Catch and release

Though perhaps cynical to pair with a bouillabaisse of all dishes, the “Catch and release” white wine from Languedoc still proved the adage true that less is often more. In any case, with snow around the corner, a culinary escape to the south of France seemed like the best way to start a busy weekend which will include both Tekniska Museet in Stockholm and William’s first fencing competition, “Silverfloretten”.

As observant readers may already have noticed, I recently invested in Lonely Planet’s “Best in Travel 2025” which features so many travel dreams, from Launceston in Tasmania to the national parks of Kazakhstan. Having promised myself to visit at least one new country every year, I am hopeful that at least something from its pages will pop up here on Rawls & Me in 2025.