Rome – Where History Still Lives in the Streets
From the Colosseum and Imperial Fora to the Trevi Fountain and St Peter’s Square: a personal walk through Rome, its history, art and pilgrimage memories.
Travel Stories
Vienna – Behind the Imperial Façades
Explore Vienna on foot, from St Stephen’s Cathedral and the Hofburg to the Belvedere, Schönbrunn and the Prater, through history, music, art and Viennese food.
Budapest – A City to Read on Foot
A March journey through Budapest: Buda and Pest, historic cafés, the yellow metro and a night cruise on the Danube.
Prague’s Astronomical Clock: Reading a Clock That Shows More Than Time
How to read Prague’s Astronomical Clock: its astronomical dial, calendar, different systems of time and hourly procession of apostles.
The Journey Begins before Departure
The rhythm of an itinerary, the different people in a group and preparation that leaves room to experience a place.
Sunday in St Peter’s Square – A Prayer to Remember for a Lifetime
The Angelus with the Pope in St Peter’s Square: song, fellowship and memories of my grandfather Bepo from Supetar.
Rome and Assisi – A Journey through Eternity, Faith and Human Connection
A personal pilgrimage through Rome and Assisi: St Francis, Roman basilicas, the Holy Stairs and prayer in St Peter’s Square.
Lose Your Way in the Medina, Find the Soul of Morocco
The final instalment of Seven Days in Morocco: the medina of Fez, Mohammed, Hamid on Seffarine Square, tanneries and an unexpected gift of bread.
From Sand to Cedars
From Merzouga to Fez via Erfoud’s fossil workshops, Damia, Zaida’s grills, cedar forests, Barbary macaques and Ifrane.
Barefoot into Silence
Sunset with a camel caravan, a night at a desert camp and a barefoot morning among the dunes of Erg Chebbi.
At the Edge of the Dunes: Tea, Stone and Song
With Aziz near Merzouga: tea with a nomadic family, fossils, an old mine and Gnawa music in Khamlia.
From Canyons to Dunes: Following Hospitality towards the Sahara
From the Dades hairpins and Todra Gorge through Melaab to lunch at Mustafa’s home in Erfoud and the first dunes of Merzouga.