If you think Miss Marple is a brand of cake mix and Poirot is a French wine, this post may be of little interest to you. However if the dotty spinster from St Mary Mead and our little egg-shaped headed man are familiar, then carry on old chap. I was introduced…
There are more than 2000 miles of canals in the UK. This information can be found on Wikipedia, or from my friendly canal boat captains, Mark and Ruth – and I prefer the personal touch. Mark and Ruth own Wandering Duck, a 69-foot narrowboat from which they help people explore…
I’m a big believer in exploring a city on foot. I’m also a big believer in travelling cheap. So a free walking tour seemed like the best way to get to know Prague.
Think the Tour de France is just about cycling? Wrong. The Tour has evolved into a roving carnival traveling through the back roads of France. This has largely occurred due to the preceding caravan. The Tour de France Caravan features a stack of sponsorship vehicles in a 40km-long…
In Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, as James Bond, races around Venice. In the film the city looks so gorgeous. (As does Daniel Craig) Lovely old buildings, the weaving canals – a-one-of-a-kind city. What those scenes don’t show are all the tourists. So many tourists. I can’t be too critical. I was one…
It had been sold to me as “the best Tuscan meal of your life”. And judging by the line-up we faced on our first attempt to eat at il Latini, I reckon that wasn’t an overstatement. After our rookie mistake the night before, I arrived at il Latini,…
Michelangelo’s David. The world’s second most famous David. I’d be a lot more excited about seeing the first one naked, but I’ll leave that for Victoria Beckham. So why all the fuss over this naked statue? I honestly have no idea. I call it the Mona Lisa effect.…
By the time I arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, nearly three weeks after leaving Vancouver’s Pacific Station, I had spent four and a half days on a train. I’d covered more than 6000km. It wasn’t all at once: I turned it into a three-week trip. But it was certainly…
You don’t need to be a cycling fan to enjoy the Tour de France. I mean, it helps, but the three-week race is often spectacle enough. Broadcasts of the race draw up to 15 million viewers around the world. But if you’d rather get in the thick of the…
Never have I spent a chilly evening toasting marshmellows in the living room of a hostel. But then I didn’t find Lead Cove Hostel to be an ordinary hostel. As a seasoned hostel guest, I’ve become accustomed to the whole routine: check in, get wifi code, find bunk,…
