Lokrum Island – Dubrovnik, Croatia
Lokrum Island is 0,7 km southeast of Dubrovnik, Croatia, and is known as the 'Island of Kings'. It is only 0.8 sq. km and, although the rivalry between the City...
The Travellers’ Ten Commandments
When I was a tour guide, I had a folder on the coach with fun things to read, photos and insights. I suppose it was a kind of a blog...
Glasgow’s Olympic Rings
A week after the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, I was in Scotland. Glasgow had it's own Olympic Rings. It is wonderful to see how this city...
The Hermitage
For years I took tour groups to the Louvre in Paris. I have always felt overwhelmed by the art, the building, the atmosphere, which is abuzz with tourist energy. I...
Svirstroy
One of the many advantages of travelling on a cruise ship is that you get to stop off at some more remote communities, such as Svirstroy. This could of course...
Your Travel Life
YOUR TRAVEL LIFE HAS THE ESSENCE OF A DREAM IT IS SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE NORMAL, YET YOU ARE IN IT IT IS PEOPLED WITH CHARACTERS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN AND...
St Isaac’s Cathedral in St Petersburg
Our afternoon excursion was to St Isaac's Cathedral in St Petersburg, the fourth largest one-domed cathedral in the world after St Peter's in Rome, St Paul's in London and St...
Kizhi Island, Russia
Whether you are spiritual, religions or neither, Kizhi Island in Russia, awakens something in you. On the approach, the World Heritage Transfiguration Cathedral welcomes the ship as it peers over...
Prague – the Centre of Europe
Prague is in the very centre of Europe. So, the energetic centre of Europe should be in the very middle of the Charles Bridge in the heart of the city....
Goritsy and the Monastery of the White Lake
Wherever you look in Russia there are gorgeous buildings - along the river, in the towns, peeping over the trees, in the cities. But sadly so many of them are...
Fort William – “Fort Bill”
Fort William in Scotland is sadly not a town high on the tourist destination list. But more as a base for the exploration of the surrounding area, but it has...
Life’s Lessons & Ballet
Pushkin is a town just outside St Petersburg and home to Catherine the Great's Winter Palace. And a wonderful start to my 'life's lessons & ballet' journey while on a...