This is a short piece about my recent visit to Samos in the Aegean Islands of Greece. The photo is mine taken near the town of Pythagorio. Walking around the ancient harbour of Pythagorio, parts of which are 2,600 years old, the visitor soon comes to a statue of Pythagoras, who was born in theContinue reading “Samos – 2”
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Titanic Belfast – 2
The interior of the eight-storey building provides 130,000 square feet of space. Its centrepiece is a series of interpretive galleries exploring aspects of the building, design, sinking and legacy of Titanic. On the top floor of the museum is Belfast’s largest conference and reception space, the Titanic Suite, a banqueting facility capable of seating 750Continue reading “Titanic Belfast – 2”
Bodnant Gardens
Just down the Conwy valley the gardens at Bodnant are one of the best in the UK. Bodnant Gardens are situated above the River Hiraethlyn, a tributary of the river Conwy and look across the valley towards the Snowdonia range. Bodnant’s 99 acres of gardens were laid out around 100 years ago and are splitContinue reading “Bodnant Gardens”
Conwy
Conwy in North Wales is stunningly situated by any standards. On one side lies the estuary of the Conwy river while the other 3 sides are protected by 13th century town walls, over three-quarters of a mile long and guarded by no less than 22 towers, considered to be some of the finest protecting wallsContinue reading “Conwy”
Dubrovnik
“Those who seek paradise on earth should come to Dubrovnik,” pronounced George Bernard Shaw, normally quite curmudgeonly when it came to praise. With the warm afternoon sun at my back, his words drift through my mind as I admire the eastward view from the walls of the Lovrijenac fortress. Dubrovnik stands with the waves ofContinue reading “Dubrovnik”
St Martin
Named after St Martin of Tours by Christopher Columbus, Sint Maarten/St Martin is administered by Holland/France. Marigot is in St Martin on the French side (No border controls – don’t worry). It is as good a visit as there is if you are in transit at the airport – there are no left luggage lockers at Princess Juliana airport –Continue reading “St Martin”
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Extract from Travel Tales from Exotic Places Kingstown is the capital of the small Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines. It’s quite a shabby place that appears run down. However, you can catch the ferry from here to Bequia (pronounced Beckway), Mayroun, and Union Island, some of the Grenadine Islands. There are some ATMs on Grenville StreetContinue reading “St Vincent and the Grenadines”
Antigua
Extract from Travel Tales from Exotic Places Antigua boasts of its 365 beaches, one for each day of the year, so I could understand the pained look on the taxi driver’s face when a cruise ship tourist asked him to take her to the beach for three hours. I was at Redcliffe Quay in St John’s theContinue reading “Antigua”
Barbados
Extract from Travel Tales from Exotic Places Laying on the verandah of my hotel the crash of the Atlantic Ocean waves is constant. The view both ways along the coastline shows white-topped waves smashing into the boulders and beaches. This is Bathsheba on the East coast of Barbados and it’s not visited by many tourists. In the late afternoonContinue reading “Barbados”
Iceland
Travelling along the Ring Road near Skogar on Iceland’s southern coast is a birdwatcher’s delight. Arctic terns fly along the fences by the road, oystercatchers in flocks of between 5 and 13 hunt on foot in the fields around two miles from the sea, and whimbrels sit on the fence posts looking for something to eat. The wind blows fluffyContinue reading “Iceland”
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