I must confess. I’m not a huge fan of churches. Sure, I don’t mind visiting churches while travelling, and they are all magnificent, but I just don’t appreciate old art or old architecture as much as a devout church-tourist should. I often like admiring them from the outside, but I rarely go inside unless my […]
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Szimply the B(udap)est – 5 things to do
I just came back from the epicest four days with my favourite Scottish human, the lovely Nicola who fans may remember as my beloved travel companion in Cesky Krumlov last year. This year twas time to brave the Buda and the Pest, so without further ado, here goes, five things we did which I would […]
Karelia: 74 years after
Relatives are a fun bunch to travel with. I was reminded of this in Lapland; and it was reconfirmed in Karelia earlier this month. My relatives and I had the chance to revisit family history by going on a kind of package trip with a busful of other Finns to go and visit old family history […]