Just for the record: I was not sleeping through all those years of religious education lessons, nor was I drifting off during my beloved European history classes. Nevertheless, I had never heard of the Papessa Giovanna (Pope Joan) until I moved to Rome, into the same neighborhood where the only female Pope’s secret is said [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote about the four corners of France, this week I thought my travel tip would be to entice the Francophiles amongst you to the heart of France. Well, it is almost Saint Valentine’s day – so why not. Puy-de-Dôme is one of the original 83 administrative Departments that were created [...]
Dublin and Guinness often times go hand in hand. Especially for young men (and women for that matter) in their twenties looking for ideas from a travel guide. And so I found myself wandering through a snowy and icy Dublin on my way to St. James’s Gate Brewery, home of Guinness. The tour is actually [...]
Dublin is known to be a haunted city with a great history of supernatural occurrences. The Dublin Ghost Bus Tour is one of my Europe travel tips as it takes brave visitors on a tour of the darker side of Dublin. Riders on the bus will learn the legends about how Dracula came to be, [...]
The lovely Estonian town of Tartu certainly has a cultural bent: my tips for Tartu sightseeing include the Crooked Art Museum and the University of Tartu. Another cultural side you’ll notice if you stroll around Tartu is that they’re big on honouring writers. My personal Estonian experience certainly fits this – the first person I [...]
I wouldn’t have even stopped had it not been for what I thought was a ‘typo.’ The sheer horror of a ‘Manet’ instead of a ‘Monet’ was enough to redirect my attention from the unusual colours of Hundertwasserhaus to the more muted glass pane before me, just a few meters from the colourful building. On [...]
I received a complimentary copy of Paris Movie Walks by Michael Schurmann for review purposes. I’m not a great movie buff but I thought that movie themed self guided Paris walks sounded like a great idea. Paris is already renowned as being one of the best cities to visit in Europe, so I thought it [...]
New York City has the famous cupcakes of Magnolia Cafe, and of course there are the lovely scones of York. But Europe’s real foodie attraction are the pretty in pink cakes in Vienna at Cafe Aida Photo by denkrahm This is a chain cafe/bakery in Austria, now I normally wouldn’t recommend a Starbucks-like brand. But [...]
Although I was brought up in London, I’m constantly reminded when I return of the many great places to visit that are new to me. One of these is Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, and ever hopeful that spring is just around the corner, I thought I’d share some tips on things to do in [...]
The beautiful medieval town of Civita di Bagnoregio, about 100 km north of Rome – within the province of Lazio and just along the border with neighboring Umbria – is known as la città che muore (the dying city). Dying is, unfortunately, just what Civita di Bagnoregio is doing. The city, originally founded by the [...]
