A day, I found, was just enough to walk around the historic Luxembourg city. In that time, you could leisurely explore everything from the fortresses and Petrusse Casemates to the palace and the Pfaffenthal.
Beirut – sharp contrasts to fall in love
The thing about Beirut – it gets pretty uncomfortable. When you walk along the streets of the old city, there are bullet marks in the buildings and disrepair following bombings.
Looking for Abruzzo
In my mind, I’ve always seen Italy as this great place for Renaissance architecture although I think in reality, it’s often very far from the palazzos that I imagined.
Travels with Chefs, a postcard from Cornwall
Sitting on top of a tree, encapsulated in five layers of thermals and still being chilled to the core, is not that fun. Especially when there’s no deer in sight.
Island whisky, a jaunt to Talisker
There was something surreal about being on an island in the summer where the temperature barely made it past the tens but the sun shone and the water was pristine.
Geneva: A City of the World
It’s hard to pin down the kind of place Geneva is. A city of luxury? A city of watches? A city of science?