Hemingway and Cervantes are among the great writers who traverse Spain in pursuit of thrills, spills, detective sagas and sagacity • More literary trips … to Italy and France I grew up in Montreal – and London owns a big piece of my heart – but my home is Barcelona, where I’ve lived for 20…
Last year Barcelona received 30 million visitors – now there are none. Emerging from Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdown, how do its tourist-weary residents feel about getting their city back? For six weeks, the streets of Barcelona were deserted. Not a soul except the Deliveroo and Glovo riders and the occasional shopper, masked and gloved, making…
Public urged to ‘take long hard look at your conscience’ after PM relaxes travel rules in England Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Police in the Lake District have urged people to “take a long hard look at your own conscience” and stay away from the national park – despite the…
Junk shops have boxes of postcards, many from this island – a traditional holiday favourite. The author of Postcard from the Past is planning a pilgrimage One reason I spend so much time wading through boxes of old postcards in junk shops is to snoop on holidays I can never take. On one side are…
The playwright’s arduous journey to a Pacific island in Russia’s far east resulted in a non-fiction masterpiece Passport details Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, playwright, one of the greatest short-story writers in history and once-in-a-lifetime adventurer to Russia’s remote far east. Place and date of birthTaganrog, southern Russia, January 29, 1860. Continue reading…
We’ve said it before and we will say it again – TEFL (Teaching English as a foreign language) simply is THE best way to travel. Just in case you need convincing, here are our top reasons why a TEFL course is your passport to trips of a lifetime! You live in another country Teaching English abroad […]
There’s never a bad time to go travelling with kids, and spending quality family time together on holiday is always going to be a rewarding experience. However, travelling with kids over Christmas can throw up additional challenges. How will Santa know how to find you? How will you carry home all the toys he brings? […]
Taj Mahal Hotel (c) QuartierLatin1968 “Very good price, very good price”, the bright-eyed boy in the yellow t-shirt poked his head through the car window. He spoke quickly, offering up Lord Shiva statuettes that dangled around his neck, arms and even from his fingertips. “Just 200 rupees, just 200 rupees”. He saw me grimace and changed […]
Kids can run wild and enjoy imaginative play, fun nature tasks and art trails through these glorious woods With one very active and another dreamy nephew, entertaining them is sometimes problematic. While holidaying in Scotland, we visited Pressmennan Woods, near Dunbar, a perfect compromise. As well as opportunities to run free and spot wildlife, including…
