Opera Garnier

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…

Having read some mixed reviews before coming to Athens, it’s been such a pleasant surprise. My neighbourhood is green, walkable and incredibly quiet at night. Even the metro is more orderly and spotless clean than I expected. I wandered through the lush and leafy National Gardens Then into the Psyri neighbourhood Little Kooks is an…

On my last few days in Athens I had a chance to go to two great museums. The first was the Museum of Byzantine and Christian Art. Then on to the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture The stopping by the Greek Parliament to see the guards and the tomb of the unknown soldier. And as…

It’s great to be back in Istanbul. I can switch from endless churches to endless mosques. Starting with the Blue Mosque which was being restored when I visited in 2022, so you could glimpse very little under a lot of scaffolding. It is now glowing and beautiful. No shortage of crowds enjoying it. Less than…

Up early on a beautiful fall day, so I decided to head across town and up the hill to where there is not only a nice church, it has one of the best viewpoints of Turin as a city. The galleria for a little high end shopping… or catch a film at the Lux Just…

The rain cleared away and under sunny skies the city sparkles. I spent some time on the Buda side of the river exploring the banks of the Danube and some of the historical sites,