Boulogne

Back on the Buda side to visit St Stephen’s Hall one of the opulent rooms restored after being bombed out in WWII, then being converted to more utilitarian spaces during communism. Over the last few decades Hungary has worked to restore the castle and its many past treasures.

Opened in 1837 with some 12,00 graves, the First Cemetery of Athens is a peaceful spot in the middle of Athens not far from the ancient Agora. It is seems to contain one of the biggest collections of marble in the city. The graves are certainly large and elaborate. Not far away is the Panathenaic…

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…

An early morning start up on Montmartre which still preserves some of its artistic roots. Saint Chapelle is the former royal chapel and known for its captivating 7200 square feet of stained glass. Next door at the bottom of the Palais de la Justice is the Conciergerie – a former prison which included the former…

While Lille isn’t the biggest of cities, it sits within the larger European Metropolis of Lille with a regional population between 1.5-2 million. While I explored most of the historical centre there is lots more to come back one day and explore across the region. And the usual steep and traditional winding French staircase to…

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.