This was the second time I had been to Rome and I was excited at the chance to start exploring Vatican city and this time take some photos that I could keep. The problem was that with so much to do in the city and so little time to explore, we would have a hard […]
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Top Ten 2013 European City Breaks
With the price of a plane ticket to Spain costing less than a local train ticket, there is no excuse for not taking a 2013 European city break. Here’s my list of the top ten 2013 European city breaks. 1. Barcelona With amazing architecture, nice beaches and a booming nightlife, there are lots of things […]
Expatriate or Immigrant: How Everything Changes When you Move Abroad
Immigrants, that’s you and me if we decide to live and work abroad. Talk about it within the context of home however and just that one word by itself is enough to provoke a reaction from most people. The issue is never far from the public consciousness and tabloid newspapers unashamedly play upon these fears […]
Geneva: Exploring the Old City
Exploring Geneva in two short days is no easy task. There are all the watches, cuckoo clocks to see and the UN headquarters in Europe to visit. Plus I had to make my millions, or should that mean empty my bank account. Within an hour of landing I realised that this visit to Geneva would […]
Athens: A City of Orange Trees
Many tried to put me off visiting Greece and exploring Athens altogether. It’s hot, polluted and dusty friends said. Moreover the country is in the middle of an economic meltdown more severe than the Great Depression. I could have been exploring Vatican City instead. I arrived to a city of orange trees and warm spring […]
Kupang: A Stupid Decision and the Terrible Consequences
It was in the taxi leaving the airport when I first realised we’d not landed in Flores, but Kupang (where is Kupang and what to do in Kupang?). There I was with a guidebook on my lap scanning the Flores section for suitable hotels when the driver started talking to me: Me: We want to […]