Europe
Before you escape to the continent
From internet speeds to where to buy cream for mossie bites, these are some of the important aspects of living abroad we’d want to know the answers to about any potential destination. […]
Articles by Jack
Europe
Up close, Alpersbach in the Black Forest
Where and what is Alpersbach? Google defines it as a river in Germany. We know it as an oasis in the depths of a dense forest – a scenic valley in the heart of the Schwarzwald (Black Forest). […]
Europe
The travel destination with a perfect climate
It is 46C. My phone pings with warnings from the Portuguese Met Office about there being an extreme risk of fires. We will eat lunch outside, huddling under the shade of an umbrella which only […]
Travel Talk
When travel IS about the journey
In this fast-paced world there are journeys where I actually do relish the voyage; where it might be a means of getting from A to B but one which gives an insight into a specific location. […]
Food and drink
Slow Travel means being flexible with your eating patterns
It’s one thing to want to dive into the gastronomy of a destination, but an authentic Slow Travel experience means embracing its eating patterns as well. […]
Europe
Scenes of a stroll around 5 districts of Venice
Venice is one of those destinations which sat loftily on a grand cerebral column. But reports of it being an overcrowded tourist destination (regularly lumped in with Barcelona and Dubrovnik) had made us wary that it might be just another dreamy bubble waiting to be burst. […]
Travel Photography
Seven Slow Travel photos in 2018, part one
Our Slow Travel photos are often snapshots in time of an experience which has left a lasting impression. Why that is might only be obvious to us. As a photographer I can only hope that some convey the merest taste of what we felt at the time. […]
Hiking
Behind the scenes of writing walking route directions
For anyone out there with an interest in how the walking directions in their hands came into existence, here’s how we put together routes. […]