Driving on Croatia
Croatia

Driving on Croatia

There are over 22,000 sq miles of Croatia to explore, including its host of islands that pepper the coast all the way from Istria to Dubrovnik. If you want to see as much of it as you can, a car may be your best option. […]

Alpenhorn to greet a misty sunrise on Rigi
Europe

In Search Of Sunrise on Mount Rigi

We counted about eleven pre-dawn risers, the expressions on our faces mercifully veiled in the thick fog that enveloped us, rendering each other and our surroundings almost invisible. Only the eerie tinkle of cow bells emanating from behind the wall of bone-chilling mist convinced us that, beyond where we huddled, peaks and valleys lay, their ‘mighty panorama’ cloaked beyond any hope of visibility. […]

Europe

Gatwick, My Idea of Travel Hell

If I thought I was over the worst of my Gatwick experience I was sadly mistaken…by this time there was near anarchy in the queue with everyone, including me, clearly able to see that the EasyJet check-in system SUCKS. […]

Podstine Hotel, Hvar, Croatia
Croatia

Review of Hotel Podstine, Hvar, Croatia

From the moment you arrive in this pine, cypress and palm studded oasis, you are made to feel welcome in Paradise. This is elegant simplicity and shoulder-loosening tranquillity at its best in idyllic surroundings, an easy amble from the historic centre of Hvar Town. […]

Daubensee, Valaise, Switzerland
Hiking

Walking with Ghosts in Switzerland’s Valais

I may have enjoyed the 21st century luxury of being whisked here by cable car rather than on foot along the potentially treacherous path of the Gemmi Pass as my celebrated predecessors had done, but the magnitude of what lay before me was the same one that had spread before their eyes 150 years ago. […]