Inside the Travel Lab

Everyone talks in whispers, the omnipresent classical music giving the atmosphere of a reverential mass, or perhaps a mix between a library, an art gallery and heartbreak hotel.

England, France, Spain.

Different dresscodes, different foods, different languages, different outlooks. But when it comes to furniture, Swedish

Across Japan, amidst the crowds or within the privacy of solitude, people read their fortunes and say their prayers. Depending on whether they like what they read, they tie the paper in neat knots outside the temple.

As a thriller, I enjoyed this book almost until its conclusion, however as a travelogue I loved it all the way through.

Who could resist? I was walking around Ronda, home to an incredible bridge and arguably the birthplace of bullfighting, when a sign caught my eye.

Museo Bandolero. A bandit museum.

A little further out, however, Seville reveals its modern face, the lights and the energy of a city on the up.

The streets of Havana are restless, active places – and that’s why I love this photo so much. Life is lived outside, from children playing football in the dust, to laundry drying, to neighbours

Not content with moving myself across the globe, I recently moved my blog from blogger to wordpress.For those of you considering making the same move – read on.

It’s not an urban legend - the streets of Seville really are lined with orange trees. Right now, they’re sprouting orbs of green but I’ve spotted a few that are getting ahead of the pack…   We’ll see oranges in no time…