Author: Jennifer Walker
When viewed from the top of the ferry deck, the isle of Muhu stretches out over a flat green plane. The coast is accented with patches of sandy beaches and the …
On the banks of the river Douro in the golden hour during the late Spring, staring out over the cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia, I feel a world away …
Driving out of Plovdiv and leaving the Thracian Planes behind, the Rhodope Mountains curved up as a dark green haze in the nearby horizon, growing taller the closer we approached them. …
Divided into two countries, the towns of Komárno and Komárom are a curiosity set on each side of the Danube between Slovakia and Hungary respectively. While this city split …
My legs were stiff when I got off the bus in Split. I had spent the whole day travelling, starting at 6am from Budapest by train to Zagreb, with …
Christmas lights still hung above the cloudy streets even in the summer. Among the downtown streets and squares, punctuated by golden domes, people greeted me with a smile as …
Characterised by organic motifs, undulating curves and even bright colours, most travellers throughout Europe will have encountered Art Nouveau in some form or other. Whether it’s through Alphonse Mucha’s iconic …
“See those?” Giorgi points up to the small black figures walking up and down the jagged ridge, “That’s Chechnya. That’s the border patrol.” A patch of blue sky peers …
The call to prayer rings out across valley in Sarajevo. It begins in a small minaret close to me in the district of Kovači as I wander up the …
From the brasseries and bistros that inspired Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast to the practice rooms in the Palais Garnier immortalised by Degas’s pastel coloured ballerinas, there is no city …
The hot stone burned beneath my bare feet as I walked across the grounds of the Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, one of the Great Living Chola Temples. It was …
When I think of the holiday season, I always think of Germany or Central Europe. There is something about the snow-clad pine forests and historic German towns resembling a …
