Vertiginous Accounts: Travels in the Air (1871 edition)
Expedition accounts of aeronauts bravely venturing into the heavens on hot-air balloons.
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A Road Trip To The Alps and Dolomites
About three years ago I watched a YouTube video of a couple of trail runners running the Alta Via 2 in the Dolomites. It’s a 100 mile route through the Dolomite mountains in northern Italy and as soon as I watched them I realised I had to go there. Not to run the route, but … Read more
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Diagrams for Travel from the Qanoon-e-Islam (1832)
Diagrams from a now-lost Urdu manuscript illustrating the propitious days and directions for travel.
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A BONUS BRIGHTON BOOZER
October 2026. Brighton. On the way back from Ford to Rye now, an eight train journey but with four Beer Guide ticks (“half a BRAPA”) in the bag. Four pints in 2 hours, really important not to mix it up with coffee. Puccino’s at Worthing station, the “indie” Pumpkin ?, give you a little biscuit……
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Uruguay Residency Is Zero Tax for One Kind of Person
A friend from Brazil told me Uruguay residency is very interesting, especially for nomads. Zero tax, he said, plus access to South America’s EU-style free-movement agreements. I checked both claims against the law as it stands in October 2026. Uruguay is a good option for one profile: someone living…
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Schnitzel with noodles and crisp apple strudels… vegan style
Forget the old stereotypes of Austria as a land of carnivorous schnitzel-munchers and wurst-gobblers. Modern Österreich is a far more enlightened and veg-friendly place than such outdated clichés suggest, and Graz’s thriving vegan food scene is a case in point. Located close to the historic centre,…
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