Happy birthday dear Melbourne…
…Happy birthday to you! The 30th of August is Melbourne Day, and today Melbourne was 175 years old. – Melbourne Day Birthday Cake – Although Melbourne Day is an official day, it’s not an official holiday, so it’s not celebrated with gusto. Most people don’t know about it actually. If you were to pick a [...]
Introducing the Nomadic Notes Travel Newsletter!
Nomadic Notes now features a travel newsletter delivered by email subscription. I have decided to introduce an email newsletter as another subscription method, as not everyone uses RSS. The newsletter is a weekly roundup of posts on the site, as well as news on other travel sites that I am working on. In addition to [...]
On the trail of artists and architects in Germany
From Budapest I took a flight to Weeze in the West of Germany. It worked out much cheaper to do this than to fly directly to Amsterdam, which was my next stop. Flying to Weeze kept my remarkable run of visits to Germany intact, and it also gave me a chance to visit a building [...]
Apartment hostels in Budapest
I travel to Budapest at least once a year for business. Every time I come back I wonder if it is as good as I remember it to be, and it always is. It is one of my favourite cities in Europe. Budapest is sometimes called the Paris of the East. I prefer to call [...]
Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast
The Black sea Coast of Bulgaria has been a budget holiday favourite for decades. First with the countries behind the Iron Curtain, and now with the countries from the cold north. Along this stretch of coast is a good cross section of Europe with styling urban cities, cheapo package holiday resorts, old fishing villages and [...]
Walking the length of Broadway, New York
New York’s Broadway is a road that runs the entire length of the island of Manhattan (and continues through to the Bronx). Everyone has heard of Broadway, but before I first visited New York I just assumed it was the name of the theatre district. View Larger Map Ever since I discovered this geographic curiosity [...]
Apocalypse Wow! Judgement day frescoes at the Rila Monastery – Bulgaria
The Rila Monastery in Bulgaria is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and perhaps the most well known structure in the country. When you enter the monastery it just looks like an old fort and it doesn’t prepare you for the view that is inside. The monastery is famous for its frescoes by Bulgarian artist Zahari [...]
New Country Day: Bulgaria
New Country Day is here again. I have arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria, after a two day stop-over in London from the USA. Whenever I come to Europe I have made a point of visiting a new country every time. I have large chunks of the Balkans and the East remaining in Europe so I still [...]
TBEX’10 Review – New York City
I was in New York on Jun 26/27 to attend the annual TBEX (Travel Blog Exchange) conference. I had heard much about the first one held in Chicago in 2009, so I knew I had to attend this one. The event was attended by 300 travel bloggers and PR representatives. The friday night was a [...]
Heading to New York and TBEX ’10
My principal job as a web developer means that don’t need an office and I can work anywhere in the world. While I enjoy working my own hours, not wearing a tie or answering phones, most of my work related social interaction occurs online. This week I will be hanging up my cloak of virtual [...]
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