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A recent visit to Berlin turned up some fascinating facets of German culture, and a few surprises in terms of unheralded but fascinating sig...

 I recently visited a friend in the Netherlands, who enquired whether I needed anything from the supermarket. Milk, for instance? Something ...

Travel magazines love to hook us with a picture. Turquoise skies, white snowy mountains, the bright colours of Indian saris or the houses of...

As always with a New Year, the lists will be coming out. "Must-see destinations of 2022." "New destinations for the New Year....

 I was in the village the other day when the Angelus began to ring. The bell has a loud, brassy, slightly cracked timbre with a weird resona...

 So, in no particular order, because I'm bored today, and it's raining, and I wish I was able to travel somewhere, here are a few of...

 "I'm bored with this town already," I heard from three different people in Luang Prabang. "There's nothing to do. On...