Living history?
Accompanied by 4 litres of sparkling water, 2 litres of still, 3 litres of beer and 1 of Coca Cola, some jelly beans, pretzels, pistachios, twix, peaches, bananas and cereal bars, and with a 24 ...
The (old) New Frontier
We got into Vienna 40 minutes late, and so was expecting to miss the train to Belgrade…particularly given my embarassing lack of German knowledge, beyond the ability to say my name and count to ten. ...
Along the Rhine
The Rhine was exactly as I imagined it and, regretfully, reminiscent of a ‘Rhineland Cruise’ ride I’d been on at Busch Gardens in Virginia, USA when I was 12. Without the Big Bad Wolf roller ...
In Cologne
Point proven. The sunglasses I’m wearing came from Cologne’s branch of H&M, reduced to 3 Euro. For my convenience, the price on the label was also listed in pounds. A pair of H&M sunglasses made ...
The Edge of Civilization
And so begins my accidental trip to Syria by train. It was going to be Iran, it should have been Iran- I’ve done my research on Iran. Syria, I know very little about beyond a ...
