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80Germany’s Most Famous Castle: Schloss Neuschwanstein
Ask a tourist – especially some of my Japanese students when they turn into snap-happy tourists – and they’ll likely tell you that the most famous landmark in Germany is Schloss...
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833 days in Singapore - The perfect itinerary
Singapore is a great place for a short stopover holiday on the way to somewhere else. With Changi International Airport being a hub for flights in and out of Australasia, a three day break can both help you...
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77Sainte Chapelle’s Stained Glass, Paris
To say Paris is a romantic city is really not just a cliche: I could take holidays there every year (if only a fairy godmother would pay!). And while everybody gets to famous spots like the Eiffel Tower there...
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75Roman Ruins at Dougga, Tunisia
While plenty of tourists head to Tunisia simply for the nice beaches and long-lasting summer weather, there is actually a wealth of history to discover in this north-east African country. Apart from the more...
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80Seeing Lenin’s Body in the Mausoleum, Moscow
The first time I visited Moscow in 2003, Red Square was closed. Apparently, it was relatively common that for terrorist-related reasons or other random government excuses, Red Square would be declared out of...
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74German Christmas Markets in Baden-Wuerttemberg
Visiting south-west Germany in December might make for a chilly trip, but the reward of being able to experience the Christmas markets more than makes up for it - and there's always the possibility of a white...
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78Attending a Sumo Wrestling Tournament in Japan
You might think sumo wrestling is just a bunch of really fat guys throwing each other around; and in a way you’d be right. But watching a sumo tournament is a fantastic quintessential Japanese...
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87Hard History: Visiting the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Site
You’ve learnt about it in history class, and you’ve seen it in movies, but nothing prepares you for the reality of visiting the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp site in southern Poland....
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72Three Romantic Road towns of southern Germany
Germany’s Romantic Road is not just an invention for tourism: it’s a traditional trade route from the Middle Ages, and today it winds it way through some of the prettiest towns and villages in...
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92Visiting Heilbronn, Germany - Where to Stay and What to Do
Heilbronn is a medium-sized town in south-western Germany, sitting on the Neckar River midway between Heidelberg and Stuttgart. It might not be famous as a tourist magnet, but if you want to experience a...
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