Carol Drinkwater

Jan 13, 2025 | francetoday.com | Carol Drinkwater |Ruth Fuchs Hallett |Alexander Lobrano |Stephen Clarke

Carol enjoys a peaceful Christmas and celebratory New Year. I possess a child’s excitement when it comes to celebrating the Christmas holiday. This year we have no guests for Christmas but a houseful for New Year’s Eve, known here as Le Réveillon de la Saint-Sylvestre because December 31 is his saint’s day. Whether alone or with loved ones, I insist that we have a tree.

Sep 15, 2024 | francetoday.com | Carol Drinkwater

We live in an isolated spot, hidden from the fast lane of life, peacefully contemplating our view of the Riviera. It suits me to be tucked away. We go out, of course, to shop, pop to the bank, execute the routines of daily life. The hypermarchés set in the middle of nowhere offer most services, but I prefer the snail’s pace of the villages with independent shopkeepers, my hairdresser, our friendly wine merchant, all of whom call me by name.

Jul 31, 2024 | vnexplorer.net | Mark Palmer |Carol Drinkwater |Hattie Sime |Amrit Singh

Levison Wood is author of Endurance: 100 Tales of Survival, Adventure And Exploration. It might be the view - looking across the surface of a shimmering sea - or the location in an iconic city. It may be the decor: grand chandeliers, works of art, designer furniture. Or a wonderful pool or terrace for cocktails at sunset. Or perhaps it's an unusual history - an ambiance of famous guests gone by. Maybe you even fell in love there.

Jul 2, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Carol Drinkwater

Long before I was born, my father, a callow lad from a modest family, dreamed of the stage. Just 17 when the Second World War broke out, he auditioned for Ralph Reader’s Royal Air Force Gang Show. Weeks later he was in the Middle East ‘entertaining the troops’. When I was a child, he regaled me with so many stories of Egypt and the Middle East that I hungered to visit these territories. And since then, most had been achieved – save for Alexandria.

Jun 27, 2024 | the-history-girls.blogspot.com | Carol Drinkwater

A statue of wine-pickers in Puligny-MontrachetA few days ago, I set off from our Olive Farm overlooking the Bay of Cannes in the south of France on a nine-hour drive to our northern home east of Paris situated a few miles west of the border to the Champagne region. As I was travelling alone, I decided to take the timing at my own speed rather than my husband's more hurried pace. In fact, I decided to break the journey with a stopover when and wherever the mood took me.