I love a city, any city. The sounds, the sights and the smell. Pounding pavements and meandering through streets and alleys, but Berlin is massive and it soon became apparent this could not be conquered by foot. When I say massive, its the sheer scale of everything, from the size of the buildings to the…
Category: Europe
Côte d’Azur – Monaco and Eze
A day trip galavanting along the French Riviera towards Monaco. Looking out across the glittering Mediterranean twenty kilometres east of Nice is the municipality of Monaco. The second smallest independent state after the Vatican but no less ostentatious. An area favoured by the world’s glitterati. First a stop to Fragonard a perfume and soap factory. Since…
Cote d’Azur – Cannes
Day in Cannes by train for a change of scene. Its only about 5 euros and takes about 40 minutes relaxing at the views of the coast. Not much planned except have a wander and take in the vibe The splendid La Croisette promenade. The perfect platform for watching the world. walk from end of…
Turquoise Jewels of the Côte d’Azur – Nice
A few days sampling the delights of the Côte d’Azur. First stop Nice. I love a wander around a market and Nice has plenty on offer Marché Aux Fleurs (flowers, food and antiques) Puces de Nice (antiques) Place Saint-François (fish) Place Garibaldi (antiques) Place du Palais de Justice (second-hand books and antiques/arts and crafts) Quai de…
48 hours in Budapest
I love Budapest for lots of reasons – its a romantic city (whats not to love about standing on a beautiful bridge looking over the city) architecture (especially art nouveau and modernist concrete metro stations), rickety trams, and long leisurely soaks in one of the municipal baths. This trip was spent investigating how many weird…
Corfu in Technicolour
This years summer escape was Corfu in the Greek Ionian islands. These islands lie off Greece’s western coast and the North of the Island is closer to Albania than mainland Greece. 9 years ago we took a few months touring the Cyclades with our one year old daughter, a buggy and two backpacks but this trip was…
