Bologna’s Trattoria di Via Serra is more than just a restaurant;
it is an incredible experience!

I qualify the statement simply because there are a couple of other extraordinary restaurants that I know and love, and would not want to …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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

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 …

“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 …

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 …