Tag Archives: European Cities

Monday Morning Blues, Timisoara in Romania
This picture of Unirii Square in Timisoara was taken 5-years ago. I would thoroughly recommend a visit.

Monday Morning Blues – The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia in Bulgaria
The cathedral looks magnificent on the outside but rather plain inside. Still for me the highlight of the Bulgarian capital.

Monday Morning Blues – 2022 In Pictures
Every Monday a few of us get together on Twitter to post a travel related photo featuring the colour blue as a way of beating those Monday morning blues. The idea is that the photos have us remembering fantastic past trips and dreaming of future ones. Great for extinguishing those blues. Here are a selection […]

2022 Gone, 2023 Beckons
Freedom to travel is a wonderful gift and the release from Covid shackles was a blessed relief. For any traveller, it was like a release from prison. Toulouse & Andorra Travel wise, the year got going in April with a journey to Andorra via Toulouse. My mate Hamish and I took a train close to […]

Ukraine in 2011
Ukraine is never far from my thoughts these days. One can only imagine the fear & hardship that innocent citizens are facing. Ukrainians are our friends. A proud & hospitable nation that made me feel so welcome in 2011, less than a year before they hosted Euro 2012 with their great Polish neighbours. Here are […]

Merry Christmas Everybody
Pictures from Salzburg, Krakow, Malta, London, Uppsala, Prague, Stockholm, Tallinn, Cologne & Paris.

My Favourite Travel Photos of 2022
After two-years of foreign travel starvation, the return to normal this year was extremely welcome to say the least. With apologies to Mrs Wilbur, my two favourites are symbolic of friendships founded during school days many, many moons ago. First up my frequent travel buddy Hamish & I visited Andorra in April in our first […]

Monday Morning Blues – Mdina in Malta
As we shiver in the snow I am reminded that exactly a week ago I was in Malta basking in winter temperatures of 23 degrees! The walled city of Mdina was one of the many highlights. The former capital has stood for centuries high up in a great defensive position. The city was founded as […]

Malta in December
How many European capitals can you go to in December for bright sun & blue skies? Valletta came up trumps for me.
Monday Morning Blues – The af Chapman Youth Hostel in Stockholm
I recently paid a visit to the Swedish capital, known as the Venice of the North. Consisting of a series of islands, it is home to a unique youth hostel, a full rigged steel ship named the af Chapman. Built by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company in the UK and launched in 1888, she undertook voyages […]