The Robert Louis Stevenson quotation “to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive” is indeed true of my day trip from Paphos to Limassol. It is not a detraction from the…
While visiting Cologne recently I was curious to see Bonn which is less than 30 km away. After all, Bonn was the capital of former West Germany! One day was…
I don’t normally travel abroad in February unless it’s to somewhere hot and sunny. I mean, steely grey skies with menacing dark clouds aren’t exactly made for scenic photos. Besides,…
The weather was surprisingly pleasant and warm for January this year. As my current stay in Hong Kong was drawing to a close, I made the most of the fine…
October to December is the perfect for visiting Hong Kong. It’s warm, dry and sunny. It’s a pity that in 2019 all that the outside world could see were images…
My partner and I wanted to visit one other city in Myanmar during our 5-day trip to Yangon. We had considered Bagan or Mandalay, but both are over 600 km…
Having visited cities and sights in 50 countries it’s increasingly difficult to find somewhere new that excites me! But I found it in Yangon last week when my partner and…
This post is part of a series called The Balkans My friend and I decided to take just one organised day trip during our stay in Tirana in September. We…
This post is part of a series called The Balkans For the 52nd country to leave my footprints I found another great deal with British Airways Holidays to Tirana, Albania,…
Although Toledo was what drew me to revisit Madrid recently, Cuenca turned out to be the highlight of the trip. Having already visited Segovia and Salamanca, research took me to…