Visiting Bologna is a very special experience, and one that all travellers to Italy should consider. Touring Italy is a wonderful experience, but where to start? How do you separate the wheat from the chaff, the brands from the local and get to experience some part of the country that is not highlighted too boldly […]
TransDniestria and Moldova: two unknown countries The Journey I have been most remiss; I have, as you will know, not written a piece for some time, and have been rightly chided by some regular readers for this absence. I have, however, been busy; my last piece was of two very fine restaurants in Bologna and […]
The Trattoria di Via Serra in Bologna and Barbarestan in Tbilisi are two very fine restaurants indeed I do realise that I have a very fortunate life, and my ability to wander and experience the world is one that I don’t take for granted. Bologna There is, for those who wonder, a downside. My […]
Although this tour was operated in 2016, I am always ready to head back and explore the Soviet Legacy in Georgia again. It is a fantastic juxtaposition with contemporary Georgia, and if this itinerary is of interest, contact me and we will see about operating again in 2021. send a note to me at max@maxglobetrotter.com […]
The AirBnb saga continues in Reunion I wrote a piece a couple of days ago that raised some issues about AirBnb, and how to deal with situations that go bad. Well, firstly, I should say that their help team, having “reached out” to me, did make the situation better, but did leave a couple of […]
Here’s the thing; when one looks for commercial accommodation listings, there are a few universal truths that we all know: 1) The cheapest hotels use the most expensive photographers 2) Small rooms are photographed with fish-eye lenses 3) They don’t exaggerate about “the bones” If a room is small, its dimensions are given in terribly […]
“Why are you going to La Réunion?”, I heard a lot. Well, firstly because it is an amazingly interesting place; Réunion is isolated, volcanic, wildly curious, gorgeous and completely counter to any concept of an-island-in-the-Indian-Ocean. And secondly because it is an astonishingly interesting destination. This, of course, was a little odd because one’s first impressions […]
St. Helena may not be the most recognised country in the world, but the predicament in which it now finds itself is quite extraordinary, and deserving of thought. St. Helena is isolated, and this simple fact is the cause of the islanders’ current sense of complete isolation, even abandonment. It is so far into the […]
Bodega Sommos, an idyll of natural wine There are wineries, and there is the Bodega Sommos, located in north-central Spain, just south of the Pyrenees in rural Aragon. For those (like me) whose knowledge of Spain is limited to the most iconic locations, exploring Aragon has come as a complete and wonderful surprise. It is […]