The Carthaginians arrived in Ibiza in 654. The Goths and Visigoths, Muslims and Christians followed. Then came the Chavs, the hen and stag parties, the tattoos, the piercings, the thongs, the “full-on” party animals, the […]
It’s a rare and special act travelling off-season especially somewhere so geared to the summer where sun loungers are arranged in busy blocks to dissuade the casual visitor. Off-season you meet only locals, you don’t […]
It must be an age thing – but to me there is not much difference between a windmill and a wind turbine. So it’s a good job I had 13-year-old Flossie on hand to put […]
There is something quite therapeutic about watching a golden beach being lovingly picked of its tiny bits of rubbish by an old man who deserves instead to be lying back and watching the world go […]
As usual I drew the short straw. A glamorous fairy and a dashing pirate were up for grabs. But somehow, I ended up as a rather rotund and balding monk! Yes, it was only virtual […]
Taking time out to have fun is a way of life for the Swedish and the locals living in the 2nd city of Gothenburg are gearing up for a year of celebrations as it marks […]
Just half an hour’s drive or train ride from the centre of Rome is the medieval city of Frascati, one of several historic hill towns to the south-east of Rome collectively called ‘Castelli Romani’. It’s […]
With the sun virtually guaranteed to appear shining, as it does, for more than 300 days a year, it’s perhaps best to visit Cyprus between May and June or mid-September to mid-October when the sun […]
Why go to all the trouble? By which I mean a Mediterranean summer holiday with spiralling temperatures, lengthy traffic jams and overcrowded flights for the holiday that never really stands a chance. Instead, for sheer […]
Who needs chocolate when you can get your first whack of real energy in the morning through a quirky amber power wheel. Owned by the fabulously eccentric couple Virginija and Kazimieras Mizgirs, the fun invention […]
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