Vienna, the capital of Austria, has been home to many artists and intellectuals who have shaped the modern world: Sigmund Freud, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven are just a few of them. Not surprisingly, this city is undeniably rich in art, music, and... Read More
I have always maintained that there is something special about Sinai. When you cross the Suez Canal and enter Sinai proper, you are not just crossing a canal within Egypt. You have just crossed over from Africa into Asia. But this is more than just a journey from one... Read More
It’s hard not to fall in love with a town like Dubrovnik. Situated in the south of Croatia facing the shimmering blue Adriatic Sea, this ancient, medieval city feels like walking onto a movie set, and even that’s half-right: Game of Thrones was filmed here as the... Read More
Home to masterpieces of art and architecture, the capital of Italy’s Tuscany region is full of relentless charm and beauty. Florence is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance and as one of the great romantic cities of the world. Unsurprisingly, then, I fell head... Read More
I am a perpetual traveller. I have no fixed home and so am accustomed to playing the constant role of visitor in lands which are not mine. With that comes certain moral responsibilities and I try very, very hard not to impose my Western beliefs, ethics and standards... Read More
It’s been a proud, quintessential American tradition since 1841’s New York iteration in Syracuse, and still going strong today. State fairs are massive annual events, highly anticipated across the US landscape. Typically a gathering of a state’s... Read More
There has to be a first time for everything and tonight it is being publicly lassoed in the crowd-lined streets of Gallura in Sardinia. My captor is wearing a mask and although his overall aspect is somewhat alarming my local buddies assure me that health and... Read More
Food is a fully-realised culture of its own. Its trends, icons and movements, across the world and time, inspire veneration but are also forgotten just as quickly. But when food is built around and for a community, combined with atmosphere and leaving space for... Read More
My first ever solo trip was to Ireland. Given that I live at the (literally) opposite end of the world, it meant that my 36-hour trip to get there was gruelling, exhausting, and quite frankly, disorientating. I was surprised to learn, then, that Ireland felt just like... Read More
One of the sad but inevitable downsides I have found to travelling for so many years is that amazing things stop having quite as much ability to amaze. As I gaze upon a beautiful waterfall somewhere a small voice in my head, unwelcome but audible, says ‘but it... Read More
