Tournai

With Milan just over an hour away from Turin, it was worth a visit. I’ve been before but there were a few great sites that I had not had the chance to see (or hadn’t known about). First up the church of Santa Maria presso San Satiro. Looks beautiful inside, like so many others I…

Though Bari is often a city that people travel through more than a destination, the city makes for a good few days of exploring. I managed to stumble across a protest (a very festive one) of farmers in the area unhappy with European agriculture policy.

A quick train ride from Bari (and a seven minute train ride between each other) are the seaside towns of Monopoli (no relation to the game) and Polignano ad Mare. Monopoli has that port / fishing village feel. Great buildings and narrow streets to wander. Less expected was Monopoli’s cathedral. It was a masterpiece of…

It feels great to be back in Rome, though it’s always busy with tourists there is also never a shortage of places to wander and explore. Warning – it’s gonna be churches and more churches. Santa Maria della Vittoria having smaller crowds over the last few years and I wonder if they curse Dan Brown…

I have come from the north of Italy down to the south, into the heel if you know your geography. I am in Lecce. Nicknamed the Florence of the south, it’s a small city I have been wanting to come to for a while. It has a historical centre full of winding alleys and roads…

Leave it to British aIrways to provide a most British experience. From “a very good evening to you ladies and gentlemen…” to the newest safety video “May One Haveth one’s Attention”. On the flight from London to Paris: “Sir would you like a scone? A fruit scone or a plain scone? What kind of scone…