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Architecture on the Baltic Riviera | Campbell Jefferys | Latvia, Riga, Riga
The arctic wind blustering over the Baltic Sea is biting, teeth-chattering cold. It’s messing up hair, disconnecting men from hats, causing umbrellas to flutter and shake and turn inside out
Auschwitz-Birkenau | Campbell Jefferys | Poland, Krakow, Krakow
There is nothing uplifting here, no tales of heroic resistance, of individual sacrifice to save others; there are only fences and towers, barracks and blocks, chambers and crematoria
Australia’s Other Reef | Campbell Jefferys
Dawn. A striking mess of pink and yellow haze, glistening water, the steady rumble of the boat engine . . .
Cellar Dwellers | Campbell Jefferys | France, Bordeaux Region, Bordeaux
A drop of gold was unwillingly turned to stone and what might have been a sound investment was lost
Escape to Colditz | Campbell Jefferys | Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Colditz
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, and locations all over Europe will be welcoming visitors who wish to mourn and others who wish to learn, while a castle in Saxony will relive some of the great escape stories of the time.
Exploring Berlin's Underground | Campbell Jefferys | Germany, Berlin, Berlin
In the Berlin underground train station, Gesundbrunnen, there is a green door which thousands of people pass everyday...
Haunting Vienna | Campbell Jefferys | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
The cafes chime with bright voices, silver forks scrape the last morsel of Sacher Torte from milk white plates, music comes from every open door and window, but the true spirit of Vienna belongs to its spirits
Island Life Croatian Style | Campbell Jefferys | Croatia, Dalmatia and the Adriatic Islands, Hvar
The cliffs drop down to secluded bays with jagged rocks and turquoise water. Small villages dot the bays wide enough for small harbours; the white houses with orange roofs creep up the mountainsides
Looking For Wolfgang | Campbell Jefferys | Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg
He uttered his first cries here, stumbled his first steps, tinkled his first ivories and plucked his first strings; Salzburg can truly claim to be the home of Mozart.
Package Tour: a postcard from Lanzarote | Campbell Jefferys | Spain, Canary Islands, Lanzarote
The reception area of our resort is very comfortable and, on arrival, we sat there for a couple of hours reading gripping romance paperbacks while our room was cleaned and disinfected
Poland's Mountain Chapel | Campbell Jefferys | Poland, The Tatras Mountains, Zakopane
If anything, the nuns were cutting a dash, their long robes glistening with mist, sturdy pairs of hiking boots poking out from below the hem
Prophets, Pilgrims, and Profits | Campbell Jefferys | France, Midi-Pyrenees, Lourdes
The city is beautifully located in the heart of the Pyrenees, with jagged peaks visible from almost any part of town. The old centre is a delight to walk around; the streets are narrow and winding, the way they should be in mountian villages.
Prussian Parks and Palaces in Potsdam | Campbell Jefferys | Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Potsdam
Standing in the glittering and glamourous Marmorgalerie (Marble Gallery) of the Neue Palais, with its shiny chessboard floor, weighty chandeliers, massive arch windows and lavishly decorated ceiling, I think, no, it’s not so good to be the King . . .
Reeping the Benefits of Neon | Campbell Jefferys | Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg
Hamburgers follow the rules: they drive safe, keep the city clean, pedestrians wait at traffic lights, and small children eat all their vegetables, but on a 600m stretch west of downtown, they loosen the straps of their lederhosen.
Salzburg and the Sound of Music | Campbell Jefferys | Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg
Deep in the heart of all of us lurks a Julie Andrews fan. Like it or not, she is there, bellowing about hills being alive and making it impossible for us to take our medicine without a spoonful of sugar
Searching for Solitude in the City of Lines | Campbell Jefferys | France, Ile-de-France, Paris
The tourists have patience, a Dan Brown novel clutched in one hand, a digital camera in the other - they will not be kept from seeing the sights that they have travelled half way round the world for
After hearing so many stories of drunken Australian misadventures at Whistler, I'd heard the odd snippet about British Columbia's other ski hills; hidden delights of untouched powder and no lift lines
Ski Wyoming | Campbell Jefferys | United States, Wyoming, Jackson Hole
In cowboy country, three ski resorts are taking skiers and riders back to the good old days of steep runs, vacant slopes and no lift lines
Tangled up in Blue | Campbell Jefferys | Australia, New South Wales, Katoomba
We waited. The night was clear, but fog clung to the mountains. Then the clouds were gone, and it’s like a veil had been lifted
Tanned on the Top of Tirol | Campbell Jefferys | Austria, Tyrol, Innsbruck
Skiers pause, lean on their poles, turn their faces to the sun and close their eyes, hoping they too will bloom like new spring flowers, dormant the long, cold winter
The Cheese Factory | Campbell Jefferys | Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Parma
He came over to me and thrust the small cheese bowl in my face. “Parmesan.” “Really? I always thought it came from America.” The waiter took a short step backwards, the cheese bowl clattered on the table
The Jewel of the Adriatic | Campbell Jefferys | Croatia, Dalmatia and the Adriatic Islands, Dubrovnik
Desecrated by bombings and ravaged by war, Dubrovnik has been lovingly restored and is once again one of the most charming and delightful cities in Europe
The Return of a Forgotten Classic | Campbell Jefferys | Panama, other areas of Panama, Chiriqui
Lost for a century, Balboa Cigars from Darier & Cleef, once considered some of the finest in the world, have recently made a stunning comeback
Two Harz Beat as One | Campbell Jefferys | Germany, Lower Saxony, Harz Mountains
Harz was a Cold War frontline and the Brocken, secure behind the curtain, remained only for westerners, accessible through performances of Goethe's Faust and the writings of Heinrich Heine
Winter in Yellowstone National Park | Campbell Jefferys
Towering peaks and dense forests go together with half of the world’s geysers, while hot pools bubble next to ice cold rivers. Bison share the plains with elk and deer, and coyotes stroll about. Keep an eye overhead for a soaring eagle, and yes, those prints in the snow could well be a wolf pack on the move.
“There is No World Without Verona’s Walls” | Campbell Jefferys | Italy, Veneto, Verona
Romeo is somewhere within Verona’s walls and I am intent on finding him. Perhaps he could explain why this city, and Juliet, made him wax so lyrically