Historian, Writer, Teacher, Researcher
Hello once again! We have finally come to the last post of my trip through Europe! Everyone say ‘awwww,’ then say ‘hooray!’ The final week of my trip was split between Belgium and the Netherlands. In the first half, I Continue Reading …
Hello again! Here is another post in my continuing attempt to finish my trip through Europe – eventually I will prevail, but things have been pretty busy in Edinburgh these last few weeks (more about that in perhaps a month or Continue Reading …
From the 15th-23rd of July, I joined up with a group from my church in Edinburgh to visit and help out with sister churches in Munich, Rosenheim and Erlangen (only some of the group went there, and I was not Continue Reading …
Ravenna, about 82 km east of Bologna, was most important as the capital of the Western Roman Empire from 402-476, the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths (a christian civilisation that defeated the Western Romans) from 476-540, and the Italian flagship city Continue Reading …
Bologna is somewhere a bit off the tourist map, but it’s a profoundly enjoyable city, and very close to a bunch of different places – you can get to Florence or Venice in 1-2 hours, and Ravenna (the subject of Continue Reading …
Day 1 – Arrival, Churches, Modern Art and Live Music I took the fast train up from Rome today, sweating over the vast journey from the station across leafy suburbs to the entrance of my hostel, which itself was a Continue Reading …
June 30 – Coming over from Split to Rome I mentioned in the last post my failed trek out to the Roman ruins at Salerno – there’s a picture below to remind you; well, after that I spent most of Continue Reading …
So after the tour ended in Split, I had a place booked to stay in Split for a few extra days. After all, how often do you get to go to Croatia? The weather was set to be great, the Continue Reading …
So for about a week at the tail end of June, I joined a group tour travelling all the way from Prague to Split in Croatia. It was a hectic and excellent time, which also didn’t leave me much time Continue Reading …
Greetings once again – this time to the first country I’ve visited with a currency I didn’t have handy, and the first one that necessitated a 16-hour train ride to enter. I’m still in the EU and the Shenghen area, Continue Reading …
Geneva – 13 June My 20th birthday! What a day to go to Geneva – home of the League of Nations and its successor the United Nations, of UNHCR and the WHO, of CERN and the Jet d’Eau! And what Continue Reading …
Bonjour, madames et messieurs! Bienvenue en notre retourné à France! (Bad grammar, but point being – I’m back in France!) This next blog post will cover the several cities I visited in the eponymous region, and the different things I Continue Reading …
Barcelona, Catalonia My time in Barcelona was somewhat unusual. Despite doing a decent amount of stuff, I came away from it feeling like I had squandered a lot of my time – whether it was spending too much time deliberating Continue Reading …
After leaving Madrid, we headed down on the train to the south of Spain, a province called Andalusia. I had wanted to see Seville, due to its primacy in the period of American exploration, but because of transport annoyances, we Continue Reading …
España! Olé! Buenos dias, senores y senoras! Welcome to the next blog post of my trip, for the third country I have thus far visited – the great and diverse state of Spain! In the next week or so, I’ll take Continue Reading …
A few top tips for travelling fun, acquired on my way to and through Paris, before getting to any landmarks or interesting things (11:30pm 23rd May to 9:30am 25th May) 1. DON’T take an overnight bus from London to Paris, Continue Reading …