Inspiring Travel Writing from Peter D Smith
Peter Smith was born in England but has travelled extensively and lived in several countries Sweden, West Africa, Spain, France and Canada. He has written biography, economics, travel and golf, concentrating on the latter two in recent years. He also paints landscapes and sketches places he visits. He has edited several golf and travel magazines. He was UK Travel Writer of the Year in 1999 and speaks French and Spanish as well as English.
Articles by Peter D Smith
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Before You Die: Stand inside the Great Pyramid at Giza
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Peter D Smith
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Egypt
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Cairo & Giza
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Giza
Go inside the great Pyramid at Giza, near Cairo. It's narrow, so you have to crawl, claustrophobic, smelly but when you stand silently in the King's Chamber, where Cheops was laid to rest in a red stone sarcophagus over 4500 years ago, you will be...
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Before You Die: Santa Semana in Seville
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Peter D Smith
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Spain
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Andalucia
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Seville
Watch, or take part in, the Semana Santa (Holy Week) parade in Seville, when a dozen churches process through the streets carrying images of the Virgin and Jesus. The costumes are flamboyant, the singing incredible, the emotion overwhelming — and...
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Golf on Prince Edward Island
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Peter D Smith
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Canada
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Prince Edward Island
Thousands of people visit the northern United States and Canada during the spectacular "fall" season, when the leaves change to dramatic colours. Golds, reds, yellows and oranges all mix to form the most amazing backdrop, and golf courses, with...
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Vintage Golf
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Peter D Smith
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France
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Champagne
France is, without doubt, the best place on earth to drink wine. Some may disagree, but the enjoyment of a wine depends as much on the location, the food, the company and the ambience as what is actually in the bottle. Spain and Italy are also...
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Rocky Mountain High
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Peter D Smith
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Canada
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Alberta
The plane climbed gently out of Heathrow on a hot, sunny afternoon, leaving the green fields of England basking in summer sunshine. Soon the coast of Wales slid quietly past far beneath the wings, then the south of Ireland, then pretty well nothing...
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In the Footsteps of the Conqueror
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Peter D Smith
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France
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Normandy
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Bayeaux
If there is one name and one date that is forever etched on the English conscience it is that of William the Conqueror and 1066. Taught in every school to every child since who-knows-when the details of the Battle of Hastings are perhaps better...
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400 Happy Years of Celebration
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Peter D Smith
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Canada
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Quebec
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Quebec City
Quebec has just notched up its 400th year as a city. Not to be confused with the province of the same name (though it is the capital) – something recently done by Paris Match magazine which infamously had a huge issue on "Quebec's 400th...
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Montmartre
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Peter D Smith
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
Paris may be a city to you and I but to those who live there it's a collection of villages and one of the most interesting is Montmartre – hill of the martyrs. The martyrs in question were Saint Denis, first Bishop of Paris, the priest Rusticus and...
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In Flanders Fields: John McCrae
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Peter D Smith
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Belgium
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Flanders
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Ypres
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row . . . " Thus begins what is probably the most famous poem in Canadian literature, and also one of the most famous war poems ever written. Yet whilst it is often quoted, or at...
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Weekend in Divonne
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Peter D Smith
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France
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French Alps
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Divonne-les-Bains
If you ever fancy a quick weekend away, or even perhaps a leisurely few days midweek, you can do no better than pop down to Luton Airport, catch a bright orange easyJet flight to Geneva, pick up a rental car and pop across the border into France to...