Any Excuse to Travel

Stories from travels in

February 2012

Naschmarkt Vienna

Vienna – not all schnitzel and sausage

When I pitch Vienna against Budapest or even Bratislava, it always comes in third. I’ve never taken to the city – and I have no

Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser

Flushing the loo is a godless deed – a wanton act of death

With a name like Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser, is it any wonder that this Austrian artist believed that the colourful, the abundant, the manifold, is

Dating frescos by fashion

Forget carbon dating – let’s use fashion instead. Yes, things are done differently in Malta.