One of our most loyal contributors in the 2016 Travel Story Competition was Elizabeth Moore, who entered a story for each of the five monthly competitions, and was our March winner. You can catch up with all of her stories via the 2016 Travel Stories page.
Read and enjoy Elizabeth's wonderful entry for our 2016 Travel Highlight Competition.
Read and enjoy Elizabeth's wonderful entry for our 2016 Travel Highlight Competition.
Apricot Sunshine
An afternoon in the medieval town of Minerve, France. I walked cobbled streets and looked down from this cliff hugging hamlet to the dry gorge below.
A barrow of apricots announced – ‘fruits non arroses-producteur a Minerve’ – unsprayed, local fruit. I tasted the soft, yellowness of this beautiful region – mouth-melting sunshine; delicious, golden harvest.
Early Australian summer and my husband surprised me with a single apricot. He’d battled predators, fruit-fly and weather to bring me a sunbeam. One bite and I was back in the little village once more, as the juice dribbled slowly down my chin.
Short bio
Elizabeth has lived in Australia all her life. She is happily married, a mother of two, grandmother of four and devoted assistant to one very bossy tortoiseshell cat named Lucy. Her working career began as a speech pathologist and later morphed into the totally unrelated field of retail manager in a university science centre and planetarium.
Travel has always been a focus and yes – there has always been a bucket list. This was brought into stark relief when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and following treatment, a travel timetable began to take shape. Guam was first, followed quickly by European and North American adventures. Illness nudged another long-held interest to the fore and Elizabeth began chronicling her trips with extensive photography, promising herself she would also write about her exploits.
Elizabeth has lived in Australia all her life. She is happily married, a mother of two, grandmother of four and devoted assistant to one very bossy tortoiseshell cat named Lucy. Her working career began as a speech pathologist and later morphed into the totally unrelated field of retail manager in a university science centre and planetarium.
Travel has always been a focus and yes – there has always been a bucket list. This was brought into stark relief when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and following treatment, a travel timetable began to take shape. Guam was first, followed quickly by European and North American adventures. Illness nudged another long-held interest to the fore and Elizabeth began chronicling her trips with extensive photography, promising herself she would also write about her exploits.
