While in London for the week with work, I had the weekend to fill and was keen to try and get somewhere new. After some research online I settled on Porto as I could get there on a direct flight from Galway, and I’d heard good things about the city as a weekend destination. Adding, Read More
Whenever I fly back from Europe to San Francisco I always keep an eye out the window midway through the flight for views over the wilds of places like Iceland or the far north of Canada. On one overnight flight in the middle of winter I once had spectacular views of the aurora swirling, Read More
The blog has suffered from even more neglect over the past year or two, but I’m determined to start being more diligent! For the time being I’ll capture the travels I’ve done from the last post until now, so at least I have it documented: Australia: Business trip to the Gold Coast and Melbourne, Read More
Over the years I’ve had many friends ask me for travel advice and suggestions for Switzerland, so I’ve consolidated some of that content here for anyone who might be planning a trip there. The recommendations are based on my time living in Zürich for five years as well as the many trips back there each year, Read More
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Yet more travels under my belt, but not a blog update in sight. Sigh… France: Bordeaux, Medoc, Cognac, Provence, Avignon, Arles, Corsica, Dordogne (Rocamadour, Domme, Monpazier), St Emilion, Chamonix, mountaineering week around Mont Blanc massif Spain: Barcelona for Andy & Laura’s wedding, Montserrat Germany: Munich Netherlands: Amsterdam x 2 Switzerland: Zurich, Baden, Lausanne, Berner Oberland,, Read More
I’ll come back and add the details later, but for the time being I wanted a place to remind myself of all the great “small world”/”seven degrees of separation” stories and random coincidences I’ve had over the years: Randomly bumped into Jim Bellett outside a hostel in Canmore in the middle of winter, years, Read More