feeling that 2013 is going to be a busy travelling year for me. It’s only 28th Jan, and already I have been in UK, France, UAE (Dubai) and India. I have written before, about my trusty apple green travel wallet and because I love it so much, I am sure lots of…
Bags on Tour: On the Queen Elizabeth
On the Ocean Wave Wow, this lucky red sporty shoulder bag went sailing recently with owner Jenny. Here is a photo of the bag on the Queen Elizabeth, the newest of the Cunard ocean liners. Bon Voyage to all aboard her! Are you going somewhere interesting with your favourite bag? Send your photos to me…
11th November, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Why go to Bydgoszcz? Easy question….I love travelling, so why not? But really, this is the reason: I have a good friend, Irene, originally from Cumbria, whose parents are Polish. After 60 years living in Britain (arriving here in the late 1940′s), Irene’s parents, Henryk and Leokadia Majewicz, decided to go back to live in…
A new addition to the Design Studio
An Antique? Maybe one day! When travelling, one of my favourite past times is searching out local junk (antique sounds a bit posh) shops. France is full of them and there is a huge one in Villedieu les Poeles in Normandie, which we visit a lot. Many visits result in no purchase whatsoever but then,…
