Travelling can be risky at the best of times but takes on a whole new dimension when a child is involved, but that shouldn’t stop you from travelling. Rachael Green-Roche offers advice and tips on how to travel with children.…
Midsommar: a night of Swedish madness
“Why, this is very midsummer madness!“ (Twelfth Night)
Not long ago Sweden welcomed the spring but Valborg is only the warm-up act. Midsummer, or Midsommar in Swedish, is the biggest party of year. …
Wimbledon – A British Institution
It’s already well into the swing of tennis season and the next tournament on the agenda is, of course, Wimbledon. Even though the UK has not enjoyed much success on the hallowed turf of SW19 in recent years, it is …
Jungle Fever in Dalat
It’s 10pm, dark and raining. Four friends and I huddle on the cracked leather of an ancient sofa, playing cards. A few beer cans sit on the table and our muddy, rain-sodden clothes of the day hang dripping from the …
Shinto Wedding at the Meiji Jingu Shrine
A walk through the tranquil forest of Yoyogi Park and into the grounds of the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo‘s Harajuku district will not only enable you to escape the constant noise of the busy Japanese metropolis, it could …
Goodbye Classroom, Hello World!
Four years ago I was in an auditorium in Vietnam alongside my teaching colleagues and we were listening to a lecture that only served to strengthen my already iron-clad resolve to travel. I don’t think that this was the point …
Where in the world can you swim around a Second World War tank?
It’s a perfect day in the tropics. The pristine white sand dazzles brightly, starkly contrasted with the deep green foliage fringing the beach. The sea is aquamarine and warm as a bath—too warm to cool down on such a hot …