The total solar eclipse over Valencia on 12 August 2026 – with the solar corona just before sunset – followed by three days of sightseeing: City Hall, the Silk Exchange…
Five days before climbing Kilimanjaro: a cancelled flight and a night at Zurich airport, the inauguration of a Brussels Airlines route, a day in Arusha, the Cemetery of Polish Exiles…
The AKT Olsztyn autumn hitchhiking rally in October 2025: from Olsztyn by thumb to Mrągowo (the Spring of Love), Kętrzyn (OPL air-raid shelters and the Teutonic castle) and Reszel, with…
The last two days of our Czech trip in July 2025: the colonnades, Orthodox church and viewpoints of Karlovy Vary (with a downpour in the background), and in Pilsen a…
Two days in Prague in July 2025: the Old Town with the Orloj, Charles Bridge, Hradčany with Golden Lane, views from Petřín and Letná, the National Museum, Film Legends and…
Four June days in Silesia in 2025: an evening in Katowice by the Spodek and at the Namaste Travellers’ Club, the market square in Gliwice, a cage ride down to…
Berlin through the eyes of someone who lived here for more than four years: the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the Berlin Wall, the Cathedral with its viewing terrace, Nikolaiviertel, the…
Our last days in Colombia: the history and murals of Comuna 13 in Medellín, about 700 steps up the rock of El Peñón de Guatapé, less than a day in…
Cartagena, our first stop in Colombia: flying in from Panama, the walls and the San Felipe fort, palenqueras, sloths and tití monkeys in Centenario Park and the murals of Getsemaní…
Twelve days in Panama’s capital: ships in the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal, colonial Casco Viejo and coffee at Café Coca-Cola, raccoons on the Cinta Costera promenade, sloths and…
Five weeks in Antigua Guatemala: a Spanish course with one-to-one or pair lessons, a homestay with a Guatemalan family, a Mayan wedding in a culture class, colonial churches and ruins,…
A three-day road trip to central Spain: the monastery-palace of El Escorial, the Valley of Cuelgamuros with its huge cross, the Roman aqueduct and the Alcázar in Segovia, and the…