When traveling or emigrating, its always a good idea to embrace the culture, food and drinks of the place you are visiting or living in. You never know, these...
Culture, Travel & Sport
In 1999 my elementary school teacher asked me to write about how I imagine the approaching new century. I wrote – and I am quoting literally – “robots will...
As anyone who has ever tried to open a window on a hot, steamy, Romanian train in the middle of summer will know, curent (translated, amongst other things, as ‘draught’)...
It’s about 6am on December 30. It’s dark and freezing with quite a lot of snow around. I am at Tbilisi bus station waiting for a bus to Telavi in Georgia’s wine region...
Nobu, the global luxury lifestyle brand founded by Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro and Meir Teper, has announced plans to continue its global expansion with the long...
A Polish billionaire and art aficionado has opened a museum in a small Swiss village after her idea was turned down in Poland. When negotiations fell through in both...
I love driving. It gives me the freedom of heading to where I feel like going. And sometimes it helps me get lost and discover places I wouldn’t experience...
Living in Budapest, I often say that the thing I miss the most about my home country of Italy is the sea. Diving in particular. I have explored shipwrecks under the...
Ever dreamt of working at passport control in a communist dictatorship? Now’s your chance. A computer game – which I was made aware of when my daughter put...
In Europe’s Shadow, by Robert D. Kaplan Amidst a sea of often wildly inaccurate and turgid rubbish churned out by hacks eager to make a quick buck in the wake of...
Fifty years after his death, Czech student Jan Palach remains a national hero and an inspiration for new generations. This year, dozens of public events were held across...
Plans to extend Bulgaria’s largest ski resort, Bansko, appear to have been dealt a fatal blow by the country’s highest court. On January 15, Bulgaria’s...
