Long time travel writer and former travel editor… follow me as I continue my global journey
KIEV, UKRAINE CITY BREAK, (WRITTEN BEFORE THE START OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION IN FEBRUARY 2022)
LOW COST airlines have made Europe so accessible in the last decade or so that many of us are running short of new cities to visit for a weekend break.
Continue reading “KIEV: CITY IN THE HEADLINES WITH SO MUCH TO OFFER… AND DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM DUBLIN”DESTINATIONS: UKRAINE AND LITHUANIA
NUCLEAR tourism is booming both in Ukraine and Lithuania – thanks to the recent success of the HBO mini-series Chernobyl. (at least it was before the start of the war in Ukraine).
Continue reading “TOURISM GOES NUCLEAR IN UKRAINE AND LITHUANIA, THANKS TO HIT TV SERIES!”HOTEL REVIEW: THE GORE LONDON
THERE’S only one short, three-letter word to describe our room in The Gore, on the edge of Hyde Park, in South Kensington… WOW!
Continue reading “SPEND A NIGHT – OR TWO – WITH THE STARS IN STUNNING SOUTH KEN!”BY BRIAN OGLE
BY BRIAN OGLE
While Crimea is currently out of bounds to Western travellers, Brian Ogle recalls a trip to the land once called The Playground of the Tsars, visiting places like Sevastopol, Balaklava, Yalta and the site of the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War.
Continue reading “VISITING CRIMEA… SEVASTOPOL, BALACLAVA, AND VALLEY OF DEATH BEFORE THE LITTLE GREEN MEN!”
AN INTERESTING and enjoyable day trip alternative to the many attractions of Barcelona is to the mountain monastery at Montserrat… home of the famous Black Madonna.
Continue reading “IN SEARCH OF THE BLACK MADONNA….”BY BRIAN OGLE
THE problem with Paris is that once you’re there for a couple of days, you don’t want to leave.
Continue reading “PARIS: THE CITY YOU NEVER WANT TO LEAVE….”BY BRIAN OGLE
SWEDEN may be one of Europe’s more expensive countries, but as I found out recently you can spend four or five days in its stunning capital Stockholm without it costing you a penny – or rather a krona! That is of course, as long as you’ve got a healthy balance on your credit card!
For the catch is you must have plastic to survive as a tourist on the streets of the Baltic Sea beauty, as hard cash is disappearing rapidly. Indeed, it’s forecast the city could be completely cashless in five years time… So if you haven’t used a credit card to buy an ice cream, a hot dog or a bar of chocolate before, you’d better get used to it to enjoy your stay not only in Stockholm, but the other Scandinavian capitals where plastic rules the roost.
Continue reading “STOCKHOLM – CITY WHERE YOU CAN’T SPEND A KRONA!”
Hello and welcome,
My name is Brian Ogle and this is my Travel Blog. I’ve spent almost 30 years as the Editor of Northern Ireland’s only travel newspaper – before that I was a sports journalist and before that worked for 20 years for the News Letter, the world’s oldest continuous publication daily newspaper. Now I’m freelance I’m continuing to explore the globe and visit the places I’ve missed so far. Yes, believe it or not there’s still many shores I’ve yet to set foot on. This Blog will follow me on my travels – and I hope you will join me….
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The 'Travel' Life of Brian 