Insider’s Italy: My top ten Italian highlights
Having lived in Sorrento for 15 years, Italy is now my home from home. In the 80s, I worked for a specialist independent travel company, with Rome and the south of Italy being my specialist areas....
Las Vegas Day 2
Alarms were set for 8am for breakfast at 9am. We met by the pool at the hotel and all went to the breakfast room. Excellent choice of food: cereals, toast, fruit, yoghurt, eggs, sausage, potatoes,...
Brilliant day at Ait Ben Haddou & camel riding
A fantastic day starting with a panoramic view of Ait Ben Haddou & then walking up to the top of the Kasbah for more amazing views. A tasty lunch in Taddert & then a quick stop at an incised...
Guides and less visited sites of the First World War
I have just spent part of my day writing up my notes from a recent trip to the Western Front. Over three days, I, and some of the team from the Rayburn head office, visited a variety of sites across...
A Moroccan Adventure!
The Kingdom of Morocco might be just over 3 hours from London by plane but the exotic and unfamiliar, sights, sounds and smells, deeply traditional culture and diversity and contrasts in landscape...
Venture off the beaten track, with our top tips to Paris
Paris is not known as the City of Lights because of the wattage put out by the Eiffel Tower every evening, but rather the ‘Lights’ refer to the number of intellectual residents that made Paris...
Vatnajökull: The battle of fire and ice.
If you have the time when you’re in Iceland head east from Vik along the “1” road towards the Vatnajökull National Park, Europe’s largest National Park covering 13% of Iceland’s land area....
History tours help with exams
Shortly all the exam results will be with us – it was the ‘A’ Level results last week and soon it will be the GCSE’s. For another year the waiting will be over, this can be a worrying time...
Switzerland – More than just chocolate and cheese!
What goes through your head when someone mentions Switzerland to you? Maybe words such as chocolate, cheese, watches, banking, Rodger Federer, neutrality. I’m sure there are lots more clichés that...
Greg (me) enjoying my time in the Blue Lagoon.
Hours to go!
It’s only a matter of hours before we leave college for Gatwick. Everything is now packed and I’m preparing for an early start tomorrow.( As we leave at 7am)! Keep up to date for further...
48 hours until takeoff!
We depart on our 5 day Icelandic adventure Wednesday morning. Final preparations are being made now. I think I’ve almost packed everything. In 2 days time we would have landed! Everyone here...