good words for more sensible travel
Welcome to this new section of our website. Expect notes and news relating to travel, culture, society and politics in and around Europe. We don't call it a blog. And why not? Well, let's face it, while there are a lot of good blogs around, too many blogs are poorly researched, badly written, ill-tempered and just a little bit too opinionated. We want to do something softer and gentler. Hard news, to be sure, but presented with that same quiet authority and perceptive insight that readers of hidden europe magazine have come to expect.
music for the nation
Quite how we came to spend yesterday afternoon listening to a score or more national anthems from across Europe is a long tale – and one that need not detain us here. But it made us realise just how uninspiring is the music that accompanies many such anthems.
lamb soup galore
Lamb soup is a staple in some parts of Europe, but utterly unknown elsewhere. In Iceland, lamb soup has the status of a national dish. That lamb soup was once judged to be the perfect remedy for dysentery was new to us.
false starts and flying starts
Today’s the day. 1st March. St David’s Day. And the day on which three start-up companies were due to launch new transport links in or around the British Isles.
news from Banat
Each new monthly edition of the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable is an invitation to start planning new journeys. This book, so full of facts, is also a glorious treasure chest of entertaining diversions. And a quick glance at this latest issue shows that the train service from Kikinda to Jimbolia has been suspended.
online flight information
Meta-search engines and route indexing services for tracking down flight connections are becoming ever more popular. They are the focus of much uncritical media attention. Devotees of such sites argue that a good flight meta-search engine or route indexer can save travellers a lot of time by providing information on flight options. But how reliable is that information?
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