Travel Guide Blog

Travel Guide reflects upon the things that are cool about travel, what inspires us to travel, and what’s so inspiring about travel. It also provides a place for my musings about our own travels, destinations we visit, travel research and writing, the travel media and travel industry, and includes travel advice and insider tips.Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Learning, Europe, SpainMadrid is famous for its art. The Spanish capital boasts a “Golden Triangle” of world-class museums: the Prado, the Reina Sofia, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza. While these are all worth a visit, Madrid has dozens of other

Travel Guide reflects upon the things that are cool about travel, what inspires us to travel, and what’s so inspiring about travel. It also provides a place for my musings about our own travels, destinations we visit, travel research and writing, the travel media and travel industry, and includes travel advice and insider tips.Filed under: Africa, Ethiopia, Budget TravelWhen I talk to NGO workers who have worked all over Africa, most say their favorite posting was Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia’s capital is a young city, founded by the Empress Itegue Taitu in the late nineteenth century. She named it the “new flower”,