A pile of bonus avios gave me an excuse for one last trip abroad – returning to Malta for a dose of winter sun and a nostalgic wander around some favourite spots.

"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."

A pile of bonus avios gave me an excuse for one last trip abroad – returning to Malta for a dose of winter sun and a nostalgic wander around some favourite spots.

Despairing of the lack of a proper winter in the UK, I took a weekend in Oslo in search of snow.

My first Club Carlson stay, at Berlin’s remarkable Radisson built around a fish tank!

An end-of-week jaunt to Germany’s capital, to check out some architectural curiosities.

Photos from various tourist stops – and my hotel – in Berlin.