Think Oman, and you think desert. But what we found was mile after mile of barren, spiky rubble, cliffs of jutting sharp rocks, unrelieved by a single piece of vegetation or water. We drove for hours across what felt like the surface of the moon. We saw goats foraging but couldn't work out what they could possibly be eating.
You can't beat a good millefeuille, which is basically a posh custard slice. Yum!
Pudding is my favourite part of any meal and I always have one if I can manage it.
If I were to say anything to my 18-year-old self, it would be, 'Loosen up. Chill out.'
Thailand was a revelation to me; the landscapes, the culture, the food and the people.
Most visitors to Iceland tend to spend just a few hours in Reykjavik before moving on to the geological wonders beyond. I think they are missing out.
If you crave a bit of adventure and the unknown, Singapore is not for you.
My Duke of Edinburgh interview for his 90th in June 2011 was not one of my successes. I knew what to expect: there were some very uncomfortable moments and put-downs, but I think it made for entertaining viewing.
Antiques Roadshow' is a public service. It reflects the nation back to itself, as does 'Question Time.'
I've been a journalist for too long to stop calling myself a journalist, and also when I'm doing 'Fake or Fortune?' I'm going through a rigorous investigation.
As an army marches on its stomach, I vacation on mine. And for that reason, among others, I found myself in holiday heaven in Singapore.
I don't know anything about antiques. I do buy them now, but I have a little knowledge, and great enthusiasm.
I was born in Singapore, but I left at four so memories are hazy.
They're all good-looking men - I can't think of a male presenter who isn't a good-looking bloke - but, you know, they're not judged by their suits and ties.
Age is definitely an issue for women in TV. There comes a point - especially if you're a woman - when your career just falls off a cliff. I'm not being self-pitying. That's just the way it is.
I learnt a salutary lesson when I was being hired for the 'Six O'Clock News' and others were being fired, people who I thought were great, like Jill Dando. Letting her go was a big mistake, in my view. But that is probably going to be me one day - I'll read about it in the press and that will be that.
I'd set out to Oman in search of luxury with culture and family-friendly adventure thrown in. And I found it.
I think the BBC has come a long way in equal pay. I think it's come the furthest of all in the representation of women on screen.
I've chosen not to go to Sky or ITV because the programmes I've made at the BBC, I want to carry on making.
I love 'The Master And Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov, which is about repression in Soviet Russia in the 1930s.
