This is not a tour to free a captive Sofia, rather it is a free walking tour around the city … More
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St Aleksander Nevsky Cathedral
The architect who build St Nicholas’ Russian Orthodox church was being supervised by A Smirnov, who was building the Aleksander … More
Mdina
As explained before, it is sometimes difficult to work out where one city ends and another begins. Rabat Mdina are … More
Luxembourgish Gorge
The Haute Ville is separated from the southern part of the city by a deep gorge. There a numerous bridges … More
Huis Hammerstein
The second house I visited on Monumentsdag is the Huis Hammerstein. In contrast to the Makelaers Comptoir, which is a … More
Richard in the Rain
On a sunny day a few months ago, I met some friends visiting London from the US for pre-theatre dinner … More
Office views
I can’t really leave you without some pictures from the office I was working in earlier this year. On one … More
Introduction to Surgery
My trip to the Middle East started before I could tell you about one of my finds in Chicago. Now that … More
Xi’an City Wall and Goose Pagoda
The journal continues in Xi’an A guide arrived at the hotel for us at 9. a.m. and took us first to … More
Guest author’s tour of China starting in Shanghai
On the ‘About Me‘ page I allude to coming from a family of explorers and travellers and I am also … More