Travel: posts
Oooooh Vienna! Halloween im Wien – pumpkins, every witch way
In Vienna, Halloween is about pumpkins. If you’re a fan, it’s the perfect place to be – what Austrians can’t do with pumpkins simply can’t be done. If you get...
The sweet taste of Halloween
American Halloween is about, yes, all things American; pumpkins and parades, Trick or Treat, getting dressed-up and getting made-up. In the UK, Halloween is about importing all things American, but...
From the belfry
View of the terracotta-tiled roofs of the city from the belfort, or medieval belfry, Bruges....
Shades of the Beguine
Bruges is a strangely sinister little town, with deep houses and twitching net curtains. As the sun sets, shadows lengthen and night begins to fall, a strong sense of the...
An Airy citadel: Bruges
As a child, I was terrified of spiders. Photographing them has helped with this, and even though I’ll probably never get to the point where I’d let a tarantula take...
No Shit
This morning I got a lesson in LETTING GO, when an opportunistic taxi driver relieved me of 350THB for a 60THB ride. Even though I followed my concierge’s warning, taking a...
