January 2025 I woke up at Kurt and Darina's place in St Gallen, Switzerland, and examined their world map, jam packed with pins on all...

January 2025 Anna Lena, Julien and I had big plans for the day. We were going for a hike in the Fränkische Schweiz (Franconian...

January 2025 Gloucester Cathedral I was feeling particularly grateful for life, after attending the wake of Rich friend's dad Alan, in...

December 2024 and January 2025 The air was frigid and the sky clear as I wandered down to the bus stop on Lewes Road in Brighton,...

Dec/Jan 2025 Jack and I have been sharing the lounge room. He graciously took the floor again last night. Jack I mean, I would’ve taken...

November and December 2024 Esslingen It had been a long overland trek from Turkey, all the way through Eastern Europe, and eventually I...

Parts 1 to 5 So there I was, stuck in Napoli, with no flights, and no bike. Well ... I can think of way worse places to be stuck. My free...

So there I was, stuck in Napoli, with no flights, and no bike. Well ... I can think of way worse places to be stuck. My free internet at...

To Germania My Flixbuses to Stuttgart travelled via Milano and then Heidelberg, and then I was booked on a Flixtrain from there to...

We finally got to bed very late, and the morning came way too quickly. I walked Manu to her airport bus stop at 4.30am, while Dublin...

Across The Boot A friend of Michael's had suggested we head for the Adriatic coast, roughly east across the boot, so after a leisurely...

Monopoli The next morn we went off to explore this amazing town, and, I gotta say, we were gobsmacked at its immense beauty. And...

Stilettoing We headed off exploring in the car the next day, down the coast. Pretty soon we were in the hills above Monopoli, and came...

Polignano A Mare But alas, ahimé,  it was time for us to leave Monopoli, and slowly head back to the other poli, Napoli. Joys such as...

Parts 1 to 4 Manu and I held back our tears as we left Brighton, and jumped on a train bound for Londontown. Brighton station Of course,...

Manu and I held back our tears as we left Brighton, and jumped on a train bound for Londontown. Brighton station Of course, being on,...

To Limerick We eventually headed west out of town, towards county Kerry, from where our relative tour was based. Cruising through the...

Eventually we ended our stroll down memory lane, and kept heading west on more hedgy roads through County Kerry, or the Kingdom of Kerry,...

Last Day In The Kingdom Kerry county is beautiful place, jam packed with rolling verdant hills, quaint villages, hedgy skinny country...

Parts 1 to 4 I can't believe how disorganised I can be. When I booked a flight from Bishkek to Brussels I lazily thought I'd be arriving...