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Top Eleven Zurich Tips – Buy ten tips get one free. And the first ten are...
Top Eleven Zurich tips because 10 just aren’t enough 1. Buy a Zurich card and get 48 or 72 hours travel on tram, bus, rail, boat and cable car. You’ll also get free entrance to many of Zurich’s...
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London City Airport: Great aerial views of London @LondonCityAir
Sometimes at big airports it can feel as though the walk from security to the gate gets you halfway to the country you are flying to. Things are happily less taxing on shoe leather at London City...
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The Zurich Kunsthaus – don’t miss the Giacometti
National galleries of art usually start as the collections of monarchs or high-ranking citizens. When they die of old age, or have their heads chopped off, their paintings pass to the state in what is...
View ArticleCopenhagen’s August performance festival @kbhintteater @VisitCopenhagen
Copenhagen is always worth a visit, but culture lovers should consider a trip this August when Copenhagen International Theatre is set to disturb and enchant the capital with Metropolis – a festival of...
View ArticleA Day at the Edinburgh Fringe – Comedy, poetry and a persnickety beggar...
There was an unexpectedly energetic start to my day at the Edinburgh Fringe. I was walking up the Royal Mile amongst the hundreds of people flyering and promoting their shows. I had intended to see...
View ArticleThe new Megabus Sleeper bus from London to Edinburgh @megabusUK
Taking a sleeper bus sounds like the sort of adventure that you would only undertake in India or South America, but for the last few weeks it has been possible to travel the roads of Blightly whilst...
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Garni Temple – the only Greek temple in the former Soviet Union #armenia
I expected to see monasteries when I visited Armenia, but I didn’t think that I’d be visiting a perfect-looking Greek temple. Luckily, the only Greek temple in the whole of the former Soviet Union is...
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Welcome to Armenia – The Club Restaurant, Yerevan
Within half an hour of landing at Yerevan airport I was ensconced in the urban chic of The Club, a restaurant, bar and tea room at 40 Tumanyan St, central Yerevan. It is one of those cool basements...
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Al fresco lunching at Sergey’s Place, near Yerevan, Armenia
In Armenia it is still hot enough to sit outside and eat lunch in the sunshine. September the something-th and you have to look at the tables and choose a seat in the shade. For a Britisher it is a...
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Tufenkian Heritage hotels in Yerevan and Dilijan, Armenia @tufenkianhotels
They hadn’t heard of us at the front desk, which is never good when it is late and you’ve travelled all day to get there. Luckily a bit of checking and the booking was discovered by the two...
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Exploring the Armenian Silk Route: Selim Caravanserai
If lying by the swimming pool is too dull for your holidays, but you still want some sun then consider exploring part of the Silk Route. You get stunning weather, but also have centuries of history...
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Road Trip Armenia! Yerevan to Goris
The best way to get to know a country is to move there, marry a local and learn the language. We didn’t have time for any of that so we did the next best thing and took a road trip to see some of the...
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Tatev Monastery and the World’s Longest Cable Car #Armenia
Monasteries and record-breaking are not usually mentioned in the same sentence. Maybe there is a monk somewhere with the world’s longest beard and I suppose St Francis ought to get a mention for being...
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Armenian Brandy Tasting and Winston Churchill
Great war leader he may have been, but Churchill also put in the legwork to become a connoisseur of alcohols. He reckoned Armenian brandy was the best in the world. As he once claimed he had drunk...
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The Armenia Genocide Museum, Yerevan
You can get an indication of how we view different countries by typing their names into Google. The automatic suggestions it makes to finish your query are illuminating. When you type England into the...
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National Gallery of Armenia – see Botticelli and friends in Yerevan
The National Gallery of Armenia is set on the large Republic Square in Yerevan, just in front of the singing fountains*. Established in 1921 with a large purchase of works by Armenian artists it now...
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Geghard Monasery, Armenia – @UNESCO World Heritage List
When you visit Armenia it is likely that you will see more monasteries then you ever have at home, unless you are a government Inspector of Monasteries or a peripatetic monk. I started with Geghard,...
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Open House London – the Foreign Office, Select Committees and the Soho Art Loo
If you enjoy queuing then don’t miss Open House London. You can queue all over London, no questions asked, completely free. I’ve lived in England long enough to know that even on the sunniest of days...
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Cascade – Art and European sophistication in Yerevan, Armenia
Cascade is my favourite part of Yerevan. Granted I didn’t see every street in the city, but this square is the most cosmopolitan that I saw on my Armenian sojourn. There are cafes on tree-lined...
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An introduction to Armenian food
Eating different food is an exciting part of travelling. Of course in most places you can live on Big Macs and fries if you want to, but tasting the local delicacies is far more fun. ‘Sampling the...
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