Dust. The Japanese service stations are leaving the rest of us in the dust. Wow! When we lived in the UK, we were rather impressed with our roadside services, especially with the ease of entering and exiting. We also appreciated how we could just step out side our car, stretch and sometimes…
Design and Art
You know you're dying to stay here. Imagine the envy of even your closest friends. You've come to the right place. You might think we're speaking of an auteur, but we have news for you. "Arte by Thomas Chan" is not a person, but a luxury, art-inspired hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designed to…
We're not trying to make you go, oh no, no no. But, if love is in your heart for almost everything, we have something here that is nothing but wonderful. Imagine watching a crumbled mess of a building almost be
miraculously transformed into a place anyone would want to stay in, let alone…
This may come as a shock to you (not!) but Spain ranks highly in global popularity, being the world's second-most visited country for tourism and the fourth-best country to live in as an expat according to the 2024 Expat Insider survey. Additionally, it holds a strong position in various country rankings, such as being #4 in cultural influence…
So . . . .you've got to please yourself. Le Corbusier, like most artists, was simultaneously a prophet and a pariah of sorts of the architectural world, a figure whose influence was as immense as the controversy he inspired. He was admired for his revolutionary vision of a new, functionalist architecture and criticized for his…
“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” In winding my way through the process of writing content for our site, it usually appears either in an almost dreamy, fully-formed shape, or it's something that I find myself scratching my head for hours just to try…
It's not enough that cats already think they own the world, and that includes you, human minion. How dare you think otherwise? So, probably the last thing that the cat world needs is a Cat Museum, but who can resist? So, of course, someone has come along and created just that. …
Who here doesn't love technology? Who doesn't love science fiction. Same. And who doesn't love London? If that's you, then you've come to the right post. Ever-inquisitive Japanese traveler, Kuga gets around. A lot We've featured him before. His videos are always a laugh and, even more, they're useful.…
We can't help it. If it's rail, we're there. Those of you who have stuck with us over the years know what we're talking about: rail travel. Do a search and you'll find dozens of posts here about this most intelligent mode of travel. A few years back, we featured…
Sometimes, taking a holiday can be a real drag. Either there is too much to do (most of which doesn't appeal to you, or its so ridiculously expensive that it's just not worth the price.) It's only a room, isn't it? Well, time to trust the Swedes. Home furnishings stalwarts, IKEA,…
A number of years back, a British company called Yotel turned the existing concept of holiday stays upside down, focusing mostly on the existing hotel concept and offering that has existed forever. They describe themselves as YOTEL offers guests a hotel experience that challenges the status quo, with a promise to deliver a different kind…
Here's another one of our posts that, via the miracle of YouTube, transports you elsewhere than where you are. In this case, it's a beauty, especially if you have a thing for Donkeys. This adventure is a winding self-drive through Spain to the city of Mijas Pueblo. Why here? Mijas Pueblo…
We guess that we needn't try to sell you on the world of travel. You're on our site for that very purpose, and we love sharing our finds with you. As my partner and I get older, we can see that our days are numbered, but that doesn't mean necessarily that we need…
When we get the chance, we will always, without failure, make a bee-line for Spain for our holidays. Yes, it's big and it's busy. But it's also diverse, exciting and has an infinite pull for us that is hard to deny. And, as is our wont, history is extant everywhere we go.…
How can you possible go wrong with this one? An annual kite-flying festival held from April 20 to 25 in Weifang, China. Weifang, Shandong, China is known as the kite capital of the world and when you get a glimpse of some of the entries, you'll be booking your trip there as well. (See below…
We were looking through some family photos the other day, mostly of my mother and father. They came from a place in Europe where money was scarce in the post-war 1950's. But they still endured. Eventually they ended up in the USA. But they never wasted a moment in living their lives…
Well, here's a first for us. Being British, having lived there for decades, passport and everything, we thought we'd seen most of Great Britain (and we have.) We love the country, the people, the vibe and, most of all, the history. We won't belabor you with long swathes of prose about Britain.…
Pity poor Marseille. For decades it's been the brunt of derision, conflict, misunderstanding and stasis. And that's a shame, as no part of France should have to explain itself or make adjustments. But here we are. Marseille, France's second-largest city, has long carried a reputation as the "trouble child" of France. This perception…
Tomorrow may rain. So, I’ll follow the sun.
Tivoli is always evolving without abandoning its original charm or traditions. Georg Carstensen said in 1844: “Tivoli will never, so to speak, be finished”