Vienna Christmas Markets

In late Autumn 2024, I was sent by Jet2 on one of their Christmas Market breaks…

Visiting Vienna

You may remember in the summer of 2023, Jet2 sent me off on a trip to…

A Night At The Vienna State Opera

I’ve never been to the opera. In my head it was always one of those things…

Podcast #088: Armenia – Soviets and Christians

Welcome to Episode 088 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This is part…

Podcast #087: Georgia – Country of Cheese and Garlic

Welcome to Episode 087 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This is part…

Podcast #086: Two Days in Azerbaijan

Welcome to Episode 086 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. So, as you…

Podcast #081: Pride and Prejudice and Motorbikes

Welcome to Episode 081 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. Hopefully I’ll’ve just…

Podcast #080: Lao Please Don’t Rush

Welcome to Episode 080 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. As I’m currently…

The Russian Woodpecker

On my visit to Chernobyl and Pripyat, one of the places I was taken to was…

Visiting Pripyat

Whenever anyone thinks of visiting Chernobyl, what they think of often isn’t the power plant itself.…

Chernobyl City and the Exclusion Zone

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station was the scene of an explosion in April 1986. It was…

How to Visit Chernobyl

At the time of writing this blog post, Chernobyl has been off-limits to visitors for a…