It was dark when I left BraÈov that morning, still enough that I could see my breath fog up the bus window. There was a smell of damp leaves and pine needles, and beyond the headlights the Carpathians rose as ghostly as any of my pre-trip expectations. Dracula, this time I really mean it, this […]
Thereâs a moment just outside Himeji Station when the crowds seem to pause and turn the same directionâeverybody catching their first glimpse of the castle. Even if you think youâre too old to be wowed, it gets you. The main keep rises so clean and bright above the city, it almost looks unreal, as if […]
When I first went to Edinburgh Castle, I wasnât expecting to feel anything, really. Just another historic site, I thoughtâa good photo, maybe a few plaques. But as I walked up Castlehill and the skyline shifted, I stopped. It wasnât the size of Edinburgh Castle that struck meâit was the silence it seemed to carry. […]
