The Bernina Express connects the northern Italian town of Tirano with Chur in Switzerland. It is included on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Think the Tour de France is just about cycling? Wrong. The Tour has evolved into a roving carnival traveling through the back roads of…

One year ago I was sitting in the Sydney Airport, having just left Tasmania. As I waited for my sister I wrote this post. Twelve…

Almost every second store in Venice sells glass products, whether it be cheap mass-produced necklaces or bracelets for about five euro or elaborate designs…

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…

“WELCOME to the most beautiful bookshop in the world” reads the sign. In the maze of streets and canals that is Venice we have…

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…

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…