Taking the pulse of global luxury travel
It’s a frigid February morning when I step outside of Helsinki’s Vantaa airport, looking for the bus shuttle that will take me to the central train station. From there, I will walk the one or so kilometre it is The Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, my home away from home this weekend.
Belgium possesses a rich and lively tradition of comic strips, and some of the world’s most iconic – Tintin (Hergé), The Smurfs (Peyo) and Lucky Luke (Morris) – are the creations of Belgian cartoonists. So when I found myself in the country’s capital for the first time this past weekend, I decided to trace the comic strip trail tour.
Prague is one of those cities I had always heard of and wanted to visit, but never really prioritised. It was never up there with London, Paris or Barcelona, and I could never think of a single reason I wanted to go out of my way to visit it. Oh, the folly of youth.
Dusseldorf is often overlooked in favor of its more popular sister Cologne, but this elegant, modern city on the eastern bank of the Rhine River has risen steadily to defy its origins as the dorf (village) at the mouth of the river Dussel, a tributary of the Rhine.
My favourite season is finally upon us, and with it the promise of long, sunny days both within and without our homes. Our clocks have also just sprung forward in the process. Here is a bit of what we Londoners have missed: Happy trails!
