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A Week in Sicily

My latest travelogue is ‘A Week in Sicily’: a trip that I made in 2016. I was very interested to visit Sicily as it is such a fascinating island with an extraordinary mixture of different cultures. We visited the capital, Palermo, then drove down to Giardini Naxos, where we were based. From here we made trips to Mount Etna, Taormina and Syracuse. I also went to the very beautiful old town of Noto to view the wonderful architecture there. It was certainly a trip worth making!

A week in Romania (2017)

My latest travelogue is about a very interesting one-week tour around Romania, organized by The Travel Department (Ireland), which I went on back in October, 2017. We were brought to the wonderful old Saxon towns of Sighisoara, Sibiu, Brasov (pictured above), and then the capital Bucharest. As I had long wanted to visit Romania, IContinue reading “A week in Romania (2017)”

America 2006

My 2006 journey by car through part of America concludes with the final two chapters of this travelogue. In it we continue to drive along the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia, travel through a little of West Virginia, then head to Pennsylvania, where we stay in a guest house owned by a Pennsylvanian Dutch couple. (TheContinue reading “America 2006”

America 2006

Sharp Top Mountain, Peaks of Otter Lodge, Virginia Two more chapters have been added to my travelogue ‘America 2006’! In Chapter 3 we continue our journey through Virginia, visiting historic Williamsburg, and make our way to the Peaks of Otter Lodge near Roanoke. In Chapter 4, we explore the area around Roanoke and drive downContinue reading “America 2006”

America 2006

My latest travelogue is America 2006, which is about a month-long trip that a friend and I made in the USA, visiting Washington D.C., then driving through Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, with short trips in and out of a couple of other states nearby.

New England and New York 1998

Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA This new travelogue is about a three-week-long trip that I and a friend made by car around New England (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts again, New York State, Connecticut, Rhode Island and back to Massachusetts) and a one-week stay in Manhattan, New York. As we were there during the Fall, weContinue reading “New England and New York 1998”

The Greek Islands

This latest travelogue is about a fascinating trip that I made back in 1982 around some of the Greek Islands: Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Tinos, Paros, Naxos, Crete again (this time with a friend) and back to Santorini. Join me for another one of my tight-budget adventures!

France 1981

My latest travelogue is an account of a five-week tour around Paris and its environs, the Loire Valley, and the Dordogne Valley back in May and June, 1981. I spent a busy two weeks in Paris visiting all the various museums, art galleries, churches and palaces (including Versailles), then moved down to the Loire Valley,Continue reading “France 1981”

Iceland 1980

One of the most extraordinary journeys that I’ve made has to be a crazy ‘safari’ trip across the island of Iceland in a couple of old buses and a kitchen van back in 1980. As the scenery was so unusual, travelling across Iceland was like visiting another planet! There were no roads, the vehicles hadContinue reading “Iceland 1980”

Peru and Bolivia, 1996

My latest travelogue is about a fascinating organized trip that I joined in 1996, which brought a bunch of young and enthusiastic people from Ireland and the UK to Lima in Peru and then down to La Paz in Bolivia, using local transport most of the time. It was probably the most memorable and excitingContinue reading “Peru and Bolivia, 1996”