“Vulcano, Vulcano, Vulcano Island!” cries the hydrofoil captain heralding my arrival on one of the seven Aeolian Islands off the north coast of Sicily. Vulcano, reached by hydrofoil from Milazzo in about an hour, is my first stop on a
There aren’t too many places you can go hiking to watch a volcano erupt. Stromboli is one. Stromboli is one of the seven Aeolian islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily. The 12-square-kilometre island has a
Despite my committed republicanism, I do like a prince. What girl doesn’t? So when I found myself in London on the occasion of the last big royal wedding (the one when William married Kate), my English friend Karen and I
I hate not having an alarm clock while I’m travelling. It really breaks my routine and just bugs me. Almost a month into a European trip I was desperate to acquire one, having forgot to bring one with me. So,