Sunday morning we began the day with breakfast on the terrace at Locanda del Papa. They seemed to have an endlessly supply of croissants and preserves and for the hundredth time I cursed my metabolism ...

The opening twenty minutes of No Time To Die (the last of Daniel Craig’s James Bond films) made me wonder, “Where is this place!?” Trulli Houses alone had never been quite enough to tempt me into ...

We have enjoyed our visit to northwest France so much that we decided to write a new brochure for the regional Office de Tourism. Dear visitor. We invite you to step back in time to explore this ...

While we believe that the Nazis were ruthless fanatics led by a fascist dictator, it is a sad fact that there are despots and their acolytes around the world today who think Hitler was a hero and who ...

Good morning, beautiful blue sky...you are music to my eyes! Well, the weather is always changing in the mountains so you just never know from moment to moment...but the morning started off not too ...

After a quick breakfast at Flisvos Hotel we walked the three blocks on level ground to the bus depot. 16 E each to Heraklion, we have to change buses about half way. Then board another bus from ...

After the final Saturday market around Parma we didn't have any stops to make before Cinque Terre. We took the E33 highway most of the way and then a series of smaller roads to our agriturismo. The ...

Yesterday was a travelling day. Got on the local train for 1.5 hrs back to Kagoshima before boarding the bullet train for Hiroshima - a 2.5 hr journey. At 300 k/hr, that equates to 750 km! Bloody ...

After another early breakfast (do I ever get a lie in?) we headed off back to near the SkyTree, to an area called Asakusa. This time we were going to visit Senso-ji Temple and it’s 5 storey Pagoda. We ...

Dayton isn't on a direct line between Columbus and Cincinnati but it is a good-sized city and I'd heard of it so I wanted to stop long enough to see what it was all about. I had penciled in the ...

Here I was thinking I had finished tormenting myself and anyone else who has been following our journey but realised that I would have to complete some comments being back in Budapest considering the ...