Postcard of the Week: Love in Paris
On Thursday this week it is Valentine’s Day. So I looked through my entire collection of postcards to find the most romantic one that I’ve ever received. And it […]
Postcard of the Week: Tignes
This postcard popped through the letterbox the other day and while I always love to receive postcards (hint hint!), this particular postcard of the ski resort Tignes in the […]
Postcard of the Week: The Orient Express
These are in fact two separate postcards, both from a series of six posters by Pierre Fix-Masseau (1905-1994) in the style of the 1920s. He was the last of […]
New Year’s (Travel) Resolutions
So now that New Year’s Eve has been celebrated and the entire world wakes up on the 1st January with a champagne-induced headache, there’s one more tradition that needs […]
Postcard of the Week: Valle d’Aosta
The Italian region of Valle d’Aosta, also known as the Aosta Valley, borders France to the west and Switzerland to the north. France and Italy share the Mont Blanc (or […]
Delicious dishes from around the world
Some people make food the key focus of a trip abroad and there are a plethora of cooking courses and market tours that can be done almost anywhere in the […]
“It’s not the destination, but the journey, that matters”
Speaking of journeys, I have had the great fortune in some cases, and extreme misfortune in others, of experiencing some rather unusual modes of transport. We normally associate travel with […]
Guest Post: A Student’s Guide To Skiing
Olivia Stuart-Taylor weighs up the benefits of skiing on a trip organised by a University Imagine this: 1500 Durham University students, one resort, one week, three metres 3m of […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 