Adam Jacot de Boinod is a freelance international journalist covering the world's languages, cultural comparisons, and travel destinations. He worked on the first series of the BBC program QI for Stephen Fry and is an author on languages.
Sure enough, a week later, I was back. Having previously recorded my experience of Kefalonia’s northern niches in Fiscardo and southern shores in Lourdata, I just had to complete my exploration of...
Within two weeks, I was back! This time to the southern half, beneath her mountainous ridge, her bays of golden sand, and her view of Zante's neighboring island.
The water is family-friendly as...
At the time of writing, for those coming from England, Kefalonia’s one of the few free from Covid quarantine restrictions and still eligible for the ‘travel corridor.’
The island will be familiar to...
I didn’t sadly get to visit the gadgets and gimmicks of Akihabara, famous for its many electronics shops, but I went instead to Takeshita Street in Harajuku, Japan. Here young girls, dressed...
When arriving late at night, it’s always worth the suspended joy of opening, like a present, the shutters the next morning. In comes the sun over a clear blue sky above these...
Parma, a central city to the valley, is only an hour from either Bologna or Milan airport and is still a hidden joy for most Brits. Yes, it gets very hot in...
Especially before Easter, as the season starts and when the traffic is reasonable and it’s not too taxing, when things are just opening up and the staff have more time and there’s...
What a blessed, fertile, cultured, and cultivated island Madeira is. This 'island of eternal spring' was a 'paradise of naturalists' with its exoticism attracting Thomas Cook and Joseph Banks. It's immensely fertile;...
Adam Jacot de Boinod is a freelance international journalist covering the world's languages, cultural comparisons, and travel destinations. He worked on the first series of the BBC program QI for Stephen Fry and is an author on languages.