Articles
Turkish Delights
This article appeared in Volume 21: No. 4 of the Orient Express magazine
I was 40 years old before I saw Turkey. True, I had sailed along the coast but never ventured any further. Finally, when Turkish friends persuaded me to visit, I fell in love—with Istanbul, with the Bosphorus, the mosques, the spice markets—and I greatly regretted that I had not been there sooner.
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Saints or sinners?
This article appeared in Volume 21: No. 3 of the Orient Express magazine
When I was 21, I travelled from Vienna to London to study history of art. As an aspiring interior designer, I decorated…
Posted in 2004
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Cats Cradled
This article appeared in Volume 21: No. 2 of the Orient Express magazine
My passion for tigers dates from my childhood, when I discovered The Jungle Book. Kipling’s Shere Khan was my…
Posted in 2004
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White Magic
This article appeared in Volume 21: No. 1 of the Orient Express magazine
To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg, my husband organised and led the St Petersburg…
Posted in 2004
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Botswana Diary
This article appeared in Volume 20: No. 4 of the Orient Express magazine
During a recent visit to the three Orient-Express safari camps in Botswana, HRH Princess Michael of Kent kept a notebook…
Posted in 2003
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All aboard for Asia
This article appeared in Volume 20: No. 3 of the Orient Express magazine
It is an astonishing 10 years since we travelled on the inaugural journey of the Eastern & Oriental Express from…
Posted in 2003
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Bohemian Rhapsody
This article appeared in Volume 20: No. 2 of the Orient Express magazine
As a young refugee in Australia, when asked by my classmates where I was born, I answered “Bohemia”. With…
Posted in 2003
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Florence past & present
This article appeared in Volume 20: No. 1 of the Orient Express magazine
For my husband’s 60th birthday, he was given a long weekend’s stay at the Villa San Michele, nestling in the…
Posted in 2003
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The land of the Baltic Barons
This article appeared in Volume 19: No. 4 of the Orient Express magazine
Until recently I had no idea of the exact location of Estonia, nor of the name of its capital. All I knew was that it…
Posted in 2002
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Letter from Bhutan
This article appeared in Volume 19: No. 2 of the Orient Express magazine
Bhutan is a tiny Himalayan kingdom perched precariously between Tibet, Nepal and India. The world’s highest and…
Posted in 2002
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Josephine’s garden
This article appeared in Volume 19: No. 1 of the Orient Express magazine
There are few figures from the past who continue to have an uplifting effect on our daily lives. And yet, whenever we…
Posted in 2002
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Andes Adventure
This article appeared in Volume 18: No. 4 of the Orient Express magazine
It was a hot, dusty morning in southern Peru when we set off for a brief visit to a beautiful valley called the Colca…
Posted in 2001
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Leopoldina lives on
This article appeared in Volume 18: No. 3 of the Orient Express magazine
In 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Portugal, and the country’s king, queen and entire court moved to their colony…
Posted in 2001
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Peruvian diary
This article appeared in Volume 18: No. 2 of the Orient Express magazine February 2001
Arrived in Peru’s capital city, Lima—steamy, misty, hot. Apparently it never rains…
Posted in 2001
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I had a farm in Africa
This article appeared in Volume 18: No. 1 of the Orient Express magazine
Well, in all honesty, it wasn’t mine, but belonged to my father and stepmother Rosemarie—although I often…
Posted in 2001
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Venetian Heritage
This article appeared in Volume 17: No. 4 of the Orient Express magazine
Many years ago, while on our honeymoon in India and Iran, my husband mentioned that he had never visited Venice….
Posted in 2000
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