Exploring the enclaves and counter-enclaves making up a complex Dutch/Belgian community.
Three nights in… The Hague
An overdue return to the Netherlands, and a bit more of Belgium.
Stockholms Tunnelbana
Exploring the world’s longest art gallery – Stockholm’s metro.
Three nights in… Stockholm
An unusual return to Sweden, exploring a series of tunnels and tubes in Stockholm.
Gallery: Cosmic Day Trip
Photos from a variety of Armenian astrophysics facilities – some abandoned!
A Cosmic Day Trip
Searching for soviet space science in the mountains of Armenia.
The Extraordinary Travel Festival
A gathering of some of the world’s most-travelled people (and me).
Yerevan, Armenia
Exploring Armenia’s capital, host to the extraordinary travel festival.
Gallery: Dubai
A few views of – and from – the world’s tallest building.
Three nights in… Dubai
My first new country since 2019 was one I’d never sought out: the UAE.
Gallery: Oslo 2022
An art-heavy return to Norway’s capital.
Two nights in… Oslo
The chance to join Norse Atlantic’s first flight from London to Oslo seemed an ideal excuse to revisit one of my favourite countries.
The Idaho and Utah State Capitols
Unusually, both cities on this trip were the capitals of their respective states. Their capitol buildings turned out to be unexpected delights.
36 hours in… Boise, Idaho
A brief side-trip from Salt Lake City let me claim another US State – my seventh new one of the year.
Salt Lake City
With Salt Lake City hosting four climbing word cups on back-to-back weekends, I returned for a second visit in 2022.
Two nights in… Meiringen
Reviving a travel plan from 2020, I headed to Switzerland for the first bouldering world cup of the season.
Gallery: The Durham Museum
Once the showpiece of the Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha Union station survives today as the excellent Durham Museum.
Seven States in Nine Days
In less than two weeks I was able to double the number of US States I’ve meaningfully visited, by hopping on and off the California Zephyr.
Gallery: Chicago 2022
An assortment of architectural highlights from January’s two visits to Chicago.
Chicago: City of Architecture
Despite the cold of a midwestern winter, I was able to check out a number of Chicago’s architectural highlights.