Seville is too beautiful. There, I said it again. Looking at the above photo, frankly I think it’s cheating that Seville is allowed to be so beautiful. Have you ever been to Hull? Wigan? The steaming pile of excrement that is Luton? How is Seville so beautiful while places like those listed above languish in…
Visiting Belém Tower in Lisbon, Portugal, is really a visit to the dark side of the human psyche. And the tower is really quite pretty to look at: Unfortunately, that is all the positivity you’re getting out of me for this post because what’s inside that tower is not pretty. Don’t get me wrong, physically…
So, you want to know how to get the best photo of Neuschwanstein Castle, do you? You’re in the right place. Maybe. At least I can tell you what I did. I was lying on my stomach in the snow at the edge of a ridge in a forest, eye squinting through a camera lens….
One thing’s for sure, you wouldn’t want Antoni Gaudí as your neighbor. Imagine leaving your house one morning and bumping into him and he tells you, with a big sigh, “My house has no straight lines.” You’d get that FOR SALE sign up before you can say “stay away from my kids”. Gaudí, for those…
It’s winter and everyone is either sick, was sick recently, or is cheerfully announcing to everyone that they never get sick (please join me in coughing all over those bastards). Sadly I was sick in Rome on New Years Eve. Here’s the account of my sniffles. I booked a trip to be in Rome on…
The following is a guide explaining how to get from Albania to Kosovo, starting in Tirana and ending in Prizren. I’m writing it for all the poor saps who are in Tirana right now and can’t work out how to leave the place. I feel for you guys because I’ve been there. I’ll help you…
Often when you travel you come across something unexpected or breathtaking or something to make you stop in your tracks and go “woah”. It could be beautiful blue water off the coast of a Greek island. It could be an ugly naked man snorkeling in said beautiful blue water. For me it was a sunset…
Prague isn’t short of fun things to do. From the Astronomical Clock and the Old Town in general, to Prague Castle, you shouldn’t be bored. But if you want something a little different, how about “a church made entirely of human bones”? Now I have your interest. This post is about the Chapel of Bones….
“Do you know what the most significant battle in history was?” asked our walking guide, George. It was March and it was cold and damp and we were in Athens, learning about Greek history, of which there is a lot. “I don’t know, but did the Greeks win it?” said someone annoyingly. We all glared…
I was wandering aimlessly along the canals, snapping a few photos of the cute bridges and the rows of patchwork houses, when I noticed a shop sign that proudly announced it was “The Most Vibrating Shop”. I’d accidentally wandered into the Amsterdam red light district. Before I realized where I was, the sign piqued my…