The Blog

Armistice Day is also Poland's Independence Day. What I saw at the Warsaw march, why Poles are so proud, and what Britain could learn from its neighbour.

How to get from Tallinn Old Town to Tallinn Airport: my rainy early-morning walk to the tram, tram lines T2 and T4, €2 tickets, taxis and buses to Tartu.

How to get from Helsinki Airport to the city centre by I or P train, bus 600, taxi or Uber, with the right ABC ticket, current HSL fares and tips from my trip.

Every way from Budapest Airport to the city centre, with fares checked for 2026: the 24-hour 100E bus, the cheap 200E and M3 metro, the train, Főtaxi, Uber, Bolt and miniBUD.

How to get from Dublin Airport to the city centre by Dublin Express, Aircoach, Dublin Bus, taxi or Freenow, with routes, stops and tips from my own trip.

I checked the price of a pint of Guinness in every pub on Dublin's Temple Bar, from €6.90 to €10.95. Here is where to drink for less, plus a little history.

How to get from Pisa Airport to Pisa, the Leaning Tower, Florence and Lucca: PisaMover, buses, taxis and trains, with current fares and times.

Malta’s mysterious cart ruts at Clapham Junction near Dingli: who made them, when, the Għar il-Kbir cave dwellers, Filfla at sunset and how to visit.

Above Victoria, Gozo’s Cittadella has guarded the island for 3,000 years: the 1551 raid, an old prison carved with ships, a painted dome and tips for visiting.

On Gozo, 14 marble statues climb Ta’ Għammar Hill to the Resurrection, and Ta’ Pinu keeps the voice Karmni Grima heard in 1883: the story, a sunset and visiting tips.

On Gozo’s Xagħra plateau, Ġgantija predates Stonehenge and the pyramids: the legend of Sansuna, the Victorians who cleared it, and current tickets and hours.

Walk Valletta from the George Cross memorial to Fort St Elmo’s last stand and Caravaggio’s Beheading, with current Co-Cathedral and museum ticket prices.

Walk the Tarxien Temples — older than the pyramids — for spirals, animal reliefs, the colossal skirted statue, and current Heritage Malta hours and tickets.

Climb the Rotunda of Mosta — Malta’s Pantheon — hear the 9 April 1942 bomb that never exploded, and get current hours, tickets and the bus from Valletta.

How to get from Edinburgh Airport to the city centre by tram, Airlink 100 bus or taxi, with current fares and times from the operators.

Four of my Paris films in one long post: the Gare du Nord, Château Rouge, the camp under Line 2, the train to Calais, Versailles, and why Paris must be preserved as French.

Walk Warsaw’s UNESCO Old Town — cobbles, Barbican, market squares, pierogi and craft beer — with film, Stay22 hotels map, Viator tours and practicals.

Climb the Sacré-Cœur steps, walk Montmartre’s souvenir streets to the Moulin Rouge, and plan the stay with clear eyes — film, practicals and maps.

Château Rouge sits a Métro stop from the Paris postcard — and feels a world away. A street-level walk with practicals, stays and clear eyes.

Thieves scope London bureaux, follow customers, and lift envelopes of cash. A Strand walker's checklist from The Wondering Englishman.