Window on George

I loved my white sun hat. It offered glamorous protection from the sun. It could be folded or rolled up into my handbag or hand luggage. I washed it in the washing machine. It was the perfect accessory for my Dior sunglasses. It travelled well. And it loved the sea as much as I do. You live on Hong Kong island, you go on water. You go on water, you have wine. You want champagne? Go on Aqua Luna. My hat was still new here.   And very white. Water is water.   Sky is sky.   Sand is sand.    Earth is Earth. My hat lapped it up! My first visit to Phuket 2011 - many years after the tsunami.   I need more tops! Phuket again, July 2013.    Leaving Hong Kong.   Took my hat with me. My pool in George has JC le Roux.   The Westin in Macau has Pina Coladas. I need more swimsuits! Lamma island, Hong Kong. Post-typhoon. Stormy waters. Small but powerful waves. I lost my beloved Dior sunglasses (above) there that day.   The s

More than an island, Crete invites you to walk from its high snow-covered White mountains to the edge of the sunny and blue Libyan sea. Creta has everything: Tranquil blue sea, mysterious caves and traces of the past, including those of the Minoan civilization, stately Roman remains and frescoed Byzantine churches, spectacular orchids, aromatic plants, extended olive groves, and places like the Lasithi Plateau and the majestic Samaria Gorge National Park with the unique and amazing geology, picturesque villages, historic cities, architectural monuments since Venetian and Turkish conquerors, fabulous local gastronomy …Crete has it all.  Impact Urginea maritima Origanum Onites - Origanum Sauvages (Wild) Psarantonis - Lyre player Thymus Capitatus - Wild Thyme Ant carrying dried marjoram flower Bulb of Urginea Maritima Origanum Microphyllum Wild Thyme  - now safe and sound in my kitchen in Riyadh and still releasing its fragrance w

Third time Athens Diodos. Fried Courgettes. Retsina. check nothing has changed Syntagma Square. Galatopita. Coffee. Check Still good as ever First time Crete... give me a moment, please. The best meal I've had in years. The location of this restaurant is our little secret.    It is tucked away in the city of Chania, behind the Venetian Port.    You want to know where it is?   Buy me a house in Crete.