George Harrison's home in the London area was Friar Park, a neo-Gothic mansion in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, which he purchased in 1970 and lived in until his death. While not in central London, Henley is in the wider London area. He also lived in his childhood home at 12 Arnold Grove in Liverpool and later owned Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire, which…
Or both? Bring euros. They're welcome and so are you.
Note: some of this content was featured in a previous: post, but much of it remains the same. Now back to now! While several Chinese cities exhibit European architectural or cultural influences, Harbin is often cited as the most visibly European city due…
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.…
Tick tock, Tick tock, sounds the clock. The planet is not cooling down. Quite the opposite. The current world population is 8,232,458,392 as of Monday, June 30, 2025 according to the most recent United Nations estimates. Most of us know about this existential threat. But most just go on their way, with nary…
The world is yours. The time is now.
Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word for “place of deer”. The city was colonized in 1531 by the Conquistadors where many indigenous people lived.
Tivoli is always evolving without abandoning its original charm or traditions. Georg Carstensen said in 1844: “Tivoli will never, so to speak, be finished”
Look back while you still can. Time waits for no-one.
Are we going again, or are we just groaning (with the puns?) Many years ago, your editor was in tech, but also into music, so much so that we (my band) were able to complete two tours of Europe, as well as sold-out tours in the UK. It was a dream come true…
Ride tuk-tuks, not elephants.
“The future depends on what we do in the present”.
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow.
Isola Bella and Isola Madre is that they represent a “transcendent beauty of nature” and a “heaven on earth”
India, you’re my love song.
“Human nature doesn’t change – like a stick of Brighton rock you bite all the way down and still read ‘BRIGHTON’!”
Vietnam to Laos to Thailand. Is this a dream or what?
Ground control to Major Thom.
If you think big, then it’s going to be big. Emeril Lagasse
Mindelo is like a tiny Brazil
Live a little bit like royalty.