We’re a pair of old romantics. We visit cities in the middle of winter in the hope of finding snow that’s knee-deep on the ground, of discovering cosy bars with roaring fires and great beer. It’s why we went to Ljubljana, the modest capital of Slovenia. The old Communist bloc country was indeed dressed in…
Category: Europe
The Vasa – Stockholm’s star attraction
As a teenager I watched on TV as the battered remains of the Tudor warship Mary Rose was rescued from the muddy depths of the Solent. Some years later we visited Portsmouth to see her skeletal remains, now preserved and the centrepiece of a museum. Hers was a remarkable story of survival beneath the seabed,…