Seven years ago, Malta stupefied us with her beauty. Returning, this time with a visit to Gozo (another of her islands), and she did it again.
Valletta Port
Where is Malta?…
Whilst it was quite sad saying farewell to England knowing that we were about to commence our journey home - the fun of boarding Arcadia once again did offer some…
The night we are due to leave Switzerland for France we watch the news for the first time in days. The main headlines mention chaotic scenes in Paris and many…
Switzerland. A land I have dreamt of visiting. A land whose chocolate, cheese and a heroine called Heidi have beguiled and beckoned me from a young age. So, did you…
We have just spent the past six days first in Rome then in Verona, Italy and seriously we are still reeling from all that we have seen. Rome, in particular,…
It’s another night-time train journey this time from Zagreb to Split which is unfortunate as it would have been nice to see some of the Croatian countryside.
Split and…
An unfortunate side effect of travelling is cynicism. You're always on the look-out for someone to rip you off, for things to not go quite as planned. In some places…
Another day another train. This one - the overnight train from Moscow to Warsaw, Poland passing through Belarus. Again, the unwelcome disruption of the border crossings at some ungodly hour.…
Ok so we did cheat slightly. After failing to find an automatic camper van to hire then realising that due to the popularity of Ireland in the summer, all of…
Ghent -still relatively quiet on the tourism front
I must admit that arriving in Brussels Belgium four days after another terrorist attack - this time at a main train station here…
Magnificent canals
In our early twenties Amsterdam - renown for its cafes where one could smoke marijuana, party all night and ogle sex workers sitting in shop fronts advertising their wares…
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
We have always been conscious of Berlin - its celebrity up there with London, Paris or New York. Because of this I think we…
Town Square
If you think us Aussies know how to drink beer - we have since discovered that the Czech Republic leaves us for dead. Apparently beer has been brewed here…
Its nearing the stage where we constantly need to keep asking where are we? What day is it? Four months of constant travel can obviously result in total disorientation. Well…
View from castle at dinner time
Austria - what an unforeseen surprise and what a beautiful country to navigate by train. Stunning scenery, friendly people and easy travelling. The rail journey…