Launch of the Luxury Hostels of Europe project!
Today sees the official launch of my guide to Luxury Hostels of Europe in partnership with Travellerspoint, easyJet, Interrail, Busabout…
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Not for best mates, top European destinations for cheap dates
A word from my father: no such thing as a “cheap date” – you date them, you merry them, you divorce them,…
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A Nobel discovery: Meeting Mann, Grass & Brandt in Lubeck
Continuing the focus on the ‘city of short walking distances’ : Lubeck is home to not one but three Nobel Prize winners;…
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Lubeck: Welcome to the medieval city of short walking distances
Lubeck airport ( or Hamburg Lubeck airport as Ryanair insist calling it ) reminds me of the early days of flying low cost airlines when…
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A Hostel at the edge of the World: Trá na Rosann hostel, Donegal
Travel bookseller extraordinaire by day and intrepid budget traveller by candlelight and weekends, guest editor Julie Gamble and proud Irish native, shares with us…
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The best budget hotel in London?
Few years ago I had reviewed Tune Hotels first hotel in London: Tune Westminister. At that time I thought I had probably come…
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Remembering…. a stag do in Bremen
A trip down memory lane today. I am thinking of Bremen again. I visited Bremen back in 2008 for my friend, Sid’s stag…
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Travelling in my armchair: How I kick away the winter blues
Is there any point in going across the world to eat something or buy something or to watch poor people squatting among…
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48 Hours in Brighton: The story behind Cassette Lord
First thing walking around Brighton that caught my eye are the green telephone termination boxes painted with pixedlated bright images of cassettes with the…
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48 hours in Brighton – Checking out Mae West’s lips & other highlights
9:30am 24th January 2012. Early in the morning. I’m at the Brighton Seafront walking along the beach to the Pier. It’s…
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