The best three of the twenty trains I took between London and Tirana.
Finding my way across Europe
My route from London to Tirana – which I largely figured out along the way!
Overview: The Albanian Connection
Links to the coverage I produced during my race across Europe.
Gallery: Switzerland 2023
A return to Zurich, and a first visit to Bern.
Bern 2023: IFSC World Championships
Another climbing-inspired trip to Switzerland, this time for the World Championships.
Gallery: Meiringen
Highlights from an April visit to Meiringen – when the Aareschlucht partially reopens after winter.
Two nights in… Meiringen
Reviving a travel plan from 2020, I headed to Switzerland for the first bouldering world cup of the season.
The Honeymoon Tour
An overview of our honeymoon trip across Europe: from our wedding venue in Rotterdam, to Taormina in Sicily, all by train!
From Rotterdam to Taormina, by ten trains
An overview of each of the train journeys making up our Honeymoon tour from the Netherlands to Italy.
Gallery: The Bernina Express
Although a challenging environment – and one I wanted to enjoy! – I managed a few reasonable shots on the Bernina Express.
The Bernina Express
Getting from Switzerland to Italy in style – by narrow gauge railway across the Alps.
Gallery: Zurich
A few shots from the first proper stop of our tour, an old favourite of mine.
Across Europe, by train: planning our honeymoon tour
From a simple idea, our honeymoon plan grew into a five country, nine day train journey from Rotterdam to Sicily (and then a well-earned rest). This post covers the itinerary and logistics, providing a guide to booking something similar yourself (including an alternative start from the UK).
Trip Report: The big win, big science, and a big storm
Full report on my 2013Q4 project: chasing IHG’s Big Win promotion.
Visiting CERN
Big science at CERN: The Universe of Particles, Microcosm, and a chance to get a bit further behind the scenes at ATLAS.
Gallery: Geneva 2013
As an almost-birthday treat (and as part of my Big Win project) I visited Geneva for a Marian Call concert at CERN. Here’s some photographic highlights!
Snippets of Zurich
A few thoughts from my notebook collected during my trip to Zurich, October 2012.
Gallery: Zurich
Photos from my first visit to Zurich.