Given that my first was barely three months ago, this was still quite new territory. Last time I entered by bus and left by plane. This visit was to be somewhat more pedestrian. My first overnight stop was in a small town called Roetgen which lies on the border. There are no signs telling you [...]

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I worked out that this is my fifth visit to Belgium, making it my most-visited country in the world outside of the UK. This, however, was my first trip entirely on foot and also my first to the north-eastern part of the country. The first couple of days didn’t really show me much change from [...]

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I only had a day or two in Luxembourg, but as I was walking through it I saw more than most people probably will on a visit! It’s possible to drive from one end to the other in a little over two hours (legally), whereas walking does take slightly longer. Unfortunately I was unable to [...]

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I’m English. By law that means I’m supposed to hate France, insist that all the people are rude and tell you that Paris smells of stale pee and vomit with half-digested snails floating in it. Sadly, I can’t. Because it’s great. From Nice through Monaco (yes, not France, I know) and all the way up [...]

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OK, Metz isn’t an alcopop any more but it used to be. In the UK anyway. It tasted of flat lemonade and I think it had vodka in. Anyway, this is not that Metz. This one is much older and still here, and a good thing too as it’s another place well worth a day [...]

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OK, that heading will confuse people. Nice is in the south, Nancy is in the north. I’m using the English adjective. My couchsurfing host here was Suum, a law student who’s lived in and around Nancy all her life. Even though she’d just moved into her new flat, she was happy to host me and [...]

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