To quote Seinfeld, this might be the most “travel blog about nothing” you have ever read. The fact it is located in Prague has nothing to do with this – it just reflects my obsession about keeping up to date – with Nothing. Left HEL at 9.30 for 2 hr flight to Prague. The Finnair plane (see pic) looked so retro colours that I thought it might have been a DC3 as came closer on the bus to tarmac location! Sitting next to a masters economics student from Eastern Czech republic who had just done an exchange semester in a university in the centre of Finland – in the middle of the lakes – not hard in Finland. Best thing he had ever done he said (had also put in for Ljublana). Pilot had told us ... read more

Yes folks, it is curtains for this blogger and this should be the last. It is 10.45am in Nashville, I fly out to LA-then to Akld this afternoon at 5.30pm so have one final chance (it seems it will remain dry today) to have a further look at sights before catching the bus to the airport. I arrived on Sunday – and after the usual disorientation – which way is North etc walked uphill to the avenue that the Holiday Inn was on. This was a few minutes walk down the Broadway rise to the centre of the honky tonks – all night bars really – and also the Ryman Auditorium. This was the old home of the Grand Ole Opry before it moved out to the suburbs or wherever. Still hosts shows and I was ... read more

This is a morning blog (10a.m. Sat.), which stops me from doing the tourist thing in Memphis, so will be brief catchup – rest will be done on the bus to Nashville tomorrow Sunday in final breakneck stretch to leaving. So on Thurs. 10th we got 5 hr Hound trip from Atlanta to Birmingham. It was a time change going out of Georgia into Alabama which the driver did not mention, but I knew about – chg to Central Standard time – and I have day light saving on Sat nite/Sun morning to do as well. Anyway the bus stopped for 10 mins in Tupelo Miss. (birthplace of Elvis) and part of name of old Va Morrison album Tupelo Honey – but saw none of the above. Into Birmingham and my hotel was a cold windy ... read more

This is written on 7 March so will be short – nothing much to tell really about yesterday or today really The picture blog begins with a late inclusion – a grab shot taken at 7a.m. going across the viaduct over the Savannah River – as close to dawn as I get! The day’s travel – lvg Charleston by first taking a short walk in the rain to the Hound next door (definitely recommended – the short walk that is – the Holiday Inn in Athens is also diagonally opposite from the Hound – an occurrence which will likely not recur again!). We got to Athens at 4.25pm so it was quite a long day– did my previous blog and Charleston pix overkill to promote Sotheby’s Fine properties. Had an 11am meal break (in lieu of ... read more

Once again, directly coming to you from the “funky” Thunderbird Inn directly across the road from the Hound in Savannah. And trying to shut this down early for an early start – 6.45am – at the Hound over the road after a coffee and a donut. Given that I had barely managed any standard tourist attractions until now I had a late burst today. Just off the main shopping drag, Broughton St, had a very interesting chat in a gallery with a lecturer/tutor in photography about his film shots of Paris – we both agreed that line 4 to Porte d’Orleans was our metro line of choice in Paris. Then grabbed a quick sandwich from a Subway type place called Blimp’s (??) – then had a cup cake and a coffee at a bespoke cupcake place ... read more