My memories of Salzburg in October will always be the music – especially Mozart’s music, the bright autumn colours and the magnificent Baroque architecture. The cosy cafés, redolent with the…
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My memories of Salzburg in October will always be the music – especially Mozart’s music, the bright autumn colours and the magnificent Baroque architecture. The cosy cafés, redolent with the…
St. Thomas’s Church and organ, Leipzig Humanity has always been on the move, driven by war and revolution, pestilence and persecution, or simply an insatiable curiosity to see the world….
with Martin Randall Travel, May 2015 The Panorama Mesdag stands in the centre of The Hague. It is a large cylindrical wall painting, known as a “cyclorama”, and was created…
With Martin Randall Travel, May 2015 Wherever I wake on my travels, be it a pulsing metropolis, a quaint town or a country retreat, I discover that every place has…
Secret capital “…if Bern is the head, and Zurich the hand, then Lucerne can certainly pride itself on being the heart of the country.” (Berlitz Pocket Guide to Switzerland) Switzerland…
BELGIUM – A visual and gastronomic feast! Elizabeth Handley visited this country filled with treasures. Basilica of the Holy Blood Detail – Mary:…
BELGIUM – A visual and gastronomic feast! Elizabeth Handley visited this country filled with treasures. On to Antwerp…Our coach trip to Antwerp the following day took us through farmland and orchards criss-crossed with canals,…
La Scala – A Dream Fulfilled October 2011 – Part One – My recent trip to Milan was the fulfilment of one of my life-long dreams – a performance at…
La Scala – A Dream Fulfilled October 2011 – Part Two – Monday was dedicated to La Scala. This world famous opera house derives its name from a church called Santa Maria della…