Kolossi Castle and Kourion archaelogical site

After two days in Nicosia we were finally driving down south again. For the next couple of days Limassol was…

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Five reasons why you should visit Cyprus

Cyprus hasn’t been high on my list of must-see places. But it just happened that in November I had the…

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What’s to see on the road from Inverness to Edinburgh

The last leg of a trip to Scotland is always the saddest. It means leaving the country very soon and…

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A road trip around the North Coast – from John o’ Groats to Inverness (part 1)

After missing out on the Northern lights due to a cloudy sky all night long, we left John o’Groats early…

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A Jewish tour of Bucharest

We decided to splurge on our last day in Bucharest on a private tour. Not really my idea but something…

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Peles Castle – a day trip from Bucharest

Spending a long weekend in Bucharest gives you ample time for a day trip out outside the city. Ours was…

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Jerusalem for a day

On my recent trip to Tel Aviv I managed to get to Jerusalem for a day. Let’s be clear about…

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Strolling through Palma

On this recent weekend on Mallorca we spent the majority of our time with day tours. But the hours we…

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Looking for Napoléon in Paris

I was sitting on the plane next to a group of guys who celebrated the birthday of one of their…

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Culloden Moor

History is my thing. Combine that with a love story, roll it into a novel and I won’t come up…

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