The rest of the world may still largely be in lock-down and not able to leave their homes, but today, Elon Musk, two astronauts, and countless support people and companies made history by leaving the planet.

Today the private rocket company SpaceX has sent Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, two Nasa astronauts, into orbit – essentially signalling the start of NASA using SpaceX as a ‘taxi’ service to the International Space Station.

As the world begins to open its doors again, and I am preparing for my next journey, I wanted to take a moment and reflect on the fact that this planet can sometimes feel ever so big, and at other times, ever so tiny – but no matter where we go, this beautiful moon is constantly there, looking down on each of us, and in her own way, telling us everything will be ok…

Sending love and smiles to all…

~ Bella

Chocolate Green Man

May 24, 2020 0

We may all be in lock-down at the moment, but that's even more reason to let our creative juices out and see what amazing things we can create! Inspired by a friend's birthday, I decided to make a chocolate and slivered almond 'green man', complete with edible 23 carat gold…

The world is reopening its doors and that means its time for me to leave...

May 31, 2020 1

As of June 15th, 2020, much of Europe will re-open borders and begin to re-open hotels and the like... ...and so for me, that means it is time to consider 'where next'? I have decided the next stop on my Luxurious Nomad life will be Iceland for three months -…