Auschwitz-Birkenau: Reminding us of man’s madness
An Auschwitz-Birkenau tour is a bit like being guided through an industrial site. And in a sense, it was. Mass murder on an industrial scale. What's unfathomable is how many believed this was right.
What makes us human? Thoughts on prehistoric cave art.
Last summer, I spent time in Bordeaux and the surrounding wine districts with my mum and sister. A highlight in the area was the ancient cave art in the nearby Vézère Valley. There are many excellent caves to visit in the valley. Having studied archaeology, [...]
Norway on horseback
By Catarina Redisch in Hemsedal You know I love riding more than anything. Well, I'm just back from a week on the horseback in the mountains of Norway. Often, this means riding from cabin to cabin, but here we rode from mountain resort to mountain resort - got a bit spoiled [...]
World at a Glance: The Bone Church at Sedlec
About an hour's drive east of Prague you'll find a curious church. In the late 1800s, František Rint, a Czech wood-carver, was given the task of furnishing the church with, well, bones. Years ago, I travelled with my oldest daughter, 10 at the [...]
Day out London: Blenheim Palace
If you're in London - or in the Cotswolds, one of my favourite parts of England, I recommend an outing to the little town of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace. The palace represents the early stages of the English Romantic movement - an architectural style characterised [...]
Jurassic Coast
The #FriFotos* theme this week is coast, which suits me well, as I've been meaning to say a few words about the Jurassic coast anyway. Do you have a kid completely enamoured with dinosaurs and fossils? I do... or at least, I did. On a [...]
Family road trip Wales: Isle of Anglesey
Another Sunday, another segment in our family road trip in Wales. Today, it's all about Ynys Môn, better known as Isle of Anglesey. (If you're wondering why Cat looks a tad younger, it's because this is from our first road trip in Wales, when she [...]
