Luxembourg has a lot to recommend it - it's very compact and easy to see in a weekend, there are frequent and cheap direct flights from London City airport and it has more Michelin starred restaurants per capita than anywhere else on earth.[...]
Archive for the ‘2009’ Category
A Kracking Thirtieth
Krakow was the perfect combination of beautiful, historic, charming and inexpensive. Nine friends and I spent three days exploring this enchanting city and left no pierogi (or flavored vodka) untasted.[...]
Edinburgh – On the Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival, combined with the Fringe Festival which has grown up around it, is a world famous performing arts festival which showcases the best in stand up comedy, theatre, music and more. The atmosphere in Edinburgh during the festival is electric.[...]
A Splash of Cologne
The Dom cathedral dominates Cologne's skyline. I saw it as I came across the Rhine from the airport and mistook it for a German castle - it looks very majestic and important all lit up against the backdrop of the river.[...]
A Toast to the Caucasus
Trips to Moscow and St. Petersburg were a great start but last weekend we went further off the beaten path to visit the relatives of a friend in the remote Caucasus Mountains, as far west and south as you can go in Russia before reaching Chechnya and the Georgian border.[...]
A Paris for all Seasons
It was a gorgeous crisp and sunny fall weekend and what can I say, add some red wine, some steak tartare, some good friends and one of the most gorgeous cities on earth - and voila - this is what living in Europe is all about.[...]
Menorcan Semana Santa
Menorca, the least trumpeted of the Balearic Islands off the west coast of Spain, is Ibiza and Mallorca's small, unassuming neighbor to the north. For a couple of friends looking to de-stress and unwind over the long Easter holiday weekend, it was the perfect island getaway.[...]
Hot Trini Mess
Trinidad plays host to the greatest carnival on earth every year - why go to Rio and watch when you can go join in the parade with the Trinis? [...]
Valentine’s Weekend in Moscow – What’s Not to Love?
Perhaps not the most popular choice for a winter weekend getaway, but Red Square under a blanket of fresh snow was beautiful and the Russians know how to ward off even the most frightening temperatures with a combination of fur pelts and vodka.[...]