Collect your passport stamps with pride

I dug out my old passport that expired 6 years ago today. It hasn’t seen daylight since it was cruelly made invalid with a punch by an indifferent clerk.

Waiting for the summer

For those of you who may be suffering from “the grass is always greener” syndrome, this brief video of what I was facing this morning just might cure you.

Uplifting Potato Day in Denmark

Trust the Danes to set aside a day to celebrate the potato. In its 8th year now, the annual Potato Day will be celebrated on 15 June by almost 40,000 elderly people feasting on new potatoes in nursing homes throughout Denmark.

Peaceful Norway and listmania

Norway is the most peaceful country in the world according to The Global Peace Index launched yesterday.

The road to disappointment

The storyboard of 4 little ducks’ road to disappointment on my early walk at Arundel this morning. The ducks were making their way to me, because they mistakenly thought I brought food.

Do men sleep with teddy bears?

20% of travelling men admitted to sleeping with a teddy bear when away from their partner according to a survey carried out by the UK hotel chain Travelodge.

Everybody wants a piece of the travel cake

Everybody wants to be a travel writer, or if not a travel writer, then a travel photographer, or if not a travel photographer, then a Michael Palin and then there are people like me, who just want to travel – but we all want a piece of the travel cake.

Brussels Airlines forced to change unlucky logo

We get lulled into a sleep thinking we’re all sophisticated and civilized travellers, and BAM enters the story about travellers refusing to use an airline because of their “unlucky” logo.

Airline goes to an all time save-the-environment low

I wrote about British Airways’ new unjust excess baggage fees yesterday, but when it comes to underhanded money spinners Sterling Airlines really takes the biscuit.

Child-free zone on charter planes

Are crying children getting to you, when you’re sipping your cocktail enjoying your polystyrene cup of coffee onboard the plane to Thailand?

The Danish charter company, Star Tour claims to have found the perfect solution for you.