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Sunday Morning in Paris
I am in Paris and it is Saturday night. Tomorrow I have a chunk of time to myself before heading to the airport so I was considering the best way to spend a Sunday morning. I think Paris and Rome are phenomenal cities on a Sunday morning, they have the wonderful ability to wake up Read more…
Keeping up with the Leaning Tower of Pisa
This week marks the date, in 1964, when the Italian government finally accepted the need to look for professional help in preventing the Leaning Tower of Pisa from what appeared to be a terminal tilt that would end in collapse. Construction on the bell tower (I know, you got that from the quiz) began in Read more…
The London Underground – 150 Years Young
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the London underground. In fact it was on January 9th 1863 that the first train ran between Farringdon and Paddington. I meant to write about it then but sort of forgot. Anyway, I’m not the only one late to the party and last week the royals headed underground. Read more…
Six Nations Rugby Tournament and Learn the Basics
This coming weekend sees the 4th round of matches in the annual Six Nations rugby tournament, contested by the main rugby playing nations in Europe. The four British countries are joined by France and, since 2000, Italy (prior to that it was cunningly known as the Five Nations tournament). The format is pretty straightforward; over Read more…
Quiz: Do You Know Britain, France, Italy and Spain?
A magazine I subscribe to here in Britain runs a regular feature where it shares some spectacularly bad answers given to quiz questions. There’s getting it wrong and then there are those moments when the brain just refuses to assist and leaves the mouth is sole control. Here’s a personal favorite, Radio DJ: Which is Read more…
8 Cool Places to Visit in Berlin
Looking for somewhere cool to visit? Berlin is a city packed with museums and galleries, it has a world famous orchestra and one of the most respected international film festivals on the circuit. None of this seems surprising for a modern European city, but what is astonishing is the range. Berlin is open to pretty Read more…
The Fiery History of La Fenice
Back in 1770 Venice was home to an astonishing seven theatres. In 1773 one of these, the San Benedetto, burned down. A decision was made to rebuild the theatre and to make the new building larger, more opulent and stylish than any which had previously existed in the city. The name given to the new Read more…
Amazing Race Mini-Version While on Tour
The Amazing Race is a TV show which, I think, is not shown on TV in the UK. However, I remember watching the first series of it many years back when living in Boston. Good stuff, it features people who don’t always know where they are headed, running around the place and trying to outwit Read more…
The Knowledge – Black Cabs of London
London’s black cabs are easily recognized and a bit of a city attraction. However, one thing which people visiting the capital might sometimes fail to notice is the amount of moped riders zipping around the capital with a map fixed to the handlebars, occasionally stopping to make notes or mark something on the map. These are future Read more…
2013 – The Year Ahead in Europe
Happy New Year to all. The first week of the year seems as good a time as any to look ahead, maybe make a few predictions and also consider a few of the places I might be travelling to this year. Ireland I will be leading two tours to Ireland (one in March, the second Read more…
