Last weekend saw the Classic Racing Revival 2016 in Denia on Spain’s East coast. The event sees a series of races featuring historic motorbikes, and includes many of the bikes being on display in the town. As well as the various bikes, there were also a series of classic cars of various vintages there…
Most people in the UK are familiar with the Mary Rose, the famous ship of the English navy under Henry VIII which was sank in battle in 1545 before being recovered in 1982. Sweden has its own ship with a similar history, the Vasa, a 64 gun ship, that sank on its maiden voyage in 1628,…
Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, is one of his most famous characters, the tragic antihero who has one of the most quoted lines in the bard’s work, “To be or not to be…”. Hamlet’s home is the Danish Royal palace, Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, so when we had the opportunity to see Hamlet in…
I’ve spent today walking about Copenhagen as a tourist, something I can reccomend. The pretty harbour and lovely cafes that make up Nyhavn, the fun that is Tivoli Gardens, and the palace and the Changing of the Guard are all great to see. We were walking to Nyhavn from the changing of the guard when…
On my recent trip to Poland, I went to visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine, near Krakow. I was aware of the mine as a key tourist attraction, although had never been on any of my previous trips to the city, and as we were driving more or less by the entrance, it seemed a good opportunity to…
On my recent trip to Poland, I went back to visit Wawel, or Krakow Castle again. I have been there a few times, but even in a city with so much impressive architecture and grand buildings, the castle that dominates one end of the old town is a must see. There have been buildings on…
I was in Poland recently, which involved flying to and from Lublin airport in the east of the country. Although there has been an airfield in Swidnik – the town near Lublin that is home to the airport – since 1939, and an aviation factory building helicopters since 1956, there has only been a commercial…
I’ve been in Barcelona – or, rather, near Barcelona – for a few days for Formula One Winter Testing, and as is often the case, the event times well with the Mobile World Congress. The Mobile World Congress 2015, or MWC15, is the annual gathering and trade show for those in the mobile industry. I…
I mentioned recently that I was in Spain, and although I have spent plenty of time in Eastern Spain near Denia, I had never been to the most famous nearby resort, so I decided this time to take a trip to Benidorm to see what the fuss was about. For many, Benidorm conjures up images…
I mentioned recently that I was in rural Spain, and although staying near the sea, there is an impressive series of mountains near by. Driving on the mountain roads of Spain is quite an experience, with plenty of narrow roads filled with bends winding around the hills, frustratingly short of places to stop to enjoy…
I find myself – as I quite often do – in the little Spanish village of Els Poblets, near Denia, roughly half way between Alicante and Valencia. This was our base when attending the Grand Prix at Valencia a few years ago, and a frequent holiday destination for us. When walking through the village, we…
I am currently in Krakow, Poland, which for anyone who has not visited, is both a rather historic and a rather pretty city. It is the second largest city in Poland after Warsaw, and is a former national capital. The city dates back to the seventh century, and the old town is a UNESCO World…