Wales is the closest thing I’ve seen to New Zealand green since moving to Europe. We were invited to come and spend the weekend with Emily at her boyfriend Corin’s family home in Lampeter, along with their friends Tom and Laura. After narrowly making it onto the train at Paddington Station at an ungodly hour […]
Read more "A Weekend in Wales"Lots of people are checking in to make sure we’re ok following all the news footage of the riots in London. Last night I went for a walk near Regents Park and could hear shouting and car alarms as gangs of people ran amok. Before long I heard sirens and everyone dispersed. Besides a few […]
Read more "Riot Time"I hate getting older. But at least this year I had the beautiful island of Korčula to make everything seem better. Lookout point with Korčula in the distance. Korčula is about two hours north of Dubrovnik, and I had been tipped off to how great it was by others who had visited. The atmosphere is relaxed, […]
Read more "Quarter of a Century in Korčula"Today I learned that you shouldn’t go swimming in Montenegro without titanium footwear. We got up early in the morning and were picked up by a driver who took us across the border. We stopped in Kotor, an ancient walled city for gelato, then continued on the main town in Montenegro, Budva, where I swam. […]
Read more "Montenegro"I’m still pinching myself. I can’t quite believe we’re here. I’ve dreamed of visiting Dubrovnik for five years or more – ever since seeing a photo of the city in a travel book on my Aunty Chris’s coffee table. What I’ve learned since then only makes me drool more. They don’t call this place the […]
Read more "Dubrovnik"I’ve crossed borders all sorts of ways, but never by boat. I’ve never slept on one either. So I’m really looking forward to the overinght ferry from Bari, Italy to the last (and most hotly anticipated) stop on our trip Dubrovnik, Croatia. I think I would have more to say about the trip if I’d […]
Read more "Night Ferry Across the Adriatic"I’ve wanted to visit the buried Roman town of Pompeii ever since studying it as a kid. While Rome itself should hold more attraction, there’s something eerily engaging about the idea of a whole town frozen in time, where life just stopped in an instant and no development has occurred for nearly 2,000 years. There’s […]
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