Europe Stories and Tips

Quote: I am going to begin this article in the same vein that a celebrity might approach an appearance on Oprah. I am going to use the full disclosure approach. This is not to say that I have any huge skeletons in my closet. That would…

Quote: If you have read any of my other journals, you may well have seen that I lived in China for four years. During that time, one of my favourite spots was the Xiushui Market in the Sanliturn area of the city. I wont for one…

Quote: I was very excited when I first stepped into the Black Sea at Golden Sands because I was completing my full set of coloured seas. As a child, my parents took my to Hurghada in Egypt where I swam in the black Sea (and cut…

Quote: We arrived at Rome’s Fiumicino airport with unusual ease. Neither plane (IAD to FRA and FRA to FCO) was terribly late, and our bags arrived when we did! We walked an extra couple of miles getting to the rental car facility due to…

Quote: We needed a portable computer to take with us when travelling (and I wanted a laptop anyway). The solution was to go for one of the suddenly so popular netbooks and thus the Asus EeePC 1005HA was purchased. I will not regale you here with…

Quote: I bought a pair of Merrell Chameleon when my old sandals died on me after a few years of use. I initially resented spending £50 on a pair of summer shoes, but as I got four years decent service out of them (and they might…

Quote: I bought the Karrimor Bobcat 65 when my £25 rucksack from Aldi gave up the ghost after five years of service (I had hoped for one so it was pretty good). I normally buy cheapie walking equipment (apart from boots) as I think there is…

Quote: Several days in to our Go Gorillas hitch hiking expedition from Poland to Greece and having been fiddling around with small rides in a group of three in Hungary, we found ourselves making up on time and absolutely raced through Romania. In fact, we crossed…

Quote: Going to Ukraine for Euro 2012, I was surprised by certain changes from previous visits and there was a distinct difference at the border. There was a real international make up when it came to the passengers on the Warsaw bus and having been ushered…

Quote: A tiny dot on the map of the world, a pea-sized insignificant spot on the map of Europe, Andorra is an independent country with a population of less than 80 thousand. Although short of historical buildings, art museums and cultural venues, it is nonetheless a…