Secretly Cool: The Surprise Discovery of Graz, Austria
11:24 10/07/2016
Graz. It’s not the most inspiring of names, now is it? Short, squat, and sounding more than a little like the French word for fat, it lacks the flourish...
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Vienna’s Mariahilfer Strasse, Now Filled with Pedestrian Joy
19:27 09/07/2016
This little clip features one of my favorite streets (Mariahilfer Strasse) in one of my favorite cities (Vienna), with one of my favorite guides (Wolfgang...
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What’s Changing — and What Isn’t — in Austria’s Idyllic Hallstatt
1:18 21/06/2016
Cameron Hewitt (my wonderful co-author and fellow guidebook researcher) continues his insightful blog series. Researching our Austria guidebook, he...
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Photograph of the week: Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
10:31 01/06/2016
It’s estimated that around 100,000 people pass through Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo every hour, making it the busiest pedestrian crossing in the world....
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Travel Bite: Street Scenes and Eats in Vienna, Austria
2:01 30/04/2016
From time to time, we share a random video clip to fuel your travel dreams. Join us today as we stroll along Vienna’s traffic-free streets and grab a...
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Feeling the Pulse of a Great City
20:26 20/04/2016
Walking down Madrid’s delightful pedestrian boulevard enjoying the paseo with my local guide, Nygil Murrel, I learn some fun insights about Spain’s...
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Majestic Munching in Madrid
19:35 19/04/2016
You know I love industrial-age market halls rejuvenated into trendy food circuses. Come along with me as I follow local Madrid guide, Nygil Murrel, on an...
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Cuba’s Golden Triangle
12:45 15/04/2016
The name Havana evokes different images for different people, but generally pleasurable ones. Many associate it with movies, others with Caribbean...
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Sniffer cats to replace dogs in airport security trial
1:21 01/04/2016
Sniffer dogs are having to step aside for their feline counterparts at a Papua New Guinea airport and, if trials are successful, we could soon be seeing...
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Firsthand Accounts Make History Spring to Life
19:31 17/03/2016
When traveling, having a guide (or a friend who functions as a guide) who actually lived through the local history heightens the experience. When I was...
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