The best view in Reykjavik
It’s New Year’s Eve in Reykjavik, and the daylight doesn’t stick around for long. Would it hold on until we got to the top?
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Romanian Roadtrip – Part 4
There’s 106 miles to Sighisoara, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark out, and we’re wearing sunglasses. Well, actually…..we loaded up the Dacia Logan and headed east toward Sighișoara, along the (by now) good old E60.
Read MoreFishing off the edge of the world
Perched precariously at the top of the sheer cliffs are folk with fishing rods….
Read MoreRemember that bar in Krakow?
It was the middle of the day, and it looked anything but inviting. I can’t recall how we even came to cross the threshold. But taking a chance on a bar often pays off big time.
Read MoreA market in Valencia, Spain
Even if you weren’t remotely interested in markets (if there is such a person) the building itself is enough to attract you.
Read MoreLong term travel – some myths debunked
Your journey is an amazing gift, no matter where you end up and what you do on it. It’s more precious and valuable than a disposable social media post.
Read MoreA Market in Nazare, Portugal
This – this was a true market. Locals selling, locals buying.
Read MoreHow can you write when you’re too scared to read ?
Is it permissible to collect others’ concepts and words to stock your literary larder?
Read MoreThe Romanian Roadtrip – Part 3
We wandered about some beautiful buildings, had an incredibly crappy lunch and then headed off.
Read MoreRomanian Roadtrip Part 2
The Romanian Roadtrip Sibiu to Hunedoara Part 2 I’m prefacing this post by saying that we loved Romania, we loved its unpolished beauty, the way its unmade-up face is offered to you as a traveller. Its honest and real, exasperating and endearing. It gets under your skin. So this post is offered with a wry […]
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Not a Holiday 