Travel Journals


Nashville

Nashville has a vibrant, well off, buzzing kind of energy. In the past it has been a country music pilgrimage destination but it has become newly fashionable and is attracting new people from all over with new and exciting events, places and buildings popping up everywhere. I went for the… Learn more


New York, New York… by Ian Collier

I only had 5 nights to ‘do’ NYC so I invented a machine that slows down time. If you don’t have one of these, the same effect can be achieved by buying a map & a subway pass, utilising every spare second of the day and not sleeping very much.… Learn more


Cuba by Bike by Peter Dunne

There is a very famous quote from Che Guevara “¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!” (“Until Victory, Always!”) And as I approached the final hill on day 5 of my cycling tour, this quote took on a whole new meaning. It wasn’t the biggest hill ever, but it was 38 degrees C… Learn more


And We’re Walking, Washington DC by Ian Collier

Well, when you’re on a coach tour, you certainly can’t complain about not maximising the limited time available! Yesterday, we managed to squeeze pretty much every memorial in DC (Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, WW2, Korean, Vietnam, Holocaust) plus the White House, Capitol, popped across the Potomac to Arlington National Cemetary &… Learn more


The Streets of Philadelphia by Ian Collier

Well, at the end of a whistle stop 24 hours in the City of Brotherly Love I’m certainly better educated about the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the drafting of the Constitution as any trip here is basically a U.S. History lesson replete with patriotic assertions of how… Learn more


How d’Ya Like Dem’ Apples Boston by Ian Collier

Yes, we’re in Boston, so today’s playlist is heavy with the eclectic mixture of Aerosmith, James Taylor & the Pixies, and depending on where we end up, perhaps a dash of Donna Summer later on. After a day of driving from Philadelphia yesterday, it’s nice to have a couple of… Learn more


No Sleep Til Brooklyn by Ian Collier

Yes, I’ve just returned from Brooklyn having just enjoyed a pretty much completely off the beaten tourist track tour of this less heralded Borough, so I have to applaud my tour operator Globus for having the imagination to include it on our itinerary. I walked in John Travolta’s ‘Saturday Night… Learn more


Manhattan by Bike and from the very Top by Ian Collier

One of my final activities in New York was a 3 hour “Bike & Roll” cycle tour of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn – this ended up being the highlight of my time in NYC. Departing from Battery Park, we cycled about 12 miles through lower Manhattan & Brooklyn, crossing both… Learn more


Cruising the Greek Islands by Peter Dunne

Having not visited Greece since 1987 it was probably time for me to go back, and what better way to visit Greece than on a small ship cruise. The MS Galileo departs every Saturday from Pireaus for the Jewel of the Cyclades cruise, a great itinerary taking in Poros, Folegandros,… Learn more


The Majestic Canadian Rockies with Globus

I have never been to Canada and I have never been on a bus tour so in August I got the chance to remedy this by travelling from Vancouver to Calgary with Globus. I have come back a convert. I had a wonderful time, there was lots of awesome scenery,… Learn more


My River Cruise in Europe by Peter Dunne

People often say that travel is about the journey, its not about getting from A to B but how you get from A to B and this has never been so relevant as today. Amsterdam to Budapest is the must do trip and the preferred mode of travel is a… Learn more