Memorable Places #4: Palmyra
Writing about Palmyra is a rather emotional experience for me. I visited Syria in November 2010, just a few months before the uprising in spring…
Memorable Places #3: Pamukkale
I visited this natural formation near this small town in western Turkey in October 2010, and I’ve still never seen anything like it since. Pamukkale…
Memorable Places #2: Great Wall of China
Hi again! Welcome back to the Memorable Places series. Here, I’m going to look through my past travels from just over a decade and reflect…
Memorable Places #1: Plaza de España
Hi there! It’s been a while. I know, the world is upside down and now is not a time to be planning travel, so I…
The Joy of Everyday Things in Warsaw
I recently went to Warsaw for the weekend with a very good friend of mine, Michael Pieracci. We had never travelled together, but we’d spent…
My Favourite Podcasts
For most of the time that I’ve had a portable device that plays audio, I’ve pretty much always used it much more for listening to…
Places I’d Like to Visit in Italy: A Wishlist
2017 was the first time I visited Italy since I was 18 (back in 2004!) and I went not only once, but twice. If you…
Vienna in Summer
I’ve spent a lot of time in Vienna over the years. Back in 2010, I started teaching English in Austria and was often placed in…
We’re Going to Mexico!
Well hello, 2017! It’s been a bit quiet around here for the last month or so as I made the active decision to take some…
Where I’ll Take You When You Come to Visit Berlin
Having just had our last planned visitors for the year stay with us for a long weekend, I realised that mostly when people come to…
We’re Going to Asia! (Plus, Receive a Postcard from Us!)
It’s finally happening. After announcing our plan almost a year ago which then fell through, we are now actually going to be travelling in Asia! In less than…
Europe 2016: Hopes, Dreams and Plans
While we’re in the midst of planning an exciting new trip to Asia for a couple of months over December and into the New Year…