My Carcassonne story
Sunday, October 29th, 2006…and here’s the one about Carcassonne. What a wonderful place. I’m looking into going again, this time with the kids.
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My Kiev story
Friday, October 27th, 2006Here’s the link to my story published on BnA: Golden Kiev
More to come.
Cafe de Paris - a Geneva institution
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
For more than 75 years, this charming restaurant has been around. And it’s still going strong – despite, or perhaps because, it only has one item on the menu: entrecote swimming in a spice-butter sauce with fries and a green ... [Continue reading this entry]
Geneva - UN
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Here at the UN-building in Geneva, I'm transported back a decade, to when I was busy hopping between Brussels, Paris and Geneva - trying to hang on to all contacts, despite Norway refusing to join the EU, but still wanting ... [Continue reading this entry]
Stein-am-Rhein
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
Oh how adorable!
Crossing the river, I luckily took a roundabout route - taking in the quaint little alleys in Stein-am-Rhein before I saw the Rathausplatz (market square). After that, it would have been hard to appreciate anything else.
This little ... [Continue reading this entry]
Bregenz
Monday, October 9th, 2006
This little side trip to Bregenz is an indulgence and a chance to test my memory. When I was 15, I spent 3 weeks in Bregenz with a gang of people, doing a language course, officially, but concentrating on beer, ... [Continue reading this entry]
Travel writers: Is it really fair to trash a place after only a few hours’ visit?
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Friday night I was about to write something like "Liechtenstein - is it really worth it?", and then focussing on Vaduz being a curious, but slightly boring little city. That was after just a couple of hours in the tiny ... [Continue reading this entry]
20 countries in 20 days??!! Is he mad?
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
On the post bus from Liechtenstein to Austria, I met a man who was doing 20 countries in 20 days - including a long overseas flight at each end even! He looked dazed and sounded incoherent. What will he remember, ... [Continue reading this entry]
Walking across borders
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
I like to cross borders on foot and try to do that whenever I can. It's still fun in Africa - say, between South Africa and Lesotho, or Asia, even between USA and Mexico or any place where borders mean ... [Continue reading this entry]
Malbun
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Where the hell is Malbun, you say?
It's a lovely mountain village in Liechtenstein, accessible by car or the post bus, including a stop to let cows pass on their way down from summer grazing. One cow tried to lick my ... [Continue reading this entry]