The Getaway Guide for Men – Rome!
The eternal city has more culture, romance and swarthiness than George Clooney and Penelope Cruz’s lovechild draped in Dolce & Gabbana. Even people who haven’t visited know this to be true and, for this reason, […]
Architecture
Viareggio – the Art Nouveau town in Western Tuscany
Viarregio is on the western Italian coast, slightly north of PIsa. Today it is a faded resort with all its beach front sold to private clubs. It sparkled glamourously in the early 1900s when the […]
A 19th Century Flaneur in 2012 Berlin
Being an urban observer’s narration of accompanying Dickens on a stroll through modern Berlin. I am a Victoriana freak, thriving on all things 19th century – as well as an avid traveler. I find it easy to […]
Soggy Tapas
A thin stream of rainwater followed the delicate arabesque of the Moorish fretwork before falling to the tiled floor where it bounced before being lost in the general deluge. Damp groups of soggy cold tourists […]