Tasmania, Australia As the water opens up ahead of us, and the landmasses grow fewer and further between, the distances between our destinations become ever longer. From Sulawesi in …
Dubna, Russia Finlandisation may be behind us (in more ways than one) but Russia now lies ahead of us – as does one more visit to the chemistry lab. …
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands From New Zealand we take a four-thousand-mile trip practically due north, deep into the heart of the open Pacific Ocean. Our destination is a remote …
Abdera, Greece From Cyprus, we head back to the European mainland for a quick sight-seeing tour of Greece – a destination that perhaps has more to offer us than …
Istanbul, Turkey From Crimea we cross the Black Sea to Turkey, a country that has plenty to keep the etymological traveller busy. Angora wool, for instance, and the angora …
Nicosia, Cyprus Some etymologists believe the humble sardine takes its name from the Italian island of Sardinia. The Ancient Greeks knew Sardinia as Sardo, and it’s possible that the …
Klondike, Canada Klondike From Bikini Atoll, we travel four and a half thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean to the far north of Canada, arriving just a few hundred …
Stockholm, Sweden YTTERBY, SWEDEN Pity poor Norway. Its two contributions to our itinerary comprise maelstrom, a name no longer used on any maps, and the Oslo breakfast, a little-heard-of …
