If you love the atmosphere of a university town such as Oxford or Cambridge, then you are going to love Leiden. Hand-painted onto walls all...
In the past when I'd seen pictures of Mont St Michel I had marvelled at it. Rising sharply from an isolated outcrop of granite rock, it ...
From the glorious Versailles Palace to her final days in the grim Conciergerie prison, read on as I share tantalising glimpses into the lif...
Where I follow in the footsteps of Helen Maria Williams the poet and first female war correspondent who lived at the time of the French Rev...
I've been back a few weeks but my mind keeps returning to the fabulous gardens in Valencia, formerly the riverbed of the Turia and the a...
It's Halloween, it's dark outside and it's time to get spooky. I love the romance of a wreck and in the centre of Valencia I fou...
One lesson I learned in Florence, when it comes to eating as a tourist, don't assume you'll just happen upon a great place to eat. Y...
A golden beam of light shines once a year on the spot where the wife and muse of Rembrandt was buried; an arched doorway, one woman's pr...
It was the year I discovered new ways to enjoy food with pop-up supper clubs, a food tour, discounted fine dining and free organic breakfas...
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