Rotterdam is the only city in the world where shops sell shirts with the sleeves already rolled up. It’s a city that prides itself...

There is a German word, fernweh, which, according to the internet, literally translates to “farsickness,” but it is used to describe the feeling of...

I recently took a business trip to Tokyo and wanted to try to see some of the common urban birds in the world’s largest...

Naturally, I am thinking of Shakespeare’s play while the ferry approaches Helsingør’s Kronborg Castle (Elsinore). The sea is frothing with Great Cormorant and Herring...

Once upon a time, there was an adventurous Mexican young woman called Miriam. She packed her bags, waved her family goodbye, and left for...

Global BirdFair is an extraordinary sight that, up until 2022, we had only heard tales of. So, Erik and I decided we would have...

Actually, Eliza Doolittle would be pleased to know it doesn’t always stay just there. When I drove to Xábia at the end of April...

My aunt Greet gave me a book in 1975 that featured the 60 most endangered birds in Europe. Amazingly and quite contrary to what...