Travel

Crossing the Invisible Line For 125 years, Hurtigruten has been sailing along Norway’s coast and deep into the heart of its most beautiful fjords. Their ships leave Bergen every day and follow a [...]

Another Sunday, another monument! Having visited the Tower of Belém and the São Jorge Castle, it was now time to visit the Jerónimos Monastery. If you are a Portuguese resident, most museums and [...]

Oslo and Bergen Oslo is Norway’s capital city, enjoys an unsurpassed location on Oslo Fjord and is home to many museums and art galleries, a royal palace, peaceful parks and a thriving shopping [...]

It seems that few of us know much about Romania. When we told friends we were going to Romania this summer, we generally got a blank look, followed by something like: “Oh yeah, that’s where [...]

We have had some questionable weather these past first weeks of summer but, with the sun finally starting to shine through and with the new and cheaper Navegante Metropolitano pass which extends [...]

Tomar is a historically outstanding town in the Ribatejo region of central Portugal. Straddling the banks of the River Nabão, Tomar has narrow cobbled streets and a whole host of appealing [...]

The Algarve’s newest luxury hotel brings something totally new to the region. I had been hearing a lot of late about the new hotel that has opened right on the border, overlooking the Guadiana [...]

If you are looking for a lovely one-week break from your Algarve routines, here’s a suggestion. Fly over to Mallorca (Ryanair has direct flights from Seville). Helga and I did exactly that [...]

In 1929, Seville hosted the ‘Ibero-American Exposition’, a world fair known as Expo’29. Its purpose was to improve political relations between Spain and the attending countries; all of which had [...]

Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is the largest island on North America’s west coast, has Canada’s mildest climate, a rugged chain of mountains rising to 2,200m and bounteous wildlife including [...]