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…
Four days of the May long weekend with Łukasz and Mateusz: the Wietrznia reserve and Castle Hill in Kielce, a Korona match, the open-air museum in Tokarnia, Chęciny Castle, Raj…
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 days by car around eastern Andalusia with my sister Kasia and aunt Teresa: Lorca, Granada and the Albaicín quarter (no Alhambra – tickets were sold out), the witches’ village…
Four days in Quito: Mitad del Mundo and the real equator 240 metres away, the roof of the Basilica of the National Vow, the statue on El Panecillo hill, a…
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…
The Maya ruins of Copán: the Hieroglyphic Stairway, stelae, the ball court and scarlet macaws, plus the town of Copán Ruinas, ticket prices, getting there by bus from El Salvador…
Ten days in Quetzaltenango, or Xela: by chicken bus from Lake Atitlán, prayers and flowers on the sacred Maya hill of Cerro Quemado, Laguna Chicabal in a volcanic crater and…
Ten days at Lake Atitlán based in San Pedro La Laguna: Indian Nose without an organised tour, colourful San Juan with its murals, a 12-metre jump into the lake in…