There was a time when Athens was regarded as Europe’s most overrated capital. But it was before the Olympics in 2004. For just long enough to clean up and rehabilitate…
Female readers frequently ask me about safety in Egypt. I’m not sure how to respond to it. After all, all I know is what my female friends tell me. Because…
Hemingway refers to Madrid as “the capital of the universe” and “the most Spanish of all cities” in his novel Death in the Afternoon. Madrid, the European Union’s second-largest city…
Amsterdam is one of my all-time favourite cities. I’ve been going there regularly for over a decade and even lived there for a while. It’s a city with a skewed…
Mexico is a fantastic destination to visit…but it has a poor image. Is it safe to go? What if you’re a female solo traveller? Kristin Addis from Be My Travel…
If you’re like me, you feel that travel has the power to change people. Exposure to the world and its inhabitants is frequently a good driver for change. But recently,…