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 […]
Postcard of the Week: Berlin
Founded in 1237 under the name Cölln, Berlin is the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. With a population of around 3.5 million people, the city is one of […]
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 […]
Postcard of the Week: Florence
Italy is the fifth most-touristed country in the world and had an enormous 46.1 million international visitors in 2011, nearly as many as its population of 61 million people. Florence […]
Postcard of the Week: Greek Islands
Greece has around 6,000 individual islands, each surrounded by the clear, warm water of the Mediterranean Sea and each enjoying pretty much guaranteed sunshine all summer long. While Greece boasts […]
Postcard of the Week: Paris
A slightly unconventional angle of the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, built in 1889. Since then a whopping 250 million people have visited the tower. Also beautiful during the daytime, […]
Postcard of the Week: Lisbon
On the back of this postcard from Lisbon is this quote by Eça de Queirós: Athens produced sculpture, Rome developed law, Paris invented revolution, Germany discovered mysticism. And what about […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 