Armchair Traveller: Sagra dei Crotti, Chiavenna, Lombardy, Italy
Armchair traveller: Prague, the Czech Republic
My Top Ten books from 2019
It’s always hard to pick your own Top Ten books of the year. What criteria do you set yourself? What is more worthy, the one that made you laugh, or the one that left you truly fearful for the future? Originality? Writing style? Characterisation? Plot? Or the fact that as…
Sunshine and history combine at the beautiful Shorncliffe Pier, Queensland
Bird’s eye view of Korčula, one of Croatia’s magnificent heritage towns
Mist and moodiness and a dash of Game of Thrones
Galician town of Cee from the gorse-lined path of the Camino heading to Corcubion
Santiago de Compostela, Spain’s historic city captivates at every corner
Although it was the journey – the Camino from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela – rather than the destination that was important, the historic city in Galicia, in Spain’s northern region, is both beguiling and intriguing. For it manages to balance the thrust of an increasingly secular modern world, with…
Centuries-old tradition is fundamental to Easter celebrations in northern Spain’s Galician region
The origins of the Easter ceremonies in the Galician town of of Ferrol lies centuries in the past Passionate displays of devotion practices and regalia steeped in tradition …