'No shoes, no shirt, no problem' read the sign on the beachfront cafe. Welcome to Naxos! This stunning Greek island is designed for the ultimate in relaxation.


'No shoes, no shirt, no problem' read the sign on the beachfront cafe. Welcome to Naxos! This stunning Greek island is designed for the ultimate in relaxation.

Looking for gay bars in Naxos? Then really there is a very limited choice. The only gay bar we found in the town was called Babylonia.

As Zola wrote in his novel La Curée (“The Kill”), “It is a display, a profusion, an overwhelming amount of wealth". An apt quote to describe the magnificent Musée Jacquemart-André on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris a few blocks from the Champs-Elysées.

We're wandering through a crowd of 1600 gay men, some in swimwear, many with shirts off, revealing polished pecks and buffed definition, others in their best resort wear. The music is thumping, the sun is beaming and the exotic, island cocktails are poured. No, we're not caught up in an advertisement for the latest Aussiebum swimwear or Ray Ban sunglasses, it's an Atlantis Baltic cruise on board the Holland American Line cruise ship, Eurodam and we have just set sail from stunning Copenhagen on

It can be helpful to have a few friendly, local tips to help get your stay in this wonderful city off to a positive start.

We promised our Teddy Bears, the ones who travel with us around the world, a picnic in Paris. Seeing it was summer and Sunday, we thought why not picnic in the Tuileries Garden. The gardens are located between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.For more information and ideas about picnics in Paris go to this wonderful website. (http://parisbymouth.com).