Moving, and emotional. This is my personal experience of marching with the Armenians on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Each year, on 24 April, the people of Yerevan make their way stoically to the top of the Tsitsernakaberd hill outside of the city, to...
On one side you have the Greeks. On the other, you have the Turks. Welcome to Nicosia the world’s last divided capital city. The border crossing is curiously relaxed. Nicosia has been divided for a long time now. Since 1974 in fact, when a Turkish invasion...
I visited the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia. Here’s a secret look inside this self declared nation state. Abkhazia is war torn. It’s been in conflict with Georgia since the Soviet Union collapsed and the people decided they were better off on on...
Heidelberg, the romantic German City with a dark history. Today’s post is by the talented Marisa, The Traveling Story Girl! Her story is a tale of abandoned Nazi party theatres hidden above the German city of Heidelberg! Heidelberg is a city that is...
I ventured inside the abandoned village of Kayaköy and found a haunting remnant of Turkey’s bloody past. Kayaköy was once a Greek village. It was bustling and busy, known to its inhabitants in the Greek tongue as Livissi. The village was lived in by...
Along the Borders chronicles my multi-year journey along Britain's borders, boundaries and frontiers. Published by Penguin Random House, and available now!
