LUT Hive Garden Journal 2026 #4
My tomatoes are finally out and the gardening season is officially starting for me. This year I planted my tomatoes in buckets to save space in my raised beds. I have 8 plants…
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Here and There
Please don't feed the mermaids at Rovinji, Croatia
When I was visiting Pula in Croatia last year, the season hadn't started yet and the city was still quite dead. There wasn't too much to do there, and one day I took a 45…
LUT Hive Garden Journal 2026 #3
I love watching my lavenders bloom every day. I have 9 plants in the front of my house and they grow so fast now. Every time I walk past, (I think) I can smell a faint whiff of…
Chilling out in Procida, Italy
There are a few islands in the Gulf of Naples and I was keen to visit at least one of them during my trip to Naples. Capri was the largest and most famous, then there was Ischia…
Day trip to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
I was over the moon when I found out that Uruguay is only a short ferry ride from Argentina. It's not a country on my to-go list, but since I've travelled all the way to Buenos…
I stayed in a prison at Bezier, France
Recently I went to Beziers in France for a couple of days. I was here for two nights, less than 48 hours because I wanted a break and it was cheaper for us to fly 1400km to…
I hate Alicante, but it's really not that bad
I hate two things in life. Early morning flights is one. Today I had to get up at 0430 to catch my flight to Alicante for the Hive Open Days later this week.…
Bluebell walk at Priors Wood
After the sakura blossom in early spring, the bluebells are the next gift from nature each year. In UK, we are lucky that half of the world's bluebells can be found here, and…
My bad and good expectations of Naples, Italy
My recent trip to Italy didn't exactly start well. Here's my bad and good expectations of Naples, Italy. Ten minutes after we were due to land, the…
The Gran Caffe Gambrinus in Naples and all the queues
When I travel and need to kill time during the day because I'm too tired to do more sightseeing, there's normally two options. One is an afternoon tea break, and another is a…