On a rocky hill above the Austrian mediaeval town of Dürnstein on the River Danube is the crumbling ruin of a castle. A castle where pages of history and a romantic legend are entwined. The castle where Read More »

It’s one of those quirky things: when you visit a place where the sun apparently shines 300 days a year, it rains the few hours you’re there. Despite it being summer, we joined Read More »

In Cornwall almost thirty years ago, beneath some 80 hectares (200 acres) of tangled bramble thickets, a garden was discovered. Read More »

‘No closer,’said the Aboriginal guide, not taking his eyes off it as it watched us menacingly Read More »

It was only when I looked down I saw the difference.  Read More »

The fair has been held annually for some 700 years and by chance we arrived in Salzburg when celebrations for St Rupert’s Day were in full swing. Read More »

Britain was aflutter with flags celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday, but at Bletchley Park a few miles north of London, only a single one flew high on a pole.

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South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

Since his accidental discovery in 1991, newspapers and journals have carried reports about him, the Italian-Austrian border has been re-surveyed to determine his ownership, scientists continue to investigate him, and a Museum of Archaeology has been established to house him. Read More »

There’s always been an air of mystery about it. The landmark people whiz past on their way to visit Healesville Sanctuary or the Yarra Valley vineyards in Victoria.

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The bus departed from the Pest side of the Danube, crossed the Chain Bridge and zig-zagged up Castle Hill on the Buda side. Since I spoke no Hungarian to ask directions, I hoped I’d recognise the stop for Read More »