City of beer cafes. I’m having issues with taxis. I ordered one to take me to a bus stop out of town. It didn’t arrive, they said they’d...

Of ancestry and ghosts. We arrive from Poland to Modena to pack up the daughter's University year into boxes and take them back to...

Beautiful old hotel and lovely big room overlooking a park. When we look out the window, there's a fluttering of snow. We wander off...

Waiting for a white Xmas. I'm getting ready for a European Xmas. Have bought a tree and filled it with the small decorations I've been...

Taking the waters. The scenery on the bus to Karlovy Vary is dramatic, wintry stark black trees, misty greys, soft mulberry shades...

Of hauntings. Had a day trip to this beautiful town whose street layout hasn't altered since medieval times, coming from Australia, this...

Of elegance and swans. Prague station is an art nouveau wonder and again, dressed magically for Xmas. My hotel is opposite the Erotic...

Home of Bach and chocolate! I'm sent off with Xmas cake, apple and water and I'm leaving for Leipzig, which boasts the biggest railway...

I fell in love! A female taxi driver picks me up, it's a rarity in Italy but she says there's ten in Trieste, she's Romanian, starting a...