Some of the Greek islands suffer from the effects of ‘kalimari and chips’ mass tourism. But, sometimes, you only need to take a short trip in a ferry or a kaiki to enter a different …

Words & Pictures by Keith Kellett.
One day in 1950, while walking in the Welsh hills, a man called Tom Rolt came upon a dilapidated, but charming little Talyllyn Railway, conveying slates from the quarries at …

A recent television programme, dealing with the islands around the British Isles, caught my attention. Brief visits were made to many of my favourite islands, including one to my very favourite, the little-known but fascinating …

Words and pictures by Keith Kellett
Maastricht is really somewhere you pass through on the way to somewhere else, rather than a destination in its own right. Even the Romans regarded it that way, and saw …

Words and Pictures by Keith Kellett.
In a way, the Ancient Romans were probably more civilised than we are. When the Roman Emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus, known to his friends as Hadrian, decided in AD 122 …

It is sometimes said that tapas in Spain came about as the result of the command of a King. Alfonso X, concerned at the high incidence of drunkenness in his army, proclaimed that strong drink …

Story, photos and video by Keith Kellett
Salamanca stands on the River Tormes, which many people who regularly take part in Vaughantown programmes know, because, in its infancy, that river also flows near the regularly-used hotel …

Text by Cody Adams; Photos by Linda Osewoudt

The Dutch are known for their relaxed, liberal culture and they make the most of it.  For a perfect example of their joie de vivre, consider their traditional …

Story and photos by Erin Nelson
My first trip to England. I had traveled through Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, South America, and the Middle East. But, I had never been to England. …

By Noah, student
The golden bells of the enormous Big Ben ring slowly and steadily as if the clock were an old man. The wind waves against my head, trying to blow …

by Roberta Beach Jacobson, photos by Alf B. Meier
Some tourists to Greece, when visiting the Karpathos Island studio of 86-year-old Yannis Chapsis, bristle …

Story and Photos by Carol
Sorgen
You may be surprised, as I was, to find an Irish Jewish Museum in the heart of Dublin. Indeed, you may be surprised that there’s an Irish Jewish population at all. …

Story and Photos by Ann Hattes
Portugal and its capital Lisboa have burst on the international travel scene …

Story and Photos by David Elliott
For anyone who loves Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford is a place of pilgrimage. I arrived there on a drizzly afternoon in early September, crushing sodden leaves underfoot …