In some parts of the world, sleeping in public is a felony. It’s true.

Odd as that sounds, I should know: I’ve come dangerously close to being handed a hefty fine or being brought to a police precinct for...

Think New York City is the city that never sleeps? — forgeddaboutit.

Berlin is the Kaiser – the king – of nightlife.

Looking for a jazz bar playing nothing but Sinatra’s biggest hits? Try...

The Medieval Rivalry, Bribes and Bareback Horse Riding of Il Palio di Siena

We travel to Siena, by bus, from our hostel in Florence. The green hills of Tuscany roll outside my window; inside the bus, the entire tour...

Groggily, I opened my eyes. What immediately came into view were the thick curtains; understated yellow wallpaper; the wooden table beside the quilt-draped bed; the humid air with an artificially sweet tinge -- I was at...

“Inshallah, we will make it,” said my driver, Abdul. “But first we must stop and take tea.”

One of the main focuses of the Chinese education system in recent times has been to ensure that its youth learn English. It's a focus which supports the larger goal of growing into the kind of global player the...

The Ass was on the move — or rather, The Ass. He was a large, overly obnoxious Swedish man, and I loved him.

I was with my friend Martin at Olympia, and I had officially lost it. The early April weather...

I dismounted my bicycle as I heard a woman squeal. ‘That’s strange,’ I thought. ‘What is there to yell about?’ The sun was bright and the sky clear; it was the kind of weather thought up by...

On our way to a wedding in London a few years back, my much-younger-than-me love interest turned travel companion and I departed from New Zealand for a quick stopover tour of Southeast Asia via Singapore.

Growing up, my father’s keen interest in Greek mythology spilled over into my bedtime stories, which were more often tales of Zeus and his thunderbolts or Theseus and the Minotaur than fables of princesses,...