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Podcast #062: Czech Beer Press Trip
Welcome to Episode 062 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode, the first after my unexpected…
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Podcast #060: Ireland Road Trip
Welcome to Episode 060 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. My therapist would object to the way…
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Podcast #058: A Week In France
Welcome to Episode 058 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is all about my recent…
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Is German Beer the best beer?
When people think of beer, they automatically think of Germany, and rave about the qualities of German beer. I’ll be…
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Tiraspol: Support Your Local Sheriff
“I’m the urban spaceman baby, here comes the twist: I don’t exist”. I have been told by a couple of…
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Day Trip To Plovdiv
I spent two nights in Sofia, but while I was there I took a day trip to the nearby city…
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24 Hours in Sofia
“Our flight time will be about 2½ hours, thanks to a strong tailwind. The current weather in Sofia is sunny,…
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The Ballad of August 1993 (and other stories)
So, let me take you back to the heady days of the mid 1990s. What were you up to? Most…
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Two days in Eastern Bosnia
As international borders go, the one between Serbia and Bosnia that I passed through around 2.30am wasn’t anything particularly special.…
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Novi Sad in a few hours
Novi Sad is Serbia’s second biggest city, around 80km from Belgrade and the train takes about 90 minutes. It stands…
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Belgrade – The White City
See, I’ve been to Belgrade now three times (I have a penpal there), and each time it’s been in a…
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Laibach and think of Slovenia
Ahh, Laibach. But I’m not here referring to the Industrial/Experimental music group/culture founded in the late 80s/early 90s who had…
