Liechtenstein: a photoessay from one of the world’s tiniest and prettiest capital cities
by Lonely Planet calls it a pipsqueak of a country. I don’t think Liechtenstein is the sort of country that would take offence. It it super …
Category: Europe
In love with Lucerne
It is still bright and sunny when I head out for an early dinner at seven in the evening. My handy phone map shows the …
Fifty shades of white
Provence, of course, I knew well – I had driven around the villages in the footsteps of Peter Mayle, whose sardonic, yet affectionate look at …
Friday photo: Lucerne
In a country that is dotted with blockbuster landscapes and picturesque cities, I found myself falling in love with Lucerne very easily and rapidly. Its …
Photoessay on Livraria Lello, Portugal’s most beautiful bookshop
It was a dull and rainy day in Porto when I walked into Livraria Lello. And my world was instantly filled with glorious sunshine. Even …
Friday photo: seaside village
I left a bit of my heart behind in Portugal – on a recent two week road trip through the south of Spain and Portugal. …
The sound of Salzburg
The Sound of Music is the kind of film that defies both superlative and age. Starring the inimitable Julie Andrews, the movie won five Academy …
Once upon a time in Copenhagen
I had written about one of the world’s most popular storytellers, Hans Christian Andersen, his life in Copenhagen and works for the Economic Times Sunday …