Team Basil has finally shaken off the lingering effects of both man flu and lady flu. Well almost. Sarah took the dogs out for their normal morning constitutional and managed to get herself lost – again. I was impressed that…

The seemingly innocuous little bug that I picked up six days ago is still adversely affecting Team Basil. When we woke up Sarah was still a little under the weather and so Basil’s day trip was cancelled. It looked like…

Before the school holidays started we had a bit of an in joke in Basil, that school pupils in most European schools never actually went to school because they were perpetually on school trips. Every city and monument we visited…

The weather is perfect here at the moment. Warm and sunny, but not too hot during the daytime and mild at night. Yesterday we were able to sit outside in shorts and t-shirts until well after dark. Yesterday, while walking…