Sreemangal in a Day by Accident
With a kind-of-delicious-kind-of-just-sweet seven layer tea down me, I joined my new friends Shohan and Sakib who had hired a CNG (tuk tuk) for the day to see the sights […]
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Behind Bars in Lvshun Prison
Thanks to Dalian’s proximity to Russia (in relative terms, anyway!) and its history which I won’t even claim to know anything about, there remains quite a lot of Soviet influence […]
A Day Ruined at Pompeii
Heads up: If you only have a limited amount of time in Naples, click here to read about how you can see the (in my opinion) much better Herculaneum and […]
Cause and Effect: A Day at Herculaneum and Vesuvius
When visiting Naples it goes without saying that the proximity to the ancient ruins of Pompeii make it a must-see. The town destroyed by the still-active Mount Vesuvius is something […]
Naples in a Day
It’s become something of a tradition for me recently to try and ‘do’ a city in a day when visiting. Often – such as my trips to Dusseldorf, Cologne and […]
In Pictures: Berlin
A picture is apparently worth a thousand words, so instead of writing a few thousand more words about my trip to Berlin here are some of my favourite pictures from the […]
Berlin in a Day
In recent times my trips tend to have been limited to only a day of sightseeing thanks to various factors. Madrid was limited simply because of time constraints, and a […]
Lamb Guts and Plazas Galore in Madrid
It’s rare that I need an excuse to travel, however when I priced up flights back from my New Year break in Lanzarote I was left with no choice but […]
A 10 Hour, 500 Mile Round Trip for a Gig!
I’ve been known to travel far and wide to follow my favourite bands around whichever country I’m in. I made the short(ish) trip to Santander to see Vintage Trouble back […]
Hoffenheim Never Losin’ Goal-Fest in Leverkusen
I’d heard that there was very little to do in Leverkusen and discovered on the journey that it was actually only established as a city in 1975! Known primarily for […]
Rambling Northerner 