Stuart WadsworthApr 13, 20208 minKrakow in the Time of Corona (Part 2)Easter's Damp Squib Easter in Poland, as in all deeply Christian countries, is an incredibly important time of coming together and...
Stuart WadsworthMar 22, 20206 minKraków in the Time of Corona (Part 1)Adoptive City I have never written a post about my adoptive home city of Kraków on this blog, and indeed I have generally overlooked it...
Stuart WadsworthMar 11, 20204 minTrenčín: A Town in Ten PicturesOverlooked City Slovakia is a country justifiably famed for its beautiful mountain scenery, stunning national parks, lakes and forests,...
Stuart WadsworthApr 16, 201911 minTunisia in a Month (Part 1): Overview & Tunis Is it Safe? The idea of going to Tunisia is one that I had been mulling over for a while - in fact probably more than a decade. The...
Stuart WadsworthApr 9, 201910 minA Short Guide to SandomierzSando where? Small town Poland is, by and large, a fairly unremarkable affair. Unlike neighbouring Czech Republic, say, Poland's...
Stuart WadsworthMar 29, 201911 minA Short Guide to Tbilisi Faded Charm Flying in, the first thing you see is the TV mast: a huge, flashing monument which is lit up like Blackpool tower with garish...
Stuart WadsworthMar 26, 201911 minA Short Guide to YerevanWelcome to the Cognac Capital In the shadow of the fabled Mount Ararat, Yerevan stands at a crossroads between Asian and European...
Stuart WadsworthMar 16, 201912 minA Short Guide to GdańskTumultuous History 'Gdansk' is, by Polish standards, an easy city to pronounce for foreigners. In many other ways though, it is perhaps...
Stuart WadsworthMar 11, 20198 minA Short Guide to LublinComing out of the Shadows Long in the shadows of hipper, more well-known destinations in Poland such as Kraków, Wrocław and Warsaw,...
Stuart WadsworthMar 6, 20197 minA Short Guide to OlomoucThe Hipster's Choice For many years now, Prague has completely dominated tourism in the Czech Republic, so much so that most other towns...
Stuart WadsworthMar 4, 20199 minA Short Guide to LvivA Lion-hearted city There are some cities in Eastern Europe which defy logic. Lviv to Ukrainians, Lwów to Poles, Lvov to Russians,...
Stuart WadsworthFeb 23, 201911 minA Short Guide to BudapestElegantly wasted Centre of Europe, grand old dame of the Habsburg Empire, inventor of ‘goulash communism’ and now emerging in the 21st...
Stuart WadsworthFeb 22, 201911 minA Short Guide to BakuWill There Be Blood? Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, the most populous of the three Caucasian capitals with around two million inhabitants,...
Stuart WadsworthFeb 20, 20199 minA Short Guide to EgerBaroque Beauty Hungary, similar to nearby Czech Republic, is a country which is known chiefly for its capital, which dwarfs all other...
Stuart WadsworthFeb 12, 20197 minStill Crazy: Communist Tours of Nowa Huta Out of the box tourism Krakow: a city of dreaming spires, ancient castles, dragons, myths, cobbled streets, cosy bars and coffee shops;...
Stuart WadsworthFeb 9, 20199 minDipping Into Budapest's Thermal BathsFeeling the therms “This is the place where Budapest comes to chill out,” Laszlo, a banker in Pest, tells me. “many people come here to...
Stuart WadsworthAug 28, 20183 minA Short Guide to Wroclaw's River Odra and IslandsWhat? Why? Where? Wroclaw's island area is the soul to the Market Square's heart in Wrocław. Home to a growing number of cafes, bars and...
Stuart WadsworthJul 21, 201810 minNorthern India in a Month (Part 2/5) - Cities of Rajasthan: Jaipur, Pushkar, Chittorghar & BundhiBus logistics We took a bus from Agra to Jaipur, this one 'deluxe' and about twice the price of the regular one - but still very...
Stuart WadsworthJul 11, 201815 minNorthern India in a Month (Part 1/5) - Delhi and AgraForeword This trip took place in August and September 2007. It was at the tail end of the rainy season and there were still occasional...
Stuart WadsworthJul 2, 20182 min Łódź - A City in Ten PicturesŁódź (pronounced 'Woodge') is a city for which the words 'gritty', 'down-to-earth' and 'unpretentious' barely do justice. It's Poland's...