Bilbao and Pamplona Gallery
One has art; the other has bulls. They are the capitals of their respective provinces and have a lot more going for them than the things which make them famous. Here we share some...
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Asturias Gallery
Asturias is an autonomous community in the North of Spain with a splendid range of weather and geography. During our stay, we witnessed snow, rain and sunshine. We climbed mountains, visited beaches and walked...
Égalité and the Way to a Woman’s Heart
There’s a lot to like about the French. Liberty, Fraternity and Equality is a wonderful motto and it sounds especially seductive when you say it in French. The language has loads of cool phrases...
Montreal & Quebec City Gallery
Montreal is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world. In the Old City and Old Port, the architecture is thoroughly European, including the obligatory gothic cathedral. Notre-Dame Basilica is a fine example with a...
Boston Gallery
On the surface Boston offers a fairly standard mix of big-city pleasures: history, culture, art, shopping and food. But there must be some elusive quality, because, despite its unpredictable weather and scary drivers, Boston...
Art Escapades, Jabba the Hutt and the Beantown Nutter
My wife has many talents but a sense of direction is not one of them. I don’t blame her of course – the ability to get lost whilst continuously rotating a map with increasing...
An Interview with Myself
I was late for the interview. So I was nervous. This was the first interview that Burman was giving to a travel blogger and I didn’t want to blow it. He had a reputation...
Killer Ceilings, Bobby Fischer and a Literary Festival (A post with no pictures)
I’ve worn glasses ever since I was six years old and I reckon that I’ve known two things with absolute certainty about Reykjavik from roughly the same age. Firstly, that Reykjavik is the capital...
