Christmas in Transylvania
I can highly recommend Transylvania as the ultimate romantic destination for a break this or any other Christmas. For die-hard horror buffs of a certain age Transylvania will forever be […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Egyptian revival in Hackney
Hackney’s not nearly as bad as it was when I lived round there in the early 1980s, and in fact has become quite the place to see and be seen […]
Guns ‘n’ roses at Haydarpasha Station
All the trains to everywhere on the Anatolian side of Turkey depart from this impressive Istanbul railway station, which was completed in 1908. It’s redolent of old world charm, Strangers […]
Gulf of Edremit
I was delighted to see the Gulf of Edremit highlighted in the movie Season of the Witch the other night. The setting bore no resemblance to the actual place I’d […]
